Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 var en sådan katastrof att det rimligen är spiken i kistan för serien. Men även bra skateboardspel som Skate-serien har som bekant pensionerats, och istället står nu hoppet till Kickstarter-finansierade Session för den som vill åka digital rullbräda. Neversoft-utvecklaren Chris Rausch som jobbat med Tony Hawk kommenterar den trista utvecklingen såhär i en intervju med Game Brain:
"I think that the Tony Hawk 5 game really sealed the deal for a while, which is a bummer because you know there's an audience out there. It sold enough, it certainly sold better than Shred, but when I first heard about that game and I saw what it was and got a chance to check it out! At the time it was supposed to be a $20 download, and somewhere along the line later they decided we're going to put it in a box and charge $50.
And that was another thing that really hurt the outlook for it and the reputation for it. People would have been more forgiving if it was a little cheaper, but I think it was one of those things where you know you have the audience, you know they want more and you just don't give them something that's worthy; and then all the suits decide, well people don't want skateboarding games any more. Well, yes they do, they want a better one, one that's a lot cooler."
Rausch avslöjar dock senare att han jobbar på något just nu som kanske kan glädja fans av genren, så låt oss hoppas.
