Post by 👑🇵🇭⭐️ on Aug 4, 2015 22:47:37 GMT -5
Yes, this is another Hulk Hogan thread, but with a digital twist.
I, like many others, started watching Professional Sports Wrestling Entertainment at a young age. I know I've said I'm a Jericho-holic time and time again, but what attracted me to this specific genre of entertainment was the yellow and red Maniac known as Hulk Hogan. I've seen him before, on shows, cartoons, toys, etc. It was until Spring of 1989, right around WrestleMania V, was when I started to practice McMahonism. To say Hulk Hogan was a...no...the influence that drew me in, would be a drastic understatement.
Over time, my favorites changed. It changed to the point where Hulk Hogan dropped in my own personal top 5 list to 5B. In case you were wondering, My list goes like this.
1 - Chris Jericho
2A - Stone Cold Steve Austin
2B - The Rock
4 - Kurt Angle
5A - Ric Flair
5B - Hulk Hogan
Now fast forward to last night. I was taking my son out to look for something to buy with his gift cards that he got for his recent Birthday. To my surprise, I see WWE 2K15 for only $30!! That significant price drop doesn't usually happen until the next one, in this case WWE 2K16, is released. I jumped on the offer immediately, without any hesitation. As soon as I got home, I fired up the XBOX 360 Elite (or as I like to call it, the XBOX EGO), and started downloading the downloadable content. I downloaded the Showcase Pass (with the accelerator and exclusive Paige character), the WCW pack, NXT Arrival, the New Moves pack, and the Sting pack. One can understand the excitement I was feeling, as some of you probably went through this last year.
Can anyone guess what I saw, or didn't see?? Anyone?? Anyone?? I didn't see the Hulk Hogan pack!! All these thoughts just ran through my head. How could WWE do this?? How could 2K Sports do this?? How could Take-Two Interactive do this?? How could Microsoft / XBOX do this?? How could Gawker do this?? How could Hulk Hogan be so stupid!?
I spent most of last night and most of today searching the internet, looking for a way to get the (not) Immortal (anymore) One into my WWE 2K15 game. Not so funny thing is, I actually looked for the Hulk Hogan pack a day or two after the news broke, just to see if it was still there. It was, and I thought it was safe. I figured, sure they can exclude him from future games and merchandise, but at this point in time, there's no way they would take him out of an already released game. Well, I was wrong.
I am a selective completionist, if that's a word / term. I've been collecting the XBOX WWE games since they debuted. I have Raw, Raw 2, and WrestleMania 21 for the original XBOX. For the XBOX 360, I have Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 to 2011, WWE 12 and 13, WWE 2K14 and 2K15, as well as Legends of WrestleMania, and All-Stars. I have also collected all of the DLC...well, except for the WWE 2K15 Hulk Hogan pack, of course.
If there is any possible way for me to get the real HHH, Hollywood Hulk Hogan DLC for the XBOX 360, please let me know.
If you got this far, thanks for letting me vent. I'm not as disgruntled as you may think...I'm worse. What cha gonna do...what cha gonna do!?
I, like many others, started watching Professional Sports Wrestling Entertainment at a young age. I know I've said I'm a Jericho-holic time and time again, but what attracted me to this specific genre of entertainment was the yellow and red Maniac known as Hulk Hogan. I've seen him before, on shows, cartoons, toys, etc. It was until Spring of 1989, right around WrestleMania V, was when I started to practice McMahonism. To say Hulk Hogan was a...no...the influence that drew me in, would be a drastic understatement.
Over time, my favorites changed. It changed to the point where Hulk Hogan dropped in my own personal top 5 list to 5B. In case you were wondering, My list goes like this.
1 - Chris Jericho
2A - Stone Cold Steve Austin
2B - The Rock
4 - Kurt Angle
5A - Ric Flair
5B - Hulk Hogan
Now fast forward to last night. I was taking my son out to look for something to buy with his gift cards that he got for his recent Birthday. To my surprise, I see WWE 2K15 for only $30!! That significant price drop doesn't usually happen until the next one, in this case WWE 2K16, is released. I jumped on the offer immediately, without any hesitation. As soon as I got home, I fired up the XBOX 360 Elite (or as I like to call it, the XBOX EGO), and started downloading the downloadable content. I downloaded the Showcase Pass (with the accelerator and exclusive Paige character), the WCW pack, NXT Arrival, the New Moves pack, and the Sting pack. One can understand the excitement I was feeling, as some of you probably went through this last year.
Can anyone guess what I saw, or didn't see?? Anyone?? Anyone?? I didn't see the Hulk Hogan pack!! All these thoughts just ran through my head. How could WWE do this?? How could 2K Sports do this?? How could Take-Two Interactive do this?? How could Microsoft / XBOX do this?? How could Gawker do this?? How could Hulk Hogan be so stupid!?
I spent most of last night and most of today searching the internet, looking for a way to get the (not) Immortal (anymore) One into my WWE 2K15 game. Not so funny thing is, I actually looked for the Hulk Hogan pack a day or two after the news broke, just to see if it was still there. It was, and I thought it was safe. I figured, sure they can exclude him from future games and merchandise, but at this point in time, there's no way they would take him out of an already released game. Well, I was wrong.
I am a selective completionist, if that's a word / term. I've been collecting the XBOX WWE games since they debuted. I have Raw, Raw 2, and WrestleMania 21 for the original XBOX. For the XBOX 360, I have Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 to 2011, WWE 12 and 13, WWE 2K14 and 2K15, as well as Legends of WrestleMania, and All-Stars. I have also collected all of the DLC...well, except for the WWE 2K15 Hulk Hogan pack, of course.
If there is any possible way for me to get the real HHH, Hollywood Hulk Hogan DLC for the XBOX 360, please let me know.
If you got this far, thanks for letting me vent. I'm not as disgruntled as you may think...I'm worse. What cha gonna do...what cha gonna do!?
