Many have felt the WWE 2K games haven’t done that.
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With game prices increasing on the new generation PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, WWE internally believes that games need to provide more reasons than ever to justify cost. Despite wrestling having a passionate and dedicated fan base, WWE feels that players are making decisions to purchase other sports titles instead of theirs. That competition are the other sports games available. “The gaming market is a major selling point for them, and they believe they’ve fallen behind the competition.” “WWE has shown a lot of frustration with the reception and lack of success of recent games,” one source said. The sources say that the talks began after the disappointment that was WWE 2K20 and the lackluster reception to WWE 2K Battlegrounds. While the talks between WWE and EA have been on and off for years, including prior to the 2016 extension, the two recently began talking about an agreement as far back as early 2021. Should it be deemed a failure, a move to EA could become a greater possibility than ever before. Should the game be well received by the public and sales be around expectations, an extension could be not far behind. The last contract between the two parties was signed in 2016 and though no official details were made public, sources indicate that it was a six year agreement with options to extend it. Viewed as a “make or break” release for the series, there is a lot riding on the launch of WWE 2K22 and the following weeks and months. Multiple sources have stated that WWE has had preliminary discussions with Electronic Arts (EA) about bringing the WWE Games line over to one of the top gaming publishers in the world. And it could result in WWE moving their games to a competing publisher for the first time ever. The relationship between WWE and Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K Sports, may be coming to an end.
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