Knowing and looking back at the history behind the sub-genre itself can provide great context and the answers we seek, as this didn’t exactly happen overnight.Ī brief history of skateboard video gamesħ20 ° is what many believe to be the very first skateboarding video game. So today I’m going to attempt to answer that question, in what I believe is a number of problems that began occurring over time, but inevitably killed off skateboard video games within the mainstream. But compared to previous hardware generations, the lack of skateboard and extreme sports games in general is evident. Sure, when it comes to skateboard games we’ve had the dumpster fire that was Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 and smaller titles such as OlliOlli and OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood. It wasn’t until this console generation that I began to notice their absence and question where they went or what exactly had happened. Having access to the latest skateboard or extreme sport-based game on the latest hardware was something that was always the norm to me. As someone who considers themselves an extreme digital influencer, growing up on skater culture and skateboard video games, I never imagined that they would suddenly become as scarce as they are.

This is a question I’ve had stuck in my mind recently, but can’t quite put my finger on the exact reasons behind it, as there are a number of them that I’ll go over.

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