Is Skate 3 the last installment in the skate. series?

[Demzilla]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
rationalism....

im drunk...

god damn if monk wasnt right though...
some crazy ass mother fucking decisions....

[Slamooh]

Its cool and all to see people being all like "we ll play the game till death, etc", "the true fans will play the game forever"... but i highly doubt it... i feel like the "best" players, the more dedicated, people that pushed the game forward are leaving one after another...I do feel like im tired of this whole thing and many people feel the same. There s still stuff to do, but imo not enough to keep a community alive... by community i dont mean a few people playing together online and having fun (cool for them)... i mean a diverse and bigger group of people making videos, with fresh stuff in it.... this stuff makes you play the game and try harder... it rarely happens nowadays.
I feel like S3 vids lack something. Im not wowed like i was with S2 and S1...I mean it can be super good / amazing / etc... but theres only a few groundbreaking videos / guys... most stuff is generic now imo (3 years / 3 games... it makes sense...).
So yeah maybe its me but when there are no more spots available, no more skateboarding... and we cant fly to another country... only a few cap are worth it... its still fluo, glitchy, unreal, etc...
Watching videos and filming make me enjoy the game, try harder, it makes me interact with others and share something... i dont care about views and i still do my thing but i make vids for entertainment (me and the community). Tiny community means less videos, less dedication, less interaction... no more motivation to put effort in something...
Dont read my post like "slamooh wants views for his vids, e-fame, ego", you would be wrong. I guess, im just not as optimistic as you. This series is amazing and the community and its diversity are the main reasons it is (was) so cool while it worked.

[Gizzler]

....well, just a thought. but maybe the game industry in general regards the game-controller as we know it as some kind of a phase-out model. this would mean, that the flick-it system is outdated as well. so maybe EA just stops to invest in all the old-fashioned stuff atm, thats not too profitable for them.

hasnt been too long since sony's move and xbox' kinect have been introduced. who knows what some clever guys are puzzling out. atm there arent many games that use the potential of these new controller types i think. and im sure that no one figured out, that a complex control-system like flickit would have been possible, when the first ps1 controllers were introduced.

dont get me wrong. i absolutely dont like the idea, of having to jump around in my living room to play a video game, like i saw in an xbox 'project natal' spot some time ago.
i love lying on my couch and having complete control over a skater, just using my 2 thumbs. but im not sure, if thats the direction the game industry is going. computer games were evolving since they exist and so did the controllers. dont know what that means for fakeskating's future...i hope something!

fact is, that skateboarding always played a part in computer gaming (as a discipline in 'california games', skate or die, thrasher's skate and destroy, tony hawk series, skate series, now shaun white) and im optimistic, that there will something new, hopefully even cooler than everything we have seen. the question is only: when?

in the meantime ill shred some fake pools....and hope you could follow my confused thoughts....!

[pawnluvguitarist]

Im so grateful for this series, its been a blast

If it really is over, i have 3 games and a cap card and im not going anywhere.

I dont play as much as i used to, but when i do im still having fun and finding new stuff, and as long as there are other people to share with things will keep rolling.

[Cuztard]

(Note: I tried to post a "skate" update from Kotaku but am too rookie on The Fluckit to post it...but, visit Kotaku...you'll see it)

Been seeing the Kids' Table comments and what's in this thread.

There's enough of you guys here that know the score directly from the Tard's mouth...and those that don't have figured it out.

Appreciate what you have (or don't, your call, your time, your business)...figure out the "workarounds"...but a hearty thanks from those of us that lived and bled the game for many, many years and please know that I and many other "workers" on the team did what we could to get what we could into this round of skating games.

Evidently JR and the visionaries overseeing EA's course charting future aren't stoked on skating. That's cool. The run was fun while it lasted.

But...I'm still thinking, dreaming, and...whatevs.

Keep Rolling...I am.

[Antwan]

My number of productions is about to go through the roof..

[Monk]

hey Cuz, in spite of my drunkent rant, i have nothing short but the utmost respect for you guys that were on our side and am very appreciative what you have done for the series... I am very sad to see you go, but you gotta do what you gotta do right? Im not playing as much any more, but that also doesn't mean im gonna stop.....even if all the reels get faded out just hoping on for a sesh everyonce in a while still gives me the buzz i need ( minus the six pack hehe) keep rolling.....

[Boxerman08]

I've heard S3 was the last skate game in the series, along as there aren't going to be any new DLC's (thats just what I've heard anyways...) But even though S3 might be the last skate game in the series, I've still had an amazing time and countless hours played ever since the drop of S1. Got each of the skate game on the date they came out, and played it often until the new one would come out. I still play S3, not as much as I used to because of other real life shit, but I still play it and have a blast every time because I find new stuff and new ideas come into play. I just hope that the servers dying out is just a rumor and won't happen, because I think that will pretty much kill the skate.community... :S