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They need to relax already. I Wouldnt even know which title is the latest if I went to the retail store.
Well maybe it is because no one knows who Tony Hawk is; how long has it been since he has been in a movie or any type of news? Does he even skateboard anymore?
This is what happens when you start releasing games like it's going out of style. We've had 14 games in the series (not counting rebranded re-releases or the games with the same name but different design teams on GBA/DS/etc) since 1999. That's a little much, and it's why the series has been driven into the ground.
What's even sadder is that Tony bought 1/3 of those himself.
@ Labyrinth666, he was on Yo Gabba Gabba awile back.
@ Labyrinth666, he was on Yo Gabba Gabba awile back.
I used to love Tony Hawk games. THPS3 is one of my favorite PS2 games. Where's the HD remake of that game? I'd take it over the Skate series anytime.
You can't say they didn't have a good run though. I personally never bought a Tony Hawk game but I know the series has been around since the N64 days. I'll bet I would be shocked to know exactly how many different Tony Hawk games there are but yeah over saturation will kill any franchise. When will they learn?
*releases Tony Hawk Ride*
*it sells like shit*
Activision: "Fuck it, let's make another one!"
*sells like shit*
It's the definition of insanity all over again. Keep doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result.
BTW shouldn't the header be Captain Obvious? I mean, my blind grandmother saw this coming a mile away.
*it sells like shit*
Activision: "Fuck it, let's make another one!"
*sells like shit*
It's the definition of insanity all over again. Keep doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result.
BTW shouldn't the header be Captain Obvious? I mean, my blind grandmother saw this coming a mile away.
Honestly, I'd love to buy a new THPS game if they went back to the THPS3 formula.
Too bad that ain't gonna happen.
Too bad that ain't gonna happen.
I don't get why everyone is blaming market saturation. Market saturation isn't the problem. It's that dumbass peripheral. And at this point even if they quit with the peripheral no one will care but regardless the peripheral was their undoing. Before that there was a decent chunk of people you could bet would buy it. Now they're buying Skate and they'll keep buying Skate as creatures of habit.
@BalloonFighter
They won't. They'll attribute it to myriad factors that are out of their hands instead of the few that are in their hands. Personally speaking, if they'd slowed the releases and just kept getting wilder and wilder stages, I'd have been happy.
The original trio of games stands out as some of my favourites to this day. Just because they take something relatively normal and mundane and then they turn it into an awesome bit of fun.
I can't be the only person who's taken the two minutes given to me in a normal stage and turned it into one long trick that breaks into the seven figure range.
They won't. They'll attribute it to myriad factors that are out of their hands instead of the few that are in their hands. Personally speaking, if they'd slowed the releases and just kept getting wilder and wilder stages, I'd have been happy.
The original trio of games stands out as some of my favourites to this day. Just because they take something relatively normal and mundane and then they turn it into an awesome bit of fun.
I can't be the only person who's taken the two minutes given to me in a normal stage and turned it into one long trick that breaks into the seven figure range.
Xzyliac
you can't deny the series lost luster after yearly releases, that's why they came up with the peripheral. To win back fans.
you can't deny the series lost luster after yearly releases, that's why they came up with the peripheral. To win back fans.
That's fucking awesome.
If only Activision weren't making too much money from WoW and CoD to care.....
If only Activision weren't making too much money from WoW and CoD to care.....
Eh, as long as I can play Tony Hawk 2 & 3 once or twice a year when the mood hits me I am fine with that.
They should've stopped at Underground 2. American Wasteland was ok, but it was only worth playing because of the bikes. By that point the series was totally stale.
And about the number...
14 is just the number of titles released WITHOUT counting games that are different but released under the same name. If you want to count each different version, they've actually released 34. Which averages out to a release every four months.
14 is just the number of titles released WITHOUT counting games that are different but released under the same name. If you want to count each different version, they've actually released 34. Which averages out to a release every four months.
@BalloonFighter
But I don't think they would've ever dipped as low as 3,000 without that peripheral. Was it a top seller? No. But 3,000?
I mean when 100 units is a chunk of your sales that's just terrible.
But I don't think they would've ever dipped as low as 3,000 without that peripheral. Was it a top seller? No. But 3,000?
I mean when 100 units is a chunk of your sales that's just terrible.
I wouldn't be surprised if DJ Hero 2 sold well in the long run though. Wasn't it sales to free up shelf space that made the first one sell? I love the game, but even I didn't want to spend full price on it when I spent only $30 on the first game WITH a controller.
Lumping Shred in with DJ Hero 2? I don't think Jim is implying that one game or the other is bad, (I am loving the new DJ Hero) maybe people are tired of buying over priced peripherals that only work with 1 game.
I don't think saturation is necessarily the problem here. I would keep buying yearly iterations of Tony Hawk games if they'd take it back to the basics. My interest waned when they tried to turn the series into an open-world thing with missions and a story, and dropped off completely when they added a peripheral. I really just want a Pro Skater 5.
Wow. That's a failure, alright.
But it's understandable. Not only the peripheal is a turn off for many people, this game barely received advertisiment. It doesn't even have a metacritic score yet.
But it's understandable. Not only the peripheal is a turn off for many people, this game barely received advertisiment. It doesn't even have a metacritic score yet.
"I see," said the blind man to his deaf friend as he pissed into the wind, "It's all coming back to me now..."
First off, I haven't heard a word about TH: Shred ever since I read a long time ago that it was going to exist because of a domain name registration or a tweet from Tony Hawk or something. Second, even if I knew the game was coming out, I wouldn't have gotten it because the series is tired. I stopped playing Tony Hawk games back on PS2. They haven't done anything noteworthy that I'm aware of. At least Skate has a new and interesting control scheme. I think the lack of marketing had the most to do with this failure though.
First off, I haven't heard a word about TH: Shred ever since I read a long time ago that it was going to exist because of a domain name registration or a tweet from Tony Hawk or something. Second, even if I knew the game was coming out, I wouldn't have gotten it because the series is tired. I stopped playing Tony Hawk games back on PS2. They haven't done anything noteworthy that I'm aware of. At least Skate has a new and interesting control scheme. I think the lack of marketing had the most to do with this failure though.
I completely disagree with your conclusion.
You seem to be suggesting that fans have had enough of tony hawk. and hence didn't buy this new title. Bullshit. you are giving way too much credit to the gaming population. This sold badly because no one heard of the bloody game.
You seem to be suggesting that fans have had enough of tony hawk. and hence didn't buy this new title. Bullshit. you are giving way too much credit to the gaming population. This sold badly because no one heard of the bloody game.
Tony Hawk 2 & 3 were the shizzle for me back in the day. Skate kinda took over with its nice control and realistic skating.
Activision tried to grab the market with that board controller but the only problem was the board DIDTNT WORK. Would anyone buy a guitar hero controller that wouldnt play the songs right?
Activision tried to grab the market with that board controller but the only problem was the board DIDTNT WORK. Would anyone buy a guitar hero controller that wouldnt play the songs right?
Too bad. THPS2 was the pinnacle of the series for me; I still pop that in every now and then. There were some good ones after that too, but that was the last one I spent a lot of time with. So much fun.
I saw like 8 boxes at Wal-mart and was all "this is out already"?
Then I spat on each box while I touched myself, good day.
Then I spat on each box while I touched myself, good day.
Well finally one bites the dust, that's something now if we could just get all those that bought Black Ops to at least stop buying 15$ map packs...
Well, the skateboard per. doesn't work as well as it should- it works better if you use your hands, and that should tell you something. The other piece is the game just isn't very fun- I got the last one for under 20 bucks including the skateboard- and after using it it didn't make me want to go out and by a sequel.
It's obvious that activision only profit from CoD on consoles. With promising shooters coming out, I could see this happening on the CoD franchise.
I didn't even realize this was out, like most people here I blame poor advertising and a shitty peripheral for the games lack of sales. They were on the right track with Project 8 and Proving Ground, those games felt like appropriate next-gen evolutions of the pro skater formula. If they had kept on that track I probably would have bought the last two games. As it is, I'll wait until I can get both Shred and Ride with the peripheral for less than $20, preferably used so Activision doesn't see any money from the sale.
Off topic (sorta) Guitar Hero sold less than 100,000, and I think Neversoft is off the project now. If Activision buys Harmonix then we can wave bye bye to GH too and watch them whore out RB even more so than EA did.
I'd blame undermarketing before I blamed saturation. Sure, Activision is stabbing themselves in the face with oversaturation on other fronts, but I had no idea this game was even being -made-, nevermind that it'd come out already. I kind of assumed Ride was going to be the last one when they dropped that interesting, if unnecessary, peripheral.
I second the idea of the board peripheral being a big part of the failure. There's no denying the series has gotten a bit played out, but the public all but rejected Ride and its silly board controller. Making another game that uses the controller no one liked is not sending the right message to the consumer.
This has nothing to do with too many Hawk games. Project 8 was amazing. Proving Ground was just fucking stupid. The problem is ppl don't wanna hop on some shitty ass board like retards. The first four Tony Hawk games are better than Skate in my opinion. Ppl praise skate for realism. Fuck that. I wanna grind a fuckin roller coaster or kickflip over a dinosaur or some shit.
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