The lights are on
Despite facing fairly heavy criticism from critics and consumers, Activision is not backing off from the motion-controlled skateboard peripheral that they introduced with 2009's Tony Hawk Ride. According to news from the company's investor call today, a new Tony Hawk improving on the Ride board mechanics is due out this year.
Activision community guy Dan Amrich tweeted some details of the investor call earlier today, saying that the board itself took a long time to develop, so this year will be devoted to improving the game itself. Amrich then had some commentary to offer to critics:
"You can all just keep the TH board jokes. There's only 2 things to do: make it better or make you feel like you wasted $. I vote better."
Though I remain skeptical about the board peripheral's future, Amrich does make a good point. If Activision and Robomodo can take another year of development time and produce a much tighter, better game, they still have the potential to turn people around and make them want to look all goofy riding a fake plastic skateboard in their living room, the same way people want to look all goofy playing fake plastic instruments. Does anyone think they can pull off such an impressive 180?
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I don't think I'll buy it regardless. I'm a skater. I like to skate. I don't think I'd like pretend skating on the carpet in the living room. It had better be an amazing experience to get me into it. Honestly I like the path Skate and Skate 2 have taken... Sorry Tony.
No!!! I have a feeling this is gonna kinda be like Sonic, trying new ways to reinvent the game, and they'll all suck...
hmmmm.time well tell on this one here, BUT if they're expecting a FULL retail price of 65 bucks for this rehash....they have another thing coming...
Can't cure a dying franchise. I don't see this game being anticipated by anyone
Do I really need to pay money to jump around my living room like a fool? Not so much. I can't even offer any advice other than just calling it a write off. Just put it in the attic next to the Sega Activator.
All Tony Hawks suck end of story
they should just dump any tony hawk plans they have
This franchise just needs to die...
Face it Tony, EA and Skate killed your skating video game juggernaut. What they need to do is swallow their pride, admit Skate innovated where they couldn't, and then copy and paste Skate's formula and make their own version the game. If you can't beat em', join em'.
I don't think so.
Quote from me:
"There's only 2 things to do: make it better or make you feel like you wasted $. I vote wasted $."
i smell another bomb for the Hawkman. your games should go away already. they were cool 8 years ago. not so much anymore.
tony get over your product isnt that good, make a game like skate, that will sell
Just give up, Tony. You did your job by popularizing skating. Stop pumping out crap that nobody wants to play. Just leave the gaming world with what little dignity you have left.
the series got stupid after T.H.U.G 1
I don't buy skateboard games anymore, not that I ever did. Their just more horrble lately now than usual.
So, technically, he voted to make you feel like you wasted MORE money.
This franchise was on a major downslide before Ride, and Ride just threw it over the cliff. Worst skating game in years, and cost more than twice as much as most skate games.
Even if their new skate game is completely awesome, like 9 from GI awesome, it won't save this series.
a year is a long time. i think they can. i don't really care much about the tony hawk series, but i think they can bounce back... somehow.
Nope. Because after Ride, people will be very sceptical about the game, even after it's "improved".
i think it deserves a shot... the people who made it know they missed... let them try and fix it...at a cut price...