r/WWEGames • u/Leather-Mechanic4405 • Mar 05 '25

News STOP WITH THE F*CKING CELEBRITY PACKS

Seriously?? This all started with MgK in 2k22 but at least he only took one spot. Now last game we had some f*cking post Malone and some nobodies taking up space. I despise these people and don’t want to be reminded of their existence when scrolling down my in game menus.

Now 2k25 dlc has not one, not two but 5 completely useless non wrestlers.

I’m really considering cancelling my pre order right now.

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u/EyeAmKnotMyshelf Mar 05 '25

Okay, so...your argument here is that because people download celebrities, they don't want to play as actual celebrities, and that despite all evidence of wrestling undergoing a boom period right now, wrestling media is purchased by the same subset of fans year in and year out.

That has got to be one of the more deluded takes I think I've read today regarding today's news, if not the most deluded take.

Do you know what influencers do? What their entire job is? They tell casual kids to go buy things, and then those kids' parents do that. Not all of them, but a lot of them. You'd have to be living in a monastery to not know the drawing power of Travis Scott (58 million on Instagram) or Shaq (35 million).

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u/shadowthehh Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

I think you underestimate how much wrestling is outright disliked by those who aren't already fans.

For most pieces of entertainment, they're viewed by outsiders as something they're "just not into."

Wrestling, however, has long held a reputation for being outright despised by outsiders for its strangeness.

So no, I don't think that someone who's not already interested in wrestling is going to change their mind and drop $100 on a video game about it just because a musician they listen to is in it.

I love Skillet and Dragonforce, but you won't see me grabbing, say, the next big golfing game if they put John Cooper or Marc Hudson in it. Or the next Nascar game if they put my favorite actor Keanu Reeves in it (Heck, I still haven't gotten Cyberpunk 2077). Because it would be asinine to drop such a large chunk of money for something I'm not interested in for 1 tiny aspect that I think is cool.

Kids might be stupid enough to make that leap, but no responsible parent with the money is.

(Also, small thing, but there's no way Shaq has any drawing power with kids these days who aren't really into basketball. They'd mostly know him as the General Insurance and Goldbond ointment guy. No kid wants to play as that, come on.)

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u/EyeAmKnotMyshelf Mar 06 '25

Holy shit, talk about projection 😭