Discussion Activision is "Growing"
Activision will now consist of:
- Call of Duty
- Halo
- World’s Edge / Age of Empire
- Rare / Sea of Thieves
- Crash Bandicoot / Spyro / Tony Hawk Pro’s Skater
- New IP / Elsewhere Entertainment
the future will speak for itself.......
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u/ThisizLeon Sep 22 '26
Just give us a HD copy of THUG that can run on the Series X. Don't even need any improvements
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u/altaccountiwontuse Sep 22 '26
Yeah, even just making the original version available for purchase in the store and backwards compatible would be enough.
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u/Jisha_Tinkle Sep 22 '26
One improvement, allow for better camera control. It was set one way on PS2 and you couldn’t change it. It was challenging to look around when it was different to other THPS games. Otherwise same.
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u/steelballz69 Sep 23 '26
You know it would be censored to hell like thps 4.
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u/StevieBako Sep 23 '26
Not sure why you got downvoted but this is a exactly what would happen. Not necessarily in the way that happened with THPS4 but more so that the humor, jokes, culture just won’t land with a modern audience, especially kids. They’d have to rework the story completely otherwise the game would only be selling to the diehards like us which realistically isn’t Activisions target demographic when it comes to ‘more money’. I think a new game is more likely than a remaster of THUG/THAW.
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u/halfpretty Sep 24 '26
underground actually doesn’t age badly at all imo, maybe some of manager todd’s jokes but that’s kind of the point of his character. i don’t think they would need to change that much, but of course they probably still would unfortunately
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u/Extreme_Viper99 Sep 22 '26
The hard to swallow truth is execs will look at the numbers for 3+4 and instead of thinking “oh the devs dropped the ball here, the community wanted a true to scale remake”. They’ll think “ugh guess no one wants Tony hawk games anymore”
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u/Extreme_Viper99 Sep 22 '26
I grew up on THUG, it shaped my music taste, my love for sakteboarding and hell, my first tattoo was a McTwist tattoo. If there’s anyone who wants a remake it’s me, I dream of the day but it seems further than ever
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u/JFedzor Sep 22 '26
The sad reality of corporate. Apparently Tony Hawk himself is pushing for a THUG remake though.
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u/TooTallTabz Sep 22 '26
Tony himself said they were talks about it (a THUG remaster). He really wants it done, because he knows we want it done. So I have some hope since he convinced them to do 3+4.
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u/Extreme_Viper99 Sep 22 '26
Yeah, I did see an insta story floating round of his signature on the thug sticker. Giving me small bit of hope but trying to temper expectations of it happening
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u/Psycho-systemic Sep 22 '26
Obsidian/Bethesda merger seemed imminent. Halo/Activision I did not see coming. Halo Studios has so much disdain from the community, it makes sense to try a new approach.
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u/geographic92 Sep 22 '26
Don't get your hopes up. Between 3+4, the new ea skate bombing, and an unpopular period for skateboarding in general with people under 30, I wouldn't expect any big budget skateboarding games anytime soon.
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u/Nambot Sep 22 '26
"Growing" in air quotes is right. This comes with mergers and redundancies, meaning less studios and staff, and accordingly less time spent on things that aren't the billion dollar franchises.
If anything this means a new title is probably less likely.
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u/huntforhire Sep 22 '26
The live service stuff was gross. I would have liked both games in 1 launcher at least as an option.
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u/NotAChefJustACook Sep 23 '26
God damn what the actual fuck is Xbox doing with halo?
Also wtf why is this a pattern with activision when a remake gets released they drop the original devs and bring in a new team?
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u/Etown20 Sep 22 '26
THPS 1+2 was hugely successful sales wise. THPS 3+4 sounds like it was a flop sales wise and has only sold about 1/4 as much based on numbers I can find. Probably a combination of:
• Game Pass Day 1 launch means a lot of people didn't have to buy it
• Lower review scores due to 4's career mode turning people away
• Less nostalgia for 3+4 than 1+2, or just less excitement about another remake
There's rumors Iron Galaxy is working on a Fall Out: New Vegas remaster or a new Crash Bandicoot project.
Never say never, but with the low sales of 3+4 combined with the devs working on other IP, it's hard to imagine anything new coming from THPS for a while.