Tony Hawk's Ride coming to GameStop October 13th for $120

How much would you spend to pull a faux ollie? How about $120? That'll be the damage due according to GameStop where Tony Hawk's Ride game with skateboard peripheral lists for $119.99 with a simultaneous Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3 launch on October 13th. Until then, grab some some griptape and mom's salad bowl and get to practicing.

[Amun @ May 26th 2009 4:55AM]

I wonder how much a decent skateboard costs. >_>

[Jay Voorhees @ May 26th 2009 9:22AM]

sounds about right for a startup board. It just seems to me I'd be likely to break this piece of plastic than an actual deck which makes me want to opt for the real deal.

[bacon @ May 26th 2009 12:30PM]

you can find completes at almost any skate shop at that price lol

attaching trucks to the controller would make the motions so much more fun.. but i'm sure it would make it too dangerous for most peoples houses.

they should have just made a techdeck sized controller e.e

[CaramelZappa @ May 26th 2009 4:55AM]

I really don't get it. I love video games, but if your going through this much money and effort just learn to skateboard.

[Max @ May 26th 2009 7:06AM]

I thought the point of skating games was to do crazy things that were basically impossible but you felt really cool when you did a 1080 backflip over a house.

[Spr0gs @ May 26th 2009 4:59AM]

what the hell is grindtape?

griptape engadget D:
hurr in my durr

[norm @ May 26th 2009 9:45AM]

Griptape is the stuff on top of a skateboard that feels like sandpaper.

Don't worry, I don't understand the last line either.

I think 120 dollars is kind of ridiculous for this thing. I mean I ride a real skateboard, so I guess I'm the target market... but the game still looks cheesy to me, and those arcade games with the peripheral were some of the worst things I've ever played. Not to mention you aren't actually meant to kickflip and do shoves with this board... I'm thinking people are going to do it on instinct anyway and destroy the thing.

[goo @ May 26th 2009 4:43PM]

Napalm Death- Scum on cassette is a grind tape

[Yoda @ May 26th 2009 4:59AM]

WHAT IDIOTS.

Learn some product design from Apple you LOSERS.

[Boards of Canada @ May 26th 2009 5:17AM]

Yeah of course, for give you the occasion to scream APPLE RIPOFF!!!

Go back to your TUAW cavern, you troll.

[giantenemycrab @ May 26th 2009 5:28AM]

I don't know, it seems pretty overpriced. Seems to me they've got the main Apple "product design" down. ;)

[TheWakeUpCall @ May 26th 2009 5:00AM]

You can get a really decent skateboard for £120 in the UK. Not much more than this :S

[shapey @ May 26th 2009 5:07AM]

ok. i'll just go and get me some of that *grindtape*

[Gert @ May 26th 2009 5:16AM]

Achievements: "Perform A Kickflip Without Breaking Your Feet."
"Break Your Face."
"Don't Look Like An Idiot."
"Play This Game For 200 Houres And Still Don't Know How To Skate."

"Realise Guitar Hero-Like Ripp-Off"

Don't cry... buy!

[Cedrock @ May 26th 2009 1:29PM]

Don't forget, "Play this game long enough to figure out what houres means"

[David McG @ May 26th 2009 5:22AM]

Honestly don't know what people are complaining about. In Ireland games usually cost 60 euro each new, that would mean the Skateboard would be 25 euro extra, I don't know what the fuss is about, its not that bad a deal (even though I wont be buying one new anyway, waiting for the loads of people selling it because they don't like it.

[miko34 @ May 26th 2009 3:11PM]

Games over here are less expensive probably due to cost of living (about $60 U.S.D. or around 43 Euro) ... so to get the added board, it'll be twice as much as a normal game for us. Most controllers here cost around $40 (29 Euro), so $99.99 (72 Euro) board controller plus game is more reasonable, but still not worth it.

[digitallysick @ May 26th 2009 5:25AM]

What happens when some one falls off, or falls face first into the tv, hope they can avoid lawsuits

[Frostblade10 @ May 26th 2009 6:00AM]

I'm sure after the Wii mote fiasco they will include warnings for every type of ridiculous accident they can think off.

[Mike @ May 26th 2009 9:05AM]

Warning: Please wear a Helmet, Kneepads, Ensure you're Walls and Floor are padded, that there are no other people within a 50mile radius, and that you have the ablity to levitate incase you fall. Should you not meet any of these requirements, then you use this game at your own risk.

[strider_mt2k @ May 26th 2009 7:20AM]

I'm just waiting for videos of dimwits riding these down carpeted stairs and off of roofs...and...wake boarding!

[KSee @ May 26th 2009 7:26AM]

i want that for a snowboarding game :D

[richb93 @ May 26th 2009 7:59AM]

Why is this being touted as such a revolution considering the wired variant of it was available years ago for PlayStation 2's? I played on them and they were terrible, so I haven't exactly got high hopes for this.

[Massmass @ May 26th 2009 8:30AM]

No one seems to appreciate the fact that the game comes with the board so the board itself is only 60 bucks.

Also, if this board is meant for flips, etc. and not just a glorified balance board; I would rather pay more upfront if it meant it was stronger and would last longer. Of course, I will never buy this, but I'm just saying.

There's a lot of force being exerted on it and what does everyone expect? There's a reason why no one has bothered with this before and soon everyone will be reminded why to never do it again.

[ScaryFast @ May 26th 2009 12:42PM]

Whelp, it comes out in October which, in my neck of the woods means snow is just around the corner. This is a way for kids to skateboard with their friends in the winter. Not as cool, but stats and achievements will keep them competitive.

[Kinger @ May 26th 2009 9:33AM]

How much weight do you think this thing can handle?
I'm just picturing some fat ass gamer trying kick-flip to manual (or equivalent of for this game) and cracking that thing in half..

[nxp3 @ May 26th 2009 10:02AM]

Tony hawk's RIDE...where you get taken for a ride before you even ride. This is going to be a total failure. They'll be lucky if one person pick this up on release date. And if you are that person...you are one idiot.

[Jose @ May 26th 2009 10:21AM]

Naww. I'm good with all the guitar hero/rockband stuff gathering dust sitting next to my old P4 computer. No thanks

[ManekiNeko @ May 26th 2009 10:22AM]

At my current weight, using one of those skateboard peripherals would just end in tears. I'll stick with a standard controller or, if I'm feeling adventurous, a dance pad.

[mazdaspeed @ May 26th 2009 12:09PM]

I think that this is a great idea. I'm wondering if other game company's will take advantage of this new controller.

[Matt @ May 26th 2009 1:00PM]

So October 13th release, so that night we will have videos on youtube with skateboards sticking out of tv's. That will be great..... right????

[NoAndThen @ May 26th 2009 1:00PM]

Man, the TH series was great while it lasted. I'll never pay that much for this game.
I was playing skate 2 the other day, and thinking the graphics were pretty great, and then I remembered thinking thps2 was amazing graphics.. Man, kids just don't appreciate such things today. I'm keeping my NES just so my kids can use it as their first console and go WTF? I'm sure 8bit will look even better scaled to a 1440p tv. Right?

[miko34 @ May 26th 2009 2:55PM]

Maybe if this was the first Tony Hawk skateboarding game ever ... it would be worth the price.
$120 is just too high for most people. Why go past the $99.99 mark?

[Arnob @ May 26th 2009 2:56PM]

I can't wait until someone makes a game that combines all these peripheral into one game...I want to sing, DJ, and Skateboard at the same time damn it!

[ssoltero @ May 26th 2009 3:02PM]

Ya, wow. A real skateboard is not even that much.

[norm @ May 26th 2009 11:37PM]

Maybe if you bought one of those Mike McGill ones from Wal-Mart.

[overmonk @ May 26th 2009 4:16PM]

I just know someone is going to kickflip this thing into their HD set and then we'll have some kind of ankle leash like the Wiimote. And presto - the fun is gone. If it was there at all.

[everchanging @ May 26th 2009 6:41PM]

but where else would they go with this series? button mashers are sweet but TH has done that kinda to death. i feel like this is a good way to revamp the series, (probably too expensive...) so yea theyre jumpin on the broken "let me buy fake things that cost more than real things so i can feel cool but not actually in front of other people" bandwagon but hey, i at least agree that im psyched to see crazy pics of these through tvs

[rbndelrio @ May 28th 2009 9:37PM]

Holy crap. For the last decade, anybody could simply pick up a controller and pwn their peers with no knowledge of skateboarding.

The tables have turned, my friend.

Muahaha!

[Mike @ May 26th 2009 11:21PM]

hmm. what percentage of people do you think will move on to the real thing after using this (or guitarhero, drumset, dj)?

[Josh @ Jun 4th 2009 7:52PM]

i LOVE it. it's sooo cheap, that's such a low price. u guys are such big cry-babies. dnt u guys have to be getting breast fed rite about now anyways?