Comments on: November sales of Tony Hawk: RIDE were poor at best

By: Gurdil

Gurdil — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:05:59 +0000

Hope so too… Living in the North of France’s not great for skateboarding, unless you like riding under the rain lol I miss California ^^ Thanks for your opinion anyway.

By: Jadeskye

Jadeskye — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:34:32 +0000

not really no, the board isn’t properly calibrated for freestyle control. It’s easier to ride a real skateboard then control the direction of this thing.

Maybe you’ll like it, for the sake of your wallet, i hope so.

By: Gurdil

Gurdil — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:24:26 +0000

That’s another problem. But I hope you’re wrong, I ordered it :s But at least the freestyle mode is cool, right? (I suppose there is one)

By: Jadeskye

Jadeskye — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:21:02 +0000

i tried it gurdil. it’s an interesting piece of kit, clearly very responsive to movement and such.

The game is still terrible.

By: Gurdil

Gurdil — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:59:36 +0000

Seriously, did any of you guys event try it or did you just read unhappy video games journalists? I did try it a little (ok not long, just a few minutes but still) and the peripheral’s response is actually quite good. I dunno yet about complex tricks but it bugs me that you’re all criticizing the gameplay without even trying.
You could just not like the concept and that would be understandable but if that’s not the point, just give it a try, I’m sure you all can do it without even paying anything…

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:13:37 +0000

I’m surprised it sold as many as that, tbh.

By: BraveArse

BraveArse — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:13:48 +0000

People sick of paying through the nose for plastic toy peripherals no matter how shiny: several million.

By: Yoshi

Yoshi — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:52:35 +0000

I think more like,
ppl interested in Skateboarding: Around 1million if not more
ppl interested in playing a Skateboarding game with a terrible unrealistic unresponsive board about 114k people

By: mojo

mojo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:44:30 +0000

i disagree with pricetag partly responsible for poor sales..
See all that guitar hero rockband ‘n stuff stuff.
pricewise more or less the same region..
but
ppl interested in music: roughly (!) 1 billion.
ppl interested in Skateboarding: go figure urself..

By: Jadeskye

Jadeskye — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:06:46 +0000

once again, gerstmann has this pegged.

Good idea, poorly executed.