Tony Hawk : Ride to cost $119.99

This will sell like mad. Lets face it guitar hero sells like crazy, people are thick enough to pay out for a cheap rubbish childish looking plastic hunk of junk you can sure as hell bet they'd buy a skateboard without any wheels for even more.

Send the game to the Wii, since its proven quite often wii fans will buy the inane accesories for that system.

WilliamRLBaker

And in that case ... why not use the current Balance Board audience + skip the peripheral?

I guess they're aiming at all the people with Wii Fit jealosy ... all 17 of them. What a boneheaded move - unless they'd also be releasing a surfing and snowboarding games - and all of them AAA games.

Sheesh, it makes Wii Fit look like a great bargain.

Therefore Tony Hawk: Ride will cost... $152

mlisen

lol that's a rip, how much was wii fit in america? they should have it priced similar if not cheaper than wii fit.

they both come with a game and similar peripherals. i paid £45 for my rockband set and game, that's the most i will pay for these peripheral games.

[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]I know, right? I could almost buy an actual skateboard with that much money...foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="masiisam"]

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun.

psychobrew

Since when?? Most of the TH games were great with the standard controller..Skate 1 and 2 brought innovation to the genre with the standard controller..

This is nothing more than a gimmick to bring attention to a dying brand...

What's the point? Are you kidding? It's all right in front of you...

You said "Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun." My response clearly says otherwise, by the successful history of the franchise "maybe" just few of the millions that bought TH in the past had "fun" with just the regular controller...A peripheral is just a band aid to a brand that has been dying for years..

I guess that's the point for the second time...

I'm starting to find Tony Hawk a bit creepy. He's like a normal 40 year old or so man married with his own family skating around a bit of wood, and this guy is an icon?

For that money, it had better come with the plastic shark they just jumped...subrosian

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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]I know, right? I could almost buy an actual skateboard with that much money...psychobrew

I'm sure they're quality boards too :roll:

[QUOTE="seeker512"]I guess its more about the experience rather than the gameplay itself, You and your friends can always just sit there with the standard controller and play something but when you get up to play guitar hero or rockband, its all different.foxhound_fox

I'm sure they're quality boards too :roll:

psychobrew

I have to agree with Seeker, it's different.

Hey throw in a couple more dollars and you can buy a REAL skateboard and do it OUTSIDE, like how sports should be played (although skateboarding hardly qualifies as a sport).

[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]I know, right? I could almost buy an actual skateboard with that much money...foxhound_fox

I think he was referring more to professional boards which run closer to $100 or more depending on what kind of hardware you put on it.

Hey throw in a couple more dollars and you can buy a REAL skateboard and do it OUTSIDE, like how sports should be played (although skateboarding hardly qualifies as a sport).

Gxgear

Hey, I've tried that and skating is actually tough to do. Plus I look like an idiot trying to pull of the simplest tricks while 6 year old kids skate circles around me.Maybe I'm just old.

Plus I doubt anyone is going to break any bones or lose teeth trying to play the game version.

I know inflation raises game prices, but that's just not acceptable. Eve for a special edition (which I don't think this is.)

If that really is the price, I actually hope the game fails commercially. Developers can't get away with charging us that much.

i dont get it tony hawk games are very unrealistic. so why hv a skateboard as a controller. SKATE in my opinion and alot of others is 10x better and more realistic and i bet they wont ever do that. this game will flop. unless some idiots decide to get it. but really an unrealistic game with a skateboard r u gunna pul 500x trick combos with it i bet u can and thts just retarded.

Target clearance here I come!

Hey throw in a couple more dollars and you can buy a REAL skateboard and do it OUTSIDE, like how sports should be played (although skateboarding hardly qualifies as a sport).

Gxgear

Well, not everyone lives near a good place to go skateboarding, let alone year round. Plus, the courses probably aren't as cool as the game may provide.

[QUOTE="seeker512"]I guess its more about the experience rather than the gameplay itself, You and your friends can always just sit there with the standard controller and play something but when you get up to play guitar hero or rockband, its all different.foxhound_fox

I'm sure they're quality boards too :roll:

psychobrew

I've NEVER seen a pre-built skateboard cost more than $160 let alone 300 :|

(although skateboarding hardly qualifies as a sport).

Gxgear

Tony Hawk : Ride to cost $119.99

seeker512

[QUOTE="psychobrew"][QUOTE="masiisam"]

Since when?? Most of the TH games were great with the standard controller..Skate 1 and 2 brought innovation to the genre with the standard controller..

This is nothing more than a gimmick to bring attention to a dying brand...

What's the point? Are you kidding? It's all right in front of you...

You said "Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun." My response clearly says otherwise, by the successful history of the franchise "maybe" just few of the millions that bought TH in the past had "fun" with just the regular controller...A peripheral is just a band aid to a brand that has been dying for years..

I guess that's the point for the second time...

[QUOTE="masiisam"]

[QUOTE="psychobrew"] Since the beginning. Skating games on a regular controller are the gimmick. What's the point?psychobrew

What's the point? Are you kidding? It's all right in front of you...

You said "Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun." My response clearly says otherwise, by the successful history of the franchise "maybe" just few of the millions that bought TH in the past had "fun" with just the regular controller...A peripheral is just a band aid to a brand that has been dying for years..

I guess that's the point for the second time...

I have to believe that you are kidding simply because of the replies you have made:|

"Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun."..

I don't know how much easier I can say it... ...That's simply not true.,,,. You don't need a peripheral controller to have fun... A decade of games and millions of people disagree with you...it is as simple that,,

Meh, the concept didn't look that fun to begin with.

Why don't the put this game on the wii and let it use the Wii balance board?

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

Why would I be kidding? People have fun with guitar hero and button mashers too. The only people who don't like the controller are those that think it's cool to be glued to their couch like a dead person.masiisam

I have to believe that you are kidding simply because of the replies you have made:|

"Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun."..

I don't know how much easier I can say it... ...That's simply not true.,,,. You don't need a peripheral controller to have fun... A decade of games and millions of people disagree with you...it is as simple that,,

There's no way you'd be saying the same thing if you'd actually try it. What's the point of playing a skateboarding game with a regular controller, especially when there's a much better customized controller for it? Games like Tony Hawk are lame without a bit of virtual reality. With it, they are a blast.

[QUOTE="masiisam"]

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

Why would I be kidding? People have fun with guitar hero and button mashers too. The only people who don't like the controller are those that think it's cool to be glued to their couch like a dead person.psychobrew

I have to believe that you are kidding simply because of the replies you have made:|

"Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun."..

I don't know how much easier I can say it... ...That's simply not true.,,,. You don't need a peripheral controller to have fun... A decade of games and millions of people disagree with you...it is as simple that,,

There's no way you'd be saying the same thing if you'd actually try it. What's the point of playing a skateboarding game with a regular controller, especially when there's a much better customized controller for it? Games like Tony Hawk are lame without a bit of virtual reality. With it, they are a blast.

Why don't the put this game on the wii and let it use the Wii balance board?

nintendoman562

[QUOTE="masiisam"]

I have to believe that you are kidding simply because of the replies you have made:|

"Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun."..

I don't know how much easier I can say it... ...That's simply not true.,,,. You don't need a peripheral controller to have fun... A decade of games and millions of people disagree with you...it is as simple that,,

There's no way you'd be saying the same thing if you'd actually try it. What's the point of playing a skateboarding game with a regular controller, especially when there's a much better customized controller for it? Games like Tony Hawk are lame without a bit of virtual reality. With it, they are a blast.

I won't be getting it. I was never planning on getting the "new" Tony Hawk game anyway.

[QUOTE="masiisam"]

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

Why would I be kidding? People have fun with guitar hero and button mashers too. The only people who don't like the controller are those that think it's cool to be glued to their couch like a dead person.psychobrew

I have to believe that you are kidding simply because of the replies you have made:|

"Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun."..

I don't know how much easier I can say it... ...That's simply not true.,,,. You don't need a peripheral controller to have fun... A decade of games and millions of people disagree with you...it is as simple that,,

There's no way you'd be saying the same thing if you'd actually try it. What's the point of playing a skateboarding game with a regular controller, especially when there's a much better customized controller for it? Games like Tony Hawk are lame without a bit of virtual reality. With it, they are a blast.

well at least its on the 360 for timed exclusive right?

[QUOTE="masiisam"]

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

Why would I be kidding? People have fun with guitar hero and button mashers too. The only people who don't like the controller are those that think it's cool to be glued to their couch like a dead person.psychobrew

I have to believe that you are kidding simply because of the replies you have made:|

"Skateboarding games need a special controller to be fun."..

I don't know how much easier I can say it... ...That's simply not true.,,,. You don't need a peripheral controller to have fun... A decade of games and millions of people disagree with you...it is as simple that,,

There's no way you'd be saying the same thing if you'd actually try it. What's the point of playing a skateboarding game with a regular controller, especially when there's a much better customized controller for it? Games like Tony Hawk are lame without a bit of virtual reality. With it, they are a blast.

So you have first hand experience from it?

So you have first hand experience from it?

masiisam

Skate It with the balance boardwould bepretty close.

[QUOTE="masiisam"]

So you have first hand experience from it?

psychobrew

Skate It with the balance boardwould bepretty close.

How do you know that?

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

[QUOTE="masiisam"]

So you have first hand experience from it?

Skate It with the balance boardwould bepretty close.

How do you know that?

considering that this board is unlikely to be used in many other games (besides sequels) it's hard to justify without trying it.Ontain

Why don't the put this game on the wii and let it use the Wii balance board?

nintendoman562