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The moment that the WWE 2K series looks unprofitable or doesn't appear financially beneficial, it could see the same kinds of layoffs that WWE Studios saw a few weeks ago. If WWE 2K22 fails to deliver in the way that many are hoping, both as an improvement over WWE 2K20 in gameplay and quality but in terms of pure sales figures, it could spell disaster for the franchise. WWE Games could be the next division on the chopping block If WWE is indeed preparing for a potential sale, it would make sense for Nick Khan to want things cleaned up as much as he can, and reducing their talent budget and lowering costs across the company is part of that.
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One specific reasoning Alvarez mentions is the fact that multiple talents released by WWE were told the reason for their firing was "budget cuts," despite the company making record profits in the last two years. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reported just over a week ago that "there is a lot of speculating within about a potential sale down the line, but not heard that from WWE officials." The final piece of the puzzle that puts WWE 2K22 and the franchise as a whole at risk is speculation that WWE is making financial moves to clean up the company ahead of a sale to a major media conglomerate.Įxactly which company that might be or when such a sale could happen is still entirely unknown, and there's nothing official yet confirming it's even on the horizon.ĭespite that, the belief among the talent themselves within WWE seems to have shifted more and more towards the expectation that WWE is going to be sold. While most of the attention for that may turn to WWE 2K20, the issues with the franchise as a whole go back several years.Īccording to a report by VGChartz, first week sales of WWE 2K19 dipped to just 364,738 copies sold compared to the 577,195 sold in the first week by WWE 2K15.įirst week sales are not known for WWE 2K20, but Take-Two Interactive Executive Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick said during an earnings call last year that "WWE 2K20 did not meet our expectations, both in terms of sales and quality." Many are convinced WWE is preparing to sell the company On top of all of the potential challenges that WWE 2K22 would normally be facing, they're in many ways trying to repair damage done in previous years. WWE 2K series has seen steadily declining sales for years With more and more names being removed from WWE and by proxy removed from this upcoming game, Visual Concepts needs to blow things out of the park when it comes to how the remaining roster looks in WWE 2K22. It's almost guaranteed that many of those names, especially returning ones from WWE 2K20 like Strowman, Samoa Joe, and Aleister Black, were all going to be part of WWE 2K22 and may already be in the developmental build of the game.