Let's face it: *Mortal Kombat 1* is experiencing a noticeable decline. It's become evident that the Season 3 content has been scrapped due to underwhelming sales figures. The recent trailer for Pro Kompetition, the game's esports circuit, can only be described as cautious at best.
Pro Kompetition 2025 boasts a total prize pool of $255,000. In the current year, this amount is modest, even by the standards of the fighting game community (FGC). Top players have previously voiced their concerns about the insufficient prize money, highlighting the unsustainability of traveling internationally for mere hundreds of dollars.
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This year, we're likely to see two distinct groups of players: one competing in North American tournaments, and the other staying in Europe. These groups will only come together at EVO 2025, the tournament of the year.
While there are efforts to generate excitement and build hype, and to some extent these efforts are successful, the reality behind the enthusiastic emotions and the teased in-game image of T-1000 paints a rather somber picture.
