Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is finally heading to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5
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When the first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games were remastered last year, it came at a perfect time: Hawk hadn’t released a new video game in years, and we were all stuck at home, struggling to find a way to entertain ourselves while feeling nostalgic as hell. The remaster was a great, temporary distraction from everything. Except, there was one small issue: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 was only available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. So those who have a PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch couldn’t join in on the nostalgia trip –that is, until now.
Tony Hawk himself hinted at the big news on Monday, tweeting, “Just heard #Crash4 is coming to new platforms and I’m kinda jealous. Hey @CrashBandicoot can you hook @TonyHawkTheGame up?” He then added, “If this works I owe @CrashBandicoot a customized skateboard… maybe on old-school shape for those big feet.” Nintendo quote-tweeted with the eyes emoji and on Tuesday, an official announcement was finally made by Activision.
The reissue is heading to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on March 26. It’s also going to be available on Nintendo Switch, but there’s no set date by Nintendo yet (though that’ll probably be around the same time).
Someone owes Crash Bandicoot a customized skateboard.
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I would very much like to give the Sony corporation $500 American dollars in exchange for its product that launched last November. Sony is currently unwilling or unable to accept my offer. This may seem like a curious business practice to some, but I’m sure they know what they’re doing.
I think the key word might be that whole “unable” thing. I don’t know if you missed it, but there’s been a pretty big worldwide event going on for the last year or so that’s caused some pretty serious supply chain disruption.
That’s fair, and obviously I’m just expressing my frustration at not being able to purchase something that I actually really want to purchase. But Sony had about 11 months of awareness of supply-chain disruption in Chinese superconductors and other parts before they “launched” the product, and currently it seems like the only people benefiting from that awareness are scalpers. Seeing game announcements for a product that one is not allowed to purchase is just sort of frustrating.
If they hadn’t launched the product yet though, you still wouldn’t be able to purchase it, and you’d still be seeing announcements like this (they’d just be “coming to PS5 when available”. So I’m not sure how that changes anything other than right now there’s a slim chance you could get a PS5, and if they hadn’t launched yet, you wouldn’t have any chance at all.
Digital players can upgrade to the Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle with all the added next-gen features for a suggested retail price of $10, including access to the secret skater The Ripper, retro gear for Create-A-Skater, and retro skins for Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, and Rodney Mullen.Players who already own the Digital Deluxe Edition on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One can download the next-gen upgrade at no cost (except in Japan) on March 26.Cool, this was the info I was looking for. The PS5 updates to PS4 games look pretty phenomenal, I just moved from a base PS4 to the PS5 and I’m playing through Ghosts of Tsushima at 4k/60fps and it looks so great.I’m also one of those freaks who will probably get THPS on the Switch as well, it’s been my go-to mindless game since it came out.