THQ not keen to renew WWE vows News
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Publisher THQ has filed suit against WWE SmackDown vs Raw developer Jakk's for renewing the wrestling licence without permission.
THQ claims the developer had "no authorisation" and that it is under "no obligation" to renew, according to a statement. Perhaps THQ doesn't want to make another WWE SmackDown vs. Raw game.
Or the publisher may be mirroring EA's decision to alternate Fight Night and MMA releases.
Whatever the reason, the success of UFC 2009: Undisputed is likely to play a role, as the brutal sport simulator enjoys fifth place this week in the UK All-Formats chart - weeks after its late-May launch.
And while we're on the topic of MMA: there's a rumour doing the rounds that UFC will blacklist any fighter signing for EA's new brawler, according to Joystiq.
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Triggerhappytel
02/07/09 @ 08:09
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Yeah, I bet they do renew it, but it's probably not looking as appealing as it once did, following diminishing sales and growing interest in the UFC series. Just goes to show that real quality can be as important as a popular licence.
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curtlikesmeat
02/07/09 @ 09:38
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Yep, to be fair WWE is on another downward slope at the moment - it seems to come and go in waves. It started being crap again the moment The Rock left. Ahh the glory days of 98-02...
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rhubarbandcustard
02/07/09 @ 12:03
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"According to IT News Online, the official website of World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE.com, lost nearly a third of its audience within one year's time. WWE website traffic dropped 31 percent from May 2008 to May 2009. The story notes that WWE.com was visited by 2,574,245 unique visitors in May 2008, but dropped to 1,784,088 unique visitors in May 2009. It's also interesting to note that WWE and NASCAR were the only major sports sites that dropped among the top-10 finishers. "
WWE is going, going....gone? |
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UFC must be talking about blacklisting the fighters under UFC contract who never signed away there lifetime rights. These guys were right to do so and Dana White is acting like an idiot as usual.
If they are seriously talking about blacklisting fighters that are not even in the UFC then Dana White has once again shown the world how dumb he can really be. |
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WinterSnowblind
02/07/09 @ 12:38
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In the WWE's defence.. I don't think interest has really died, only interest in the games. THQ have essentially been updating the roster and changing the box art each year, the past few games especially have added nothing of value to the series and actually removed a couple key modes (my interest in the series died with GM mode).
If they'd actually put some effort into developing a new game, I imagine it would sell like they used to. Simply bringing back GM mode and updating the creation system would be enough to interest me really. It'd be so easy to make these games great, instead they settle for putting in as little effort as possible, and then moan about poor sales.
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CountFapula
02/07/09 @ 15:07
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WWE is still making big profits year on year, so rumours of any current demise is exaggerated...not to mention uneducated on the subject..
But I like Dana White, but this seems way too harsh. I mean if a fighter isn't signed to UFC and needs to make cash but doesn't know if UFC ever intends to sign them, are they meant to just decline and hope to get the UFC call at some point? |
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