Was Wuthering Waves Sabotaged by Hoyoverse?

Were the problems in CBT2 caused corporate incompetence on Kuro's end, or something more insidious?

As a disclaimer, the claims made in this video are first and foremost a theory backed by observations from WuWa's development timeline and leaked contracts from Hoyoverse's end.

DO NOT BLAME THE VAs. Companies have almost all of the power within the United States when it comes to contract negotiations.

There are MANY Hoyoverse voice actors that have few other roles on their resume; some even have Hoyoverse games as their first ever appearance in the anime/gacha game scene. Despite what you may hear from CyYu/Alejandro Saab, it's probable that these less tenured VA's have less sway than he does in their contract negotiations with Hoyoverse. He has already confirmed every VA gets different contracts.

Pinning the blame on these individuals is awful. If my theory holds any weight, they are the victims in this circumstance.

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[meerubfatima]

Ain’t no way, the amount of people believing this is insane lmao💀💀

[Aman_Mondal]

See I would agree to your speculation if your whole channel wasn't built on WuWa content and Genshin hate, we are all forgetting something here the NDA document you showed was for content creators not Voice actors and nor their agency, what you basically said was 100% speculation based on your own bias against Mihoyo as a conpany, and also you also lied saying that WuWa has taken over US like bruh don't just show only WuWa interest spike also compare it to Genshin's interest chart that would actually show how good or bad it actually is. Also you say Mihoyo is a bully but you are again forgetting something Mihoyo has been in the space for longer 3 years to be exact and their overall games have all been high quality with good depth to their stories they have full right to act like they own this market, Kuro Games has to pull this off with the limitations they currently have otherwise they are done for also making main character cosplays and making them roam around the US to market the game is hella dumb since that increases the costs for Marketing more than anything

[K_V-]

The va restriction sounds illegal, let them pick who to work for even if it's your competitor 👽

[thepeanutter]

I think you're reading way too far into this. The reason there's no overlap in the voice actors is because they sourced it to a dubbing studio in London instead of America.

[Lununguis]

Concerning if true, but it's disingenuous to frame Kuro as the little guy when it has the backing of Tencent. Let's not pretend this isn't two giants slugging it out in one way or another.

Edit: Official English VAs for Genshin and HSR like Alejandro Saab and Sam Slade have spoken out to call this a ridiculous rumor, that Kuro simply opted for a UK dubbing studio. It's time to put this to bed.

[brabbits]

But kept in mind that still no oroof to support this statement

[MINERVA-X]

This really is weird.. and you know what - the difference between the companies of Kuro and Hoyoverse is really starting to show more now than ever.
Kuro are completely open to discussing and changing any problems the players have faced in just the beta. On the other hand, all I’ve heard is constant complaints that Hoyo do not care about their players wants. But then this contract comes out.. it’s even more obvious now they truly believe they’re on top and don’t want to lose this position.
That isn’t fair at all, new games should be given a chance by all means.

[Gilgamesh-emru]

you can't make assumptions like that when you look at the other languages and notice specifically How many CN Va's Voice in Wuwa that also voice several characters across all of the Hoyo games. just the CN Female Rover alone demolishes your 'theory' since she voices 1 character from 3 hoyo games. you would have to assume this is ONLY the case for the EN cast which is still a huge stretch of the imagination. yeah it's a little odd they didn't use existing talents from PGR but if they wanted to swap to a studio that is close to China so they can communicate more I don't see the issue or drama there. you're trying very hard to make hoyo seem like this massive villain in the gacha landscape for some reason.

[cooloncrack]

Considering hoyo has threatened VA's to not interact with Tectone, it wouldn't be surprising to do the same when a direct competitor is involved, this is just my speculation after considering some factors and i might be 100% wrong on this but, i believe that pre-reg fake website which started running ads BEFORE Kuro themselves, was set up by hoyo as well. As i said, i might be 100% wrong tho, but i don't see a person paying thousands on ads just to get traffic on a fake website, this looks more like an attempt to create bad PR

[Account-ghbt]

From what I've seen, there are many new content creators whose channel is about Wuthering Waves! So I'm not worried about the fact that Hoyo is making popular content creators not advertise WW, I really do believe the game will succeed and hope that these new creators will get famous :D

Sorry if my English is weird, also nice video!! You're already my fav WW creator haha.

[Rickyty]

so even VA's or voice-over actors are being sabotage by hoyoverse to prevent Kuro games, damn

[Eliombc]

Want something to report that badly? How about the fact that Kuro has copied 3 hoyoverse games over the years, screwed over more than a hundred newly graduated employees by mass firing them for no reason last year, screwed over their employees by overworking them and screwed over their game by cutting corners and releasing it in a rush when it's clearly lacking.

[YEETx]

***anything*** but actually fixing genshin qol features

[Dr_Goldd]

Man, here i was thinking i was gonna see some jaw-dropping, oma evidence that would shake my world's view.

All i got was "strange, isn't it?"

[iFishFrogs]

There are VA's who are both in WuWa and Hoyo games. Yui Ishikawa voices Stelle, then recorded Yangyang and Clorinde later.

[Digitalman]

So this is funny. This last April, the FTC in the US actually banned non-compete agreements. Banned. They are now illegal.

SO, literally any of you can report these agreements to the FTC, and hoyo will have the US Gov biting at their asses.

Also let other CCs know and upvote this comment.

[zowiemcgrath]

I had no idea Skyler Davenport was gonna voice Yangyang. I love Bianca in pgr and it makes Me so upset to see Hoyoverse doing this if its their doing.

[maxdonnau]

Next tier Kuro glazing have fun with stuttering waves

[miyeoncebiased]

Are you an emanator of Mythus? It seems so, the character in your thumbnail is voiced by Kaeya's voice in CN, and a lot of Genshin VAs are voicing Kuro game characters. Delete this already bruh it is getting embarrassing! Your video got debunked as soon as Cyno's VA spoke up, then Ayato's EN VA, and then Topaz EN VA also spoke up about being in PGR cast, many JP VAs of Genshin and Honkai are also involved in Wuthering Waves! Even Hoyoverse employees are openly supporting Wuthering Waves. but i get it, you want to be that certain shunned out bald drama loving ex hoyo cc so bad.
It won't end well if you love stirring dramas made out of false facts.

[PNayak-gsjn]

Not to sound like a HOYO bootlicker, but the whole VA stealing thing sounds at best speculation at worst conspiracy theory. Like I'm not saying it's impossible, but if it's true it's implications are so much worse than just a competing game doing bad on release. If the game is good, it's gonna gain an audience with time one way or another, but if these contract restrictions are real, it has serious implications for the livelihoods of VAs. It would mean that they either have to give up some really great roles in a large well known game or be restricted to a limited set of characters which may sometimes go months or even years without new content. It's the kind of predatory contract that I'm pretty sure should be illegal and something I would assume veteran VAs would know not to get trapped in. Maybe this is true, but this video has given basically no proof of it, just speculation and find a good story to sell to Hoyo haters. Even the CC contract seems to only restrict sponsored contracts and not normal content so the CC could still play the games on their own time (though I haven't read the entire contract so correct me if I'm wrong). There's def something sus with the VA situation, but painting Hoyo as the culprit with basically no proof feel like you are letting your biases color your views there