Publisher 2K Games has officially confirmed that WWE 2K19 will not be releasing on Nintendo Switch.
After a pretty dreadful launch for the 2018 edition of the game on Nintendo's console, which was affected by a whole host of technical issues across the board, it appears that 2K has decided to avoid any further bad press by skipping the system entirely for its next release. WWE 2K19 was first announced last month with no mention of a Switch version, leading many to believe that we probably wouldn't see the game make it to the handheld at all. As it turns out, that was spot on.
It would seem that 2K was unable to resolve the issues that plagued the Switch version, and didn't want to spend the necessary time and resources on releasing a version of WWE 2K19 running on a custom engine for the console (like FIFA 18). The publisher has mentioned its intention to make "the best possible experience" for fans and that it will continue to assess the plausibility of the series on other platforms (meaning Switch) in the future:
“WWE 2K19 will not be available on Nintendo Switch. 2K is focused on making the best possible experience for WWE 2K fans and will continue evaluating all opportunities to deliver the franchise across additional platforms.”
The title is still scheduled to release for PC, PS4, and Xbox One as originally planned on 8th October.
Will you miss being able to play WWE on your Switch? Or did the last version put you off from buying any future editions anyway? Let us know with a comment.
[source powerupgaming.co.uk]
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Door is now wide open for Fire Pro World to take over for good.
Is it because it didn't sell enough copies from the mess you guys called a game??
Good riddance, honestly.
After that atrocious hot mess of a game that was WWE_2K18, I think we can all safely say in unison, "Thanks, but no thanks"
Waiting for endless comments that:
1. it's good that a game isn't coming to the Switch, or
2. this is proof that third parties are abandoning the system.
Neither is true.
No surprise there, I pretty much stayed away from the Switch version of 2k18 after hearing about all that mess. Anyways I’ll probably get it on the other consoles when the price goes down. I don’t play WWE games like I used to back in the day. Kinda grew out of em since they stay pretty much the same every year.
@PanurgeJr It is good that "this" game isn't coming to the Switch. They handled the first one extremely poorly to the point it was unplayable. This time it appears they haven't even bothered. Why should support be given to companies who can't be bothered to make decent Switch games. Numerous other third party studios have proven capable of making good switch games and deservedly are supported (Panic Button for example).
@PanurgeJr - Honestly, unless they fix that hot mess I don't want to play it.
Not on Switch, not anywhere.
The majority of the trash the Switch version received was on par with what the other two systems had. This was a developer issue, not the porter.
Remember folks the OG wii was no near powerful than the Xbox 360 and still manage to get the wwe games. Why do 2k make the game in house and just use the xbox 360 and ps3 ports and just bump the resolution is beyond me. :
WWE '12
WWE '13
WWE All Stars
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
I just want a remake of the thq era wrestling games.
Just get classic wrestlers. Like Captain Lou Albano (who should be Nintendo Life’s favorite wrestler of all time for obvious reasons).
There's some games where the sheer volume of bad press and criticism makes the chance of dropping £50 (or even £20 as it often seems to be now) highly unlikely. Whether on the Switch or one of the other consoles, there's far better multiplayer titles for the same amount of money. My only sympathy goes to wrestling fans, who I understand have been waiting a long time for a decent game of their sport.
It's worth remembering the other versions were a buggy mess too, they just weren't as bad as the Switch version.
Its like they think the Xbox 1, ps4 and PC version of the last game wasn't also a mess.
Isn't this the final year for 2k's wwe contract?
It's gone down hill since 2k took over with all the same bugs that have been present since the Online Era started in Smackdown Vs Raw
For the first time since No mercy (probably longer) I will skip picking up a WWE game on any format.
Last year got season pass and game on switch and Xbox. The treatment and skipping this year means I’m done with them.
It won’t hurt them but I won’t waste money on that series. How can they get NBA on the switch working and with patches working very well and WWE be such a disaster
@Spoony_Tech In what country you can return a bought game? Where I live it is not possible
Never really understood the appeal of these games, but that's beside the point. 2K royally screwed switch owners with 2K18. At least we are still getting the NBA games.
How am I going to watch sweaty muscle bound men in their underwear cuddling each other on the bus now?!
I would love it if Fire Pro World would come to Switch. I'm very close to pre-ordering it on PS4, but I'm holding out hope they'll announce something soon. I'd much rather play it on Switch.
@Shiryu we could hope. We will see would be amazing!
After their last effort I am glad, we don't need ports of that quality on Switch.
It was crap across all formats.
Only hardcore fans would buy it, play it and put up with the catalogue of failings it brought with it. Sales figures just won’t justify it on switch.
This is good news for everyone.
Such incompetence. Lol.
@Qwertyninty They want to do it as soon as the NJPW update/PS4 version is done. So, fingers crossed...
Translation: “We wanted to spend the minimum amount possible on a slap dash port and unfortunately for us not enough mugs bought the last game so since we can’t scam you twice, we’re just not gonna bother”.
not a big loss just stick to nba2k19.
@Spoony_Tech What do you mean? It sold a whole 0.18 million units!
Fire pro wrestling for switch please
How about they fix the glitches/bugs on the base game first? Playing on pc is painful.
Pathetic
@Shiryu
Yeah I spoke with the developers a LONG time ago before the switch was a thing. They love Nintendo gamers and want to give them that experience. Hopefully they come through for us and it’s not just lip service.
@Qwertyninty Indeed, their Switch talks go back even before the game was released on STEAM early access.
@didaktiik
Think in most countries. In mine we got a 14 day limit in which you can return a product for cash
Good, I feel bad for anyone who got 2K18. Glad no one will mistakenly buy this one!
wow i was looking forward to play 2019 version in ultra slow motion.
WWE as well as their games are just annual garbage nowadays anyways so I'm glad this is not coming to Switch. How do you make pro wrestling games in 2018 and manage to do them worst than WWF Attitude (which itself is already a terrible game)?
@Shiryu yeah I’m talking Wii U days. I was pushing for them to release it on that. They were saying all the right things. I think if released on switch it could do very well with the portable aspect of the console.
It takes more than a year to make a good followup to something that awful.
Would be nice if they’d have a different dev make a Switch wrestling game instead. I really hope this system gets the new Fire pro
The statement should read "WWE2k19 doesn't exist and won't be available for any platform, however we'll gladly take $60 from PC, PS4, and XB1 customers too dense to realize this and send them a box with a blank disc. Too few people on Switch pay $60 for a blank box, so we won't be selling $60 empty boxes for Switch this year."
@CCore28 I'm still amazed you guys can return opened games. That hasn't been possible here for over 15 years. "Unopened only", once you open the plastic, it's yours forever (or you can sell it to Gamestop for like $12 ) Come to think of it I be that inflates US sales numbers of everything. If EU can return bad games they can't count all the returns after it proves broken. US, all sales are final so all sales are absolute.
In other words after all the trouble the first one had, them cheating to release a broken game and never making it right in the end they've shown they're too incompetent to program a game properly.
But, but, but 3rd party games sell so great on Nintendo systems! Oh, wait... Yeah, that's why I hate Nintendo fanboys, they won't admit that 90% of Nintendo system owners buy it to play Nintendo games, not Call of Duty, NOT 2K stuff, they're buying it for their exclusives!
@pika677 sorta like I bought my PS4 and Xbox for exclusives , you sound like the fan boy . The thing about the switch is it's handheld form , ive been playing 50+ hours of paladins on my switch compared to zero on my x box , also held out on Wolfenstein 2 to get on the switch , I want 3rd party support for the switch , as long as it's good , ( panic button I'm looking at you ).
@didaktiik Everywhere in Europe you can return a game up to 14 days after buing it, in physical or digital form. Check the last paragraphs of Nintendo's receipts that are coming to your e-mail when you purchase a game. That goes for your country (Czech Republic) as well.
@pika677
People didn't buy WWE 2K18 because it was a god awful port you ninny. You can't blame Nintendo fans for not wanting to waste money on a bad product. Blame the developers and publisher.
@pika677 What's that got to do with a version of a game that clearly was not optimized, has numerous bugs, and is an objectifiable POS?
You go buy it then, and report back that you love middle fingers from publishers.
How many of these do we need to begin with?
A broken POS that the publisher didn't even see fit to provide on cartridge in full.
I miss playing wrestling games on Nintendo platforms.
Usually I'm all for major games coming to the Switch, but this time I'm happy it's not coming.
2K games not a good track record on Switch thus far. WWE was a disaster and NBA was poorly optimized for the system. Play NBA 2K18 on Switch and then play it on PS4/Xbox One. You won't go back to the Switch version...
Here's to hoping that NES Pro Wrestling will be part of the Nintendo Switch Online shortly after launch.....Fire Pro Wrestling, you are also needed....
I was really close to buying 2K18 on PS4, but because of all the standard 2K bugs, decided not to. I’m counting on Fire Pro to release a good, bug free wrestling game (hopefully on Switch).
Good news! Unfortunately it is confirmed to be released on the other consoles
In the words of the great wrestling manager James E Cornette
"Thank You, F*** You, Bye!"
Developers like this have been annoying me since the GameCube era! They offer a lesser experience, at the same price, and then pick up their toys and go home when Nintendo fans prove that they’re not stupid enough to bite. These games would sell if some genuine effort was made.
@Arnold-Kage yeah, here too unless the game is actually opened
Seeing they got NBA running on this, I don’t see why this was so hard to sort out.
This is incredibly dissapointing but not all too surprising.
When 2k18 was announced on Switch, I really wanted to get it since I am a big WWE fan and hadn’t gotten a WWE game in years. When I saw in previews and reviews just how broken the game was, I decided I was going to wait until there was a patch and a sale. Great sales came along but the only patch they put out was a joke. I figured maybe they’d be another patch but it never came. It was obviously they had given up on even making an attempt with the game and I guess now they’re not even going to try at all with 2k19.
I've said this before but why did 2k not just port over 2k17 from ps3/360 and then upgrade the game from that. That way it would have been so smooth and still look fantastic. 2k are a joke and I'll be staying away from them a good while. Surely they are contenders for worst gaming company of 2017/18. I know ea normally take the crown for that but at least were getting a decent fifa game from them that actually runs well.
Nintendo should go back to their GameCube roots and release Day of Reckoning 3.
Lol it was also dreadful on the other consoles and has been for years. They aren't focused on making the best product for fans, they are interested in milking the name. Year on year the same issues crop up, so that shows not much effort is put into the product.
Well, it sucked on all platforms so maybe they need to skip a year and make the actual BEST version possible! I have WWE 2K18 on my Xbox One X and it STILL has frame rate issues just running in the backstage area to get your match with the same brown dude walking around like a robot going nowhere. Sigh... 2K17 was SO much better on my PS4.
@Paraka yeah, It pissed me off that I still had frame rate issues on my Xbox One X copy 😡
Sadly, as far as sports games (and "Sports Entertainment") go, this has been the trend since the end of the GameCube era...Either the current Nintendo console flat-out doesn't get a port of the sports title at all (cough..NHL 19..cough) or only sporadic releases (WWE 2K18, but no 2K19 and maybe it will have 2K20?)
This is why as much as I love Nintendo and my Switch, it will NEVER be my primary console because too much great stuff is just not available on it. I only mentioned sports games. I could go on forever about other games (Red Dead 2, Anthem, Fallout '76, AC: Odyssey, CoD Black Ops 4, and many others).
My understanding is it was only just playable on the other consoles too.
Abysmal.
I really miss the old THQ wrestling games from the N64-PS2 days.
here we go... games skipping the system... it wont matter to a few fanboys on here... but missing games is never a good thing... we still only have fifa from ea and now less from 2k... i dont know how anyone thinks this is a good sign..
@pika677 WTF are you talking about? It's a well known fact that 3rd party games are selling very well on Switch, and Indie games are regularly, MASSIVELY outselling other platforms. Get an education before you troll, and make an ass of yourself. Better yet, find something better to do, than post nonsense about TOYS on the internet. This has ZERO to do with sales. WWE is being skipped, because they made a SH*T game. The End.
I was going to pass anyway so I don't care.
This is one of those times that I think I will leave 2K a tweet for them to laugh at and ignore. This is pretty upsetting.
The WWE 2K wrestling games have been abysmal the last few years. The actual WWE/WWF product has been bad for well over a decade, and the games line up with them now. If you want a legit wrestling game, look to Fire Pro Wrestling. Other than that, boot up the N64 and Gamecube if anything. And for anyone hating on WWF War zone and WWF Attitude, I beg to differ. Those were some of my favorite wrestling games mainly because it was the last time Bret Hart and Owen Hart were in a game together. Oh, what good times!
It's a shame it's skipping it IMO, as if they managed to get 2K19 up and running smoothly, it would be not only add to the Switch's library, but it would also be some form of vindication for those that weren't happy with 2K18, which is the majority.
Maybe they will spend the next year putting out patches for 2K18 instead, as well as having 2K20 or whatever it ends up being, ready to go.
To be fair the development team (Dave the work experience guy, a water cooler with a face painted on it, a blow up doll from someone’s stag do, and a small dog) are pretty busy with all the other versions.
@electrolite77 LOLOL that made me chuckle.
Back in the day when Wrestling games were good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVzXc1Bm28g
Just as long as they don't also discontinue NBA 2K. I LOVE me some basketball! On Wii U they did NBA 2K13 and it worked great, but then they never didn't another one on Wii U.
meh whatever but it looks like most companies really hate dedicating resources to ports. They also hate creating custom engines.
2K make crap games. No loss.
There hasn't been a good wrestling game since No Mercy.
And no, that pseudo 3D smackdown crap doesn't count.
they should have asked panic button.
2K: We suck at our jobs and cannot be bothered to fix our mistakes, so we just aren't gonna bother.
I was hoping the updates would fix the issues with 2k18 and pick it up at a low price but it sounds like it's just not worth it.
Won’t be missed. They’re doing us a favor actually...
At this point, 2K should just build a new engine for the WWE games. The current one is almost 20 years old and is a Frankenstein's monster of code.
Just like most EA games, nothing of great value was lost. When you release hot garbage on any platform, it's just not going to do well.
Fire Pro, if it comes to the switch, is the last wrestling game you'll ever need. It's that good.
@liveswired No Mercy and Wrestlemania 2000 (I believe was the name). Best wrestling games ever!
@Tank207 it was AKI under THQ that made thise bomb ass WWF games. No Mercy was perfect as well as Wrestlemania 2000!
These games stopped being good when they turned them into a sports sim.
So they run away with their tail between their legs instead of try and fix all the mistakes they've done... Mmmmmm
And they'll have the face to tell us is our fault for not buying the game.
2K is slowly turning into EA. Sad that they own Rockstar.
Wait. There are countries where you can return opened games?
@didaktiik
Damn am I glad their not like that here. Well kinda the store I usually go too has a few rules ,but you either get cash or a gift card worth what the game cost.
I guess if at first you don't succeed, just give up and blame the mess you created on the system it was released on. Perhaps 2K should have pressed the..... Panic Button.
@JudgeMethos I think they made the WCW vs. nWo N64 game as well didn't they?
@Muddy_4_Ever I hope Fire Pro comes to Switch. I've been holding off getting it just in case it gets announced.
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