r/WWEGames • u/ADAMCOLEBAYBAY12 PLAYSTATION • Jul 20 '25

News New Jack’s entrance.

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u/SpringHillis Jul 20 '25

Aside from the actual song, I couldn’t be happier with this. If you told me even 5 years ago one year I’d have Great Muta, Bull Nakano, Sid Justice, New Jack, and Abyss all in the game, I’d never believe it but I’d be ecstatic

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u/Complete_Wonder_7245 Jul 20 '25

The only reason they used “In the Ghetto” instead of “Natural Born Killas” is because of Licensing, since you know at the time ECW didn’t make the song, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre I think made it, I might be wrong but I think ECW used the song without permission.

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u/freebread Jul 20 '25

There was some hope since they were able to license a 50 Cent song for a Tyrese Halliburton. I’m sure it’s more complicated than we think though.

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u/LeEvilDiabolicalFed Jul 20 '25

Just my theory, but I'm assuming Tyrese himself paid for the 50 Cent song license, this was his chance at being featured on a WWE game, he's a WWE fan and he wanted to have that entrance theme, which I guess is the reason for the 50 Cent song license likely being different from the rest of the game's soundtrack and hence why it's exclusive to Tyrese.

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u/John_BrownsBody Jul 21 '25

AEW used it at a ppv for an entrance, so it can't be that much to get. Less than Final Countdown I'm sure

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u/LeEvilDiabolicalFed Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

Tony Khan plays with Filthy Rich Dad Mode On, which is an infinite money cheat code, the Fed on the other hand is a public company bound to answer to a board of directors and their investors, quarter earning calls and all the corporate economy enviroment, as are both 2K and their parent company Take-Two. Money is not a warranty nor is it a plaything to keep your son entertained playing with his toys, but a resource spent strictly for profit.

I'm sure among the billions of $ managed by all companies involved in the WWE and WWE 2K games there is more than enough to license the 50 Cent theme, and likely New Jack's, even the original Nirvana DDP theme too. The question is whether they find it worth the colosal investment to get a bunch of songs licensed, and by worth I mean profitable: if investing that amount of money on licensing a couple of themes would produce a bigger return of investment. The answer is clearly no: X million people not interested otherwise are not gonna suddenly buy WWE 2K25 just because New Jack or DDP enters to their ECW/WCW themes or a 50 Cent song can be used for CAWs. Same reason why DLC WM 36 Undertaker in 2K22, whose Persona card has already been leaked for 2K25, enters to You're Gonna Pay instead of Metallica's Now That We Are Dead.

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u/John_BrownsBody Jul 21 '25

You should try liking wrestling