10 Mistakes That Led To WWE 2K's Downfall

by Jamie Kennedy

1. The 'Y2K20' Bug

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When on-board PS4 and Xbox One calendars turned to 1 January 2020, 2K20 couldn't handle it. Weirdly, the game had come pre-packed with a bug that rendered it unplayable. The glitch would become known as 'Y2K20' and get the game trending with unsavoury hashtags like '#FixWWE2K20' all over again.

What a disaster.

Basically, anyone who was gifted the game for Christmas couldn't play the thing a week later until 2K logged on to build another patch. By this point, they'd already put so many quick fixes on a broken system that it ate up HDD space like the second coming of Red Dead Redemption 2 (which, it's important to note, was so big because it was so complex; it also actually worked).

This was the last straw for some who had tried to soldier on though all the negativity. On New Year's Day 2020, 2K and Visual Concepts watched any remaining street cred they had disappear. They, Battlegrounds and all, might never recover from the fall.

Do you still have faith in the WWE 2K series? For more like this, check out 10 Things We Learned From Triple H On WWE’s After The Bell and 10 Major Stars Who Questioned Bad WWE Booking!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.