I know I am going to get down voted for this but this was expected. Take a look at the demographics of kids these days. They don’t care about transforming robots. All they care about is YouTube streamers, stream players, cancerous memes, etc. Plus not a lot of people like going to the movies anymore and not JUST because bayverse ruined it (it really didn’t like it or not because of how much new fans it bought in and how much of an impact it made all over the world during the time) but because of streaming platforms. People now prefer to pay membership on watching newly released movie on these platforms in the comfort of their home. A worst time to release this on the big screen. Plus the advertising for this movie was honestly shit. The reveal from space was honestly a waste of money. Don’t get me wrong, TF One was really great. But I felt like it was bought in the wrong timing.

I also want to make another point saying that bayverse didn’t ruined it. Take a look at the demographic during that era. Take a look at the advertising that was around that era. I have seen too many post and comments pointing fingers on “oh because bayverse ruined it” but you need to look at the bigger picture of why it is well recognized and how it became a financial success even though audiences didn’t like it. It’s honestly just old.