Quote Originally Posted by knexzor View Post
Me and Jack talked about this just the other day... I agree with most people in this thread.
That (in bold) seems to have been nothing but a terrible business decision. Have a look at the Berrics, Street League, Dew Tour, X-Games. Concrete parks popping up everywhere like pimples on prepubescent boys. Skateboarding in commercials etc. Skateboarding is huge right now and it keeps getting bigger.
Skateboarding has definitely grown over the past decade and is doing well again after the 90's death/lull.
However, from a business decision is was a normal progression for the series.
They were trying to pull in the THPS crowd which is not skateboarders in general.
If you look at THPS for the most part it is a platformer with a skateboard motif (minor exceptions here and there).
Trying to get them to enjoy Skate meant allowing more leeway into arcade style gameplay.
This upset many of us, but having worked in the industry I understood the change.

I myself still enjoy certain aspects of OG Skate, Skate 2, and Skate 3.
Skate 3 is what I play the most simply because I have more options.
Long ago I did a write up on the EA forums of how I would like a remix game done.
To me OG should be the core, but 2 and 3 definitely have some nice features.
Play what you enjoy till you don't enjoy it anymore.
Hell, I still play Thrasher and that game is 12 years old almost.