Mick Foley has further explained reasons why he won’t sign a new WWE contract that will keep him off of WWE 2K15.
Here’s what Mick Foley posted on Facebook:
To deal..or not to deal – that is the question. As some of you may have heard, at this point, I am opting not to sign my Legends Marketing Deal, which gives #WWE the right to market my likeness on video games and action figures. I’ll be writing in more detail about this in the next week or so, but it would be fair to say that, despite strong sales, I have found the payoffs for the past two video games to be extremely weak – in the 25% range of what most talent was expecting.
Last year, the explanation had something to do with the video game company going bankrupt – a real shame for me, since I was heavily featured as three characters from the “Attitude” era, complete with voice work. I haven’t heard this year’s explanation yet, but, personally. I think the #WWE just wants to see if the talent will accept a far lower percentage than had previously been given. If so, it would proably be a good business move for #WWE, since very few current wrestlers are going to jeapordize their standing with the company by offering resistance – and most legends will probably come to feel like anything they get from merchandise is better than nothing.
As for me: until I hear a valid reason, I’m opting out.
The key highlights of his post is mainly because he feels talents are not paid that much anymore when they appear in video games. THQ obviously couldn’t pay talent much because they were on the verge of going at of business.
Mick Foley seems adamant to stick with his decision. More evidence that he won’t be in WWE 2K15. The question remains is that will other WWE Legends fight back and not appear in WWE 2K15 as well?
