Reminds me of that Twisted Sister video where Dee Snider is defending his music. He mentions that he's "terminally a teenager" which I think is a cool way of putting it.
@@Khale0715I’ve heard of hawk. I’ve never heard of Drydeck. Still though, I don’t skate or keep up with the culture and that’s my point. The original comment said he was the ambassador and he is.
@@mylodelrey6520 yeah but it hasn't always felt that way, i remember i would use the games and those intro videos to learn tricks when i first started. Seeing the documentary with him as a kid showed me that anyone can do it. Before that it seemed like when you see a world champion and think you could never do that so you don't try. Rodney Mullen still has that feeling when i watch his old videos.
Tony Hawk seems like such a good guy. Never involved in controversy, never involved in scandal, still kicking it well into his 50s, has a reputation of regular philanthropy with kids specifically and never went off the rails or got involved in anything untoward. No one ever has a bad word about the man and he seems to have stayed humble throughout. And all of that's on TOP of his enormous career doing something he loves. What an inspiration man.
Tony seems like a very insightful individual. He’s never had bad media, he’s never appeared to have fallen on hard times due to misusing money, he’s a family man. Smart celebrity, seems like a great guy.
He did hit some financially challenging times in the early 90s, as he wasn't good at managing all the easy money he made in the 80s -- and Skateboarding went through a very bad slump from 90-93 ... He even had to tear down his skate ramp and move to a more modest middle class home. re: "Until the wheels fall off" Tony Hawk Documentary.
For a lot of kids, those games were the first time hearing his name. But even so, it's hard to believe a Bob Burnquist's Pro Skater or Rodney Mullen's Pro Skater would've had the same cultural impact.
@@Comrade.Question Rodney mullan maybe because he was such a unique skater and incredibly skilled. I think Tony performing the 900 really helped push his name out there too
True but really the success was a huge storm of a lot of things coming together all around the same time and Tony was the right guy and in the right place at the right time. Xgames came out not too long before which got more kids into skating. He did the first 900 in competition making history. Skateboarding was making a comeback from being completely dead since the 80s. Playstation was revolutionizing video games at the time and more and more kids had game consoles at home rather than before when arcades were all the rage. Everything in the universe seemed to just come together perfectly for Tony Hawk to have one of the most popular games of all time.
Not only was he not stiffed but he only mentioned 1 check AFTER 3 games were already released and he said 4 mill so you know that was just the tip of the iceberg
Yes watching that tony Hawk doc that came out a few years ago solidified his greatness to me. Never skateboarded but that video game, and that soundtrack made me a fan of his forever.
I like him too but you are going too far, no one really deserves fame/riches it just happens and tony would agree. Its how celebs go crazy and get out of touch, they dont know what to attribute their monumental success to, healthy people realize it could have been anyone and they are not special or above others just lucky/privilaged.
@michaelhammond9459 completely different types of skateboarding. Rodney wasn't doing 900s on a half pipe and Tony wasn't freestyling or skating much street, not comparable
@grontelp77 I agree. Considering from what I understand he said. That was first royalties of all 3 first games. That's insane for over 10 years. Should be like at least 10 mil + minimum
To be fair, tony had absolutely 0 to do with the games and no cost at all to make it. All they did was put his name on the title and add a skin of him to the game. That's all. So 4M is WILD for absolutely nothing.
They made the games, advertised them, and distributed them. Tony got paid tens of millions for a face scan and going "yeah man here's some songs and tricks you should include". The programmers who actually made the game fun got paid 100k per year maximum.
Guy got probably still finessed because the games sold like a mf and they hand out checks for 4mil.. I know he got more but at that point when the game has his face and brand,it should be like 10% of all sales
@@LtKregorov why do people like you feel the need to make these sorts of comments? Like obviously he didn’t buy them on his own when he was a CHILD. Unnecessary ass comment
Tony is such a real one. People have no clue what he has done to give back to the sport.. we wouldn't have X-Games, SLS or Skateboarding in the Olympics if it wasn't for him. (And Dyrdek, and others as well)
That game got so many of us 90s kids thru childhood and it totally sparked my lifelong love of skateboarding Tony Hawk is an absolute legend, kids nowdays have no clue
Trust me, kids today are still affected by tony hawk. I'm 21 now and me and my younger brother grew up on the tony hawk games, he started skating because of it and hes an amazing skater now. We have a 6 year old brother and we introduced him the the old school tony hawk games and now he wants to learn how to skate too. It's crazy how shit like this can descend through generations
@@hibbs1712not sure what you mean by that, as great as skating games were it’s a dead genre and cod has been big for a long time since before the events of this story Tony hawk is telling Edit: if there was ever something to hound activision for, it’s not cod lol thats the one thing that redeems them atm. activision would monopolize the entire industry if they could and it shows with activision blizzard and the microsoft deal.
@@JoshuaaMSdid you just say the one thing redeeming about activision is cod??? 😂😂 it’s 2024 not 2014 cod has been bad since black ops 3 and if you disagree you’re wrong. We’ve got the same regurgitated game but with worse maps, worse guns, more micro transactions, a campaign that’s gotten consistently worse. All without adding or even trying anything new since what, modern warfare 3 survival mode? It’s pathetic what activision has shit out the past 10 years
@@xudwig”if you disagree you’re wrong” what a fucking childish opinion from a fucking ignorant child. Do I still enjoy playing the game? No. Is it as good as it was? In my opinion no. Is it still one of the top selling games? Yes. So your opinion means fuck all.
Generation(S) Went beyond “Legend” His cameos made him a Mythical Creature. His Rocket Power episode might as well have been a through hour epic movie. Impact. It hit DIFFERENT.
And then the agent quietly tucked the $5 million and the $10 million checks he had back into his pocket just in case Tony started asking about the hard numbers
As a black person from the hood and didn't have real skaters in my neighborhood. Tony Hawk allowed us to respect and experience skating. Those were the days.
frfr. there wasn't a lick of skating in my neighborhood, but the games actually started to get me and my brothers to pick a board up and start skating. these games did a lot for the skating scene
@@thegoldenrule6137 he was literally the first mainstream skater. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t literally make the game his name was on it and everything else he did was involved in back then was huge.
@@auntjenifer7774I doubt OP meant every cent the game (series) made, more likely meant that he deserved every penny he got. And I'd argue he deserved even more, there's a reason it was called Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and not Kareem Campbell's Pro Skater.
I legit figured out how to do the 900 when I got to the Roswell map on my first playthrough of ProSkater 1. I was just mashing buttons on the big metal half pipe and I realized Tony was doing a special trick but I couldn't land it, i stayed up late that night until I finally landed the 900 and got gold at Roswell. Legit core gaming memory for me.
Yes black case but just had the red cover to the case - Red background white lettering for PS2 "greatest hits'". That's how you knew you could find some of the best games too!
I always remember in the suburb where you had to combo like 250k... took me a loooong time to get it. Also getting pissed on while skatboarding in the ski lodge. Dont eat the yellow snow.
Facts... i mean that 4 million is cheap af considered we all played tony hawk games around the world.. imo that 4M is spit on the face, like 00.1% of money that game made
The way he asked it was how we all would’ve asked it if we met him in person 🤣 I mean you gotta know. It was a fantastic game series. It was my childhood and they really made it feel special.
Correction: your hardwork and 900 changed your life 💪 I remember being a kid and watching you do the 900 for the first time and was blown away. Everyone had to have THPS after that
Naw bro the game literally brought him more money than the sponsorship at the time could. Yeah he was a big name but the video brought him mass appeal to people who didn’t even board or knew nothing about x games
@@showtimesportsmedia6906 nah bro, he definitely got his name from the 900’s.. not the game. The game was probably the most successful thing he’s ever accomplished
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 Soundtrack was Bomb and the fact they had Spider-Man was dope haha These games really did get me into skateboarding and punk rock
bro THPS soundtracks were always fire..i know people still playing shit from the 1st game and be like wait is that from THPS instead of actually knowing the band LOL
Those games were a huge influence on my music tastes and I’m sure a lot of y’all’s too. The soundtracks always brought the fire, good mix of mainstream stuff and more obscure artists you may not have heard otherwise. 🤘
@@miamitten1123 you gotta realise that back in the day it wasnt uncommon at ALL for people to be abused by contracts in this kind of industry though. Just ridiculous scam contracts where it seems like a good deal at first but then it blows up and the person that should be getting the most is getting the least. Didn't expect it to be the case here since there are a bunch of games with his name on it but yeah still... happened a lot back in the day lol
Those games were incredibly fun, and you didn't have to be a skater to enjoy them, but also inspired a lot of people to start skating. The soundtracks were also killer and introduced a lot of people to new music, which helped the associated bands. All around, those Tony Hawk games were a blessing.
The Tony Hawk games were the golden standard for a long time. Amazing replayability, crazy customization, incredible soundtrack that you could listen to hundreds of times and never once get bored. The Tony Hawk games in their heyday really did help define an entire generation of gamers. I'm glad Tony got rich off of them, he deserves every penny. Thank you Tony and thank the developers of the games for all the amazing memories.
I'm fucking glad he made so much off those games. They were core memories between my step brother and I. Tony Hawk enabled his skating and give us reasons to hang out
I worked at Activision in their finance department at the time of THSP 2. Had one of Tony’s quarterly royalty checks in my hand that was over $2.5 million
Yeah. Royalties are paid quarterly. I can’t remember which quarter it was, but Q3 is always the biggest with sell in for Xmas. That’s was just the OG 2nd game too.
Its the way the question was worded that made it easier to speak about, its a question from the past not the present. Everyone is happy to talk about how much they used to make but what they currently make is a lot more personal.
The Game changed my life too, i can't skate for shit but it got me into the music and punk scene, coming from a broken home, the people i met then where the first people to lift me up and i felt i could actually be someone. This sounds darker than i wanted it to but sometimes in life its the small things, like a video game. :-)
Tony stuck with his passion and deserves all the success. He was one of my heroes as a kid . He did so much to make the sport legit and because of it they have opened so many skate parks since my childhood.
I seen this guy alone when tony hawk game 2 came out at a mall around 11 am he was alone he such nice guy humble family man acts like a regular guy so down to earth
This many years on, and I can’t think of a gaming experience I got into as much. How satisfying it was to land the right trick. The soundtrack. Each park. Every skater having their own style down. AND, it got me into skating, and later sponsored!
More like 400million lol.. He didn't get a 4 million dollar check until the 4th game was about to come out.. they made over 100 million dollars on every tony hawk game they released, but his first big check of 4 million didnt come until they were about to release the 4th game.. surely a rip off, if i heard him right lol
He didn’t just go to the ATM, he skated to the ATM
it was busted so he had to do 4 heelflips over it to get it working again
He had to kick flip 4 ATMs to unlock the 4 million mission.
Then he skated the ATM.
Did a 360 there
While blasting The Offspring from a boombox he carried on his shoulder
I love that even in his 50’s, Tony still sounds like he’s 19.
I love that you love to love that
He seriously reminds me of Johnny Lawrence haha
Nah he sounds like he's 28
Reminds me of that Twisted Sister video where Dee Snider is defending his music. He mentions that he's "terminally a teenager" which I think is a cool way of putting it.
I can't believe he's in his 50's now
He's like the oldest and nicest teenager on the planet
😂😂😂
This is ageism enjoy report for hate speech
Facts 😂😂 … I’ve been seeing Em a lot lately 🔥😂
him and rob dyrdek are the coolest old teenagers🤣🔥
Phrased perfectly
Skateboarding couldn't have asked for a better ambassador to the sport! Man is a living legend!
Tony Hawk and Rob Dyrdek
Seriously
@@Khale0715I’ve heard of hawk. I’ve never heard of Drydeck.
Still though, I don’t skate or keep up with the culture and that’s my point. The original comment said he was the ambassador and he is.
He deserves every penny! Tony Hawk is a Legend! His games made me love skateboarding! 💜
Yes mate!
@@kalvenzander4710 I remember I set up a bunch of loops in a row as a child and I got extremely sick from it. Lol great times.
@@kalvenzander4710 do y’all remember the tony hawk underground games?
Not actual skateboarding... SMFH your generation is fucked
i love finding his brand at the thrift
He made skateboarding feel accessable to the mainstream, he's a legend on and off a skateboard.
The FIRST GUY asked as if Tony stole from him and he wants to know what he's lost
Undeniable.
skateboarding literally is accessible to the mainstream
@@mylodelrey6520 yeah but it hasn't always felt that way, i remember i would use the games and those intro videos to learn tricks when i first started. Seeing the documentary with him as a kid showed me that anyone can do it. Before that it seemed like when you see a world champion and think you could never do that so you don't try. Rodney Mullen still has that feeling when i watch his old videos.
@@mylodelrey6520 now it is
Tony Hawk seems like such a good guy. Never involved in controversy, never involved in scandal, still kicking it well into his 50s, has a reputation of regular philanthropy with kids specifically and never went off the rails or got involved in anything untoward. No one ever has a bad word about the man and he seems to have stayed humble throughout.
And all of that's on TOP of his enormous career doing something he loves. What an inspiration man.
Spot on mate.
damn, I never even put much thought into how rare this actually is, so true
Correction:
“ still kick flipping it!”
I came here to say something similar, you got it covered though. 😅
Ohh you sorry thing, you haven't heard about the huge controversy he was involved in...
Tony seems like a very insightful individual. He’s never had bad media, he’s never appeared to have fallen on hard times due to misusing money, he’s a family man. Smart celebrity, seems like a great guy.
ever seen "all this mayhem"?
@@tyguy3876 hey man just watched this. great rec. awesome movie
He did hit some financially challenging times in the early 90s, as he wasn't good at managing all the easy money he made in the 80s -- and Skateboarding went through a very bad slump from 90-93 ...
He even had to tear down his skate ramp and move to a more modest middle class home.
re: "Until the wheels fall off" Tony Hawk Documentary.
Yeah he breaks his bones and he still skates.
he really loves what he does and he will keep doing it as long as he can.
He’s only on his 4th wife 😂
Without his name, it wouldn’t have sold nearly as much so well deserved
For a lot of kids, those games were the first time hearing his name. But even so, it's hard to believe a Bob Burnquist's Pro Skater or Rodney Mullen's Pro Skater would've had the same cultural impact.
@@Comrade.Question Rodney mullan maybe because he was such a unique skater and incredibly skilled. I think Tony performing the 900 really helped push his name out there too
True but really the success was a huge storm of a lot of things coming together all around the same time and Tony was the right guy and in the right place at the right time. Xgames came out not too long before which got more kids into skating. He did the first 900 in competition making history. Skateboarding was making a comeback from being completely dead since the 80s. Playstation was revolutionizing video games at the time and more and more kids had game consoles at home rather than before when arcades were all the rage. Everything in the universe seemed to just come together perfectly for Tony Hawk to have one of the most popular games of all time.
@@jimjamthebananaman1 I remember playing Dave mirras freestyle bmx growing up too, so fun
I only knew the name because of the game lol
"How much you make?"
**Laughs in overwhelming success**
Savage...
🤣🤣💀💀💀
@Anthony Hernandez thats so true “folks shouldn’t their noses”
@@NutsInYourMouth l
@Anthony Hernandez the missing word is your father
Tony Hawk: Underground had a story I really, and to this day, remember fondly.
THUG>THPS
I wish they’d remaster it like they did the Pro Skaters
Underground was the best one
Underground was 100% the best one and I loved then all
Underground was really unique and fun
That PS1 Tony Hawk game was the truth!! You didn’t even have to like skate boarding to love that game
true fact
Yessss sir indeed!!! Was an awesome game, especially around that time and year!!
I don't even know how to skate but I still love that game,
Big facts!!!!
After you played the game you had to like skateboarding!!
I’m glad he got more than he could ever have imagined and didn’t feel stiffed by the company
He's lucky Activision did the game and not EA.
Not only was he not stiffed but he only mentioned 1 check AFTER 3 games were already released and he said 4 mill so you know that was just the tip of the iceberg
If he got 4 mill then the games must at least been making over 100m
He still got a better deal… they offered him like $100,00 for the rights…. And he took a % of the game.. so he did ok
@@weedshoes5089 HAHA they are both terrible but yeah Activision better of the 2
The way he whispered “ how much you make off that tony hawk game” 😂
Didn’t even look him in the eye lmao
his whole demeanour is preparing to be defeated lmao
He looks angry as fuck tbh idk why hahaha. Like he's just done with everyones shit
Cuz he knows that shit was gonna be overwhelming to take in 🤣
@Drill Dargenson that’s how he is In every podcast, this is a skateboarding podcast
Tony’s one of those athletes that really managed to transcend his sport. Dude is real af.
Yes watching that tony Hawk doc that came out a few years ago solidified his greatness to me. Never skateboarded but that video game, and that soundtrack made me a fan of his forever.
I like him too but you are going too far, no one really deserves fame/riches it just happens and tony would agree. Its how celebs go crazy and get out of touch, they dont know what to attribute their monumental success to, healthy people realize it could have been anyone and they are not special or above others just lucky/privilaged.
Rodney Mullin is still the goat
@michaelhammond9459 completely different types of skateboarding. Rodney wasn't doing 900s on a half pipe and Tony wasn't freestyling or skating much street, not comparable
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$4M is such a small fraction of what activision made on those games. He practically gave his likeness away for free.
@grontelp77 I agree. Considering from what I understand he said. That was first royalties of all 3 first games. That's insane for over 10 years. Should be like at least 10 mil + minimum
He should of made 20 million
4 M’s is far from free. He made millions from doing nothing.
To be fair, tony had absolutely 0 to do with the games and no cost at all to make it. All they did was put his name on the title and add a skin of him to the game. That's all. So 4M is WILD for absolutely nothing.
They made the games, advertised them, and distributed them. Tony got paid tens of millions for a face scan and going "yeah man here's some songs and tricks you should include". The programmers who actually made the game fun got paid 100k per year maximum.
This makes me picture Tony skating to a bank holding one of those giant checks!
On the freeway, drinking cranberry juice, miming Fleetwood Mac, waving a 4 million dollar check lol.
best comment :D
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I see him skating there in ps2 graphics
Guy got probably still finessed because the games sold like a mf and they hand out checks for 4mil.. I know he got more but at that point when the game has his face and brand,it should be like 10% of all sales
Tony Hawk defined a generation, and he deserves every bit of that money. What a genuinely awesome dude
Also a good athletic guy
Xgames Live,when Tony did that 900 was the beginning of the movement
Not really. He's awesome but 99% of skaters aren't vert skaters.
him and Rob Dyedrek ( i probably spelled that wrong but you know who i'm talking about lol )
@@FightingSportsMediacan you skate like him or do even a fraction of the tricks he can ?
i bought every single one as a kid and i still love them
Same. Some of my favorite memories with those games
@@codeninja100 real
Sooooo what you really wanna say is your parents bought them for you. Great parents.
@@LtKregorov pedantry at it's most pointless.
@@LtKregorov why do people like you feel the need to make these sorts of comments? Like obviously he didn’t buy them on his own when he was a CHILD. Unnecessary ass comment
Tony is such a real one. People have no clue what he has done to give back to the sport.. we wouldn't have X-Games, SLS or Skateboarding in the Olympics if it wasn't for him. (And Dyrdek, and others as well)
One of the few great and deserving mega rich celebrities. The legend
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@@thelightseeker94 no u
@@laurivaltter this is like in 2000 thou tats probs like 10 easy now
@@laurivaltter lol, 4 mil back then, was ALOT of money.
Mega?
Tony's the oldest Teenager on this planet and it's magnificent
Him and Keanu need to smoke a joint together
Naw Rob dirdyk takes that
Young at heart but don’t discount the man’s wisdom
@@jimmygames5557and Theo Von ..Just a touch of sarcasm will be perfect 😂
@@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisBut Who???
Ive never skated a day in my life but i sure spent countless hours playing pro skater and jamming out to the soundtrack
Same
🎶 "Ay! Oh! Let's go! Ay! Oh! Let's go!"
I was terrible at skating so I played his games instead lol
@@foxbear60yessss
Fuck yeah. I spent hours on that game
Tony has always been a consistently good dude. No drama, no bad vibes. Legend
That game got so many of us 90s kids thru childhood and it totally sparked my lifelong love of skateboarding
Tony Hawk is an absolute legend, kids nowdays have no clue
Trust me, kids today are still affected by tony hawk. I'm 21 now and me and my younger brother grew up on the tony hawk games, he started skating because of it and hes an amazing skater now. We have a 6 year old brother and we introduced him the the old school tony hawk games and now he wants to learn how to skate too. It's crazy how shit like this can descend through generations
And the soundtracks, bro, they were on another level
Tony made me love skating too
Skate or Die. When I was a kid lol. Then Tony hawk came out when I was a teenager. Man I played that game so much. I loved Tony hawk.
That soundtrack was probably my introduction into a lot of those artists
His contact went back to his boss like "that sucker took the check."
my favorite part was when activision said cod and codded all over the place
right they made hundreds of millions from those games he only got a tiny slice of the pie.
@@hibbs1712not sure what you mean by that, as great as skating games were it’s a dead genre and cod has been big for a long time since before the events of this story Tony hawk is telling
Edit: if there was ever something to hound activision for, it’s not cod lol thats the one thing that redeems them atm. activision would monopolize the entire industry if they could and it shows with activision blizzard and the microsoft deal.
@@JoshuaaMSdid you just say the one thing redeeming about activision is cod??? 😂😂 it’s 2024 not 2014 cod has been bad since black ops 3 and if you disagree you’re wrong. We’ve got the same regurgitated game but with worse maps, worse guns, more micro transactions, a campaign that’s gotten consistently worse. All without adding or even trying anything new since what, modern warfare 3 survival mode? It’s pathetic what activision has shit out the past 10 years
@@xudwig”if you disagree you’re wrong” what a fucking childish opinion from a fucking ignorant child.
Do I still enjoy playing the game? No. Is it as good as it was? In my opinion no. Is it still one of the top selling games? Yes. So your opinion means fuck all.
"Classics Mode" I think he meant "Greatest Hits".
He sure did
He most likely means Platinum, at least in the UK on the PS1, every game that hit Platinum was only £20
@@gazzer2kuk Which is the exact same thing as Greatest Hits
they call it differently in every country. Saying “classics mode” generalizes the concept for everyone to understand.
that feeling when you see the red on the side and you know you can afford it
Tony has always seemed like a genuine dude
I’m so thankful for those games. Even the music alone was amazing.
Primus. Goldfinger. Yaaaa
The music was the best part!!
Soundtracks were fire
For real, like how much did Goldfinger make off that game?
Brings back HS memories
I remember playing Tony hawks on the ps1, collecting all the letters. I feel old now 😂
Had to get SKATE and COMBO. Not to mention the hidden tapes. Very fun games.
@@zachelkins1229 I remember playing Tony hawks on the game boy.
N64 TH:PS was a GOAT experiencd
@@NickJJH14 ah, for me it was the PS1
Dont feel so old I’m just 20 N I remember 😂😂 good times……. Thinks a minute… HOLYSHIT
Those first couple of games and their soundtracks will live forever
Ace of spades intensifies
99 Quite Bitter Beings like this
I know dude! Still can recall a lot of them
Del the funky homosapien- if you must
TNT DAINOUMAAAAITT (I know it’s dynamite)
Bro asked the real question we all been wondering
Tony hawk is such a G. Came to my town around 2 years ago and signed my board. Legend.
Damn he came to your town just to sign your board that’s nuts bro
@@XvaliantX1 LOL 😂😂😂😂
@@XvaliantX1 yup 😅
He visited my old town too for some reason. Skated in an empty pool at some random apartment complex. It was so weird lol.
@@conansredbowtie Yeah Lemoore right?
I like how he calls it “that Tony Hawk game” while talking to Tony Hawk
I like that you liked that
I like that you like that he likes that
@@jokers__playground I like that you like that liked that he liked that
@@playboithecreator L.I.K.E
@@playboithecreator you fucked it up
You don’t need to be a skater to know this legend this man has been a household name for an entire generation
Legit, I think everyone knows the name Tony Hawk.
Made me wish I could skate but he blessed us with a sick collection of games to suffice for the ones who can’t skate
True, the only name I know from skateboarding is Tony Hawk
I like to see pioneers get paid what they’re worth instead of the usual robbed blind story
Generation(S)
Went beyond “Legend”
His cameos made him a Mythical Creature.
His Rocket Power episode might as well have been a through hour epic movie. Impact. It hit DIFFERENT.
Those games are iconic!
The gameplay was unparalleled and WAY ahead of its time, and the soundtracks were utter perfection!
And then the agent quietly tucked the $5 million and the $10 million checks he had back into his pocket just in case Tony started asking about the hard numbers
You're probably not to far off.
Pwee
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It's just business
Me when I have no idea what I’m talking about 😂
Tony Hawk is a certified legend. Definitely earned everything he’s got considering the amount of sacrifice and dedication.
Certified Beta Male, Doing stunts does not make u a legend
@@Carltonwanks troll
@@Carltonwanks what makes someone a legend then?
@@JuanGonzalez-lk6uudefinitely not Tony hawk
@@Carltonwanks good little troll now continue on getting nerves undone
Love that he's still so humble, 4 million "changed his life"
I’m 47 and still play it. Changed my life too tony.
The remastered THPS 1&2 was a gift from the heavens.
I have the whatever, remastered versions on my system to play.
Can't let these games go.
The old versions are better though...
@@Cobrancrx if you like 20 frames a second
Easily the best Remaster!! I love 1+2
@@Cobrancrx they WERE better, take off the rose tinted glasses bro
As a black person from the hood and didn't have real skaters in my neighborhood. Tony Hawk allowed us to respect and experience skating. Those were the days.
Well said!!
Facts
frfr. there wasn't a lick of skating in my neighborhood, but the games actually started to get me and my brothers to pick a board up and start skating. these games did a lot for the skating scene
Fax Brodie now I ride an electric longboard 😂
Plus The Soundtracks Put Me On To So Many Genres Outside Of What I Was Used To
never skated once in my life but i’ve always had the upmost respect for Tony.
utmost
Lol
That sucks.
Super corny
@@MannyBasuita ok
The Teller at the bank : "Hey you kinda look like Tony Hawk...."
Nobody is more deserving. Love this dude. What a great role model he’s been…for decades…
Yes there are more deserving ppl.. stop being a nut licker
Tony hawk did so much for the culture. Even bringing cultures together. Appreciate his existence
You know he didn’t make the games right?
@@thegoldenrule6137 he changed the game
@@thegoldenrule6137 he was literally the first mainstream skater. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t literally make the game his name was on it and everything else he did was involved in back then was huge.
Even tho a lot of people I know gave him hate but he brought us all together fr.
Him landing the 900 was legendary, on the TV, before Ebaumsworld, deserves every penny from that game and then some
😂 What about the people who made that game, you know, the ones that digitally built that game into what it is !?
@@auntjenifer7774I doubt OP meant every cent the game (series) made, more likely meant that he deserved every penny he got. And I'd argue he deserved even more, there's a reason it was called Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and not Kareem Campbell's Pro Skater.
Man I totally forgot about Ebaumsworld.
I legit figured out how to do the 900 when I got to the Roswell map on my first playthrough of ProSkater 1. I was just mashing buttons on the big metal half pipe and I realized Tony was doing a special trick but I couldn't land it, i stayed up late that night until I finally landed the 900 and got gold at Roswell. Legit core gaming memory for me.
@@auntjenifer7774 Your socialism shit is never going to work, give up.
Man he is so legit and chill
The way he asked the question 😭💀
It creeped me out highkey
Fr is bro cracked out💀
Dude didn’t want the answer… he NEEDED the answer
I thought he was gunna rob him
That’s just his personality he’s funny as shit 😆
Tony Hawk was one of the many games that made the ps1/ps2 era amazing.
Yeah its one of those “if you have the console you must have this game” type of games.
Don’t forget twisted metal 😉 but yeah Tony hawk game I’m general was dope and the music of course 👍🏼
It was crap,and skater kid's Are annoying snowflake's, pretending to be rebels
he’s referring to the “Greatest Hits” release when a game sells a lot and it goes retail for $20 instead of full prices
Was called Platinum on ps2 and they came in the silver case instead of regular blue
Nah they had red case for ps2 “Greatest Hits” as well
@@Deffected weren't PS2 cases black? I think you're getting stuff confused
@@pickedceasar1216 there were blue ones as well.
Yes black case but just had the red cover to the case - Red background white lettering for PS2 "greatest hits'". That's how you knew you could find some of the best games too!
I was never a skater. I never played sports video games. That first Tony Hawk game changed how I felt about gaming. Absolute masterpiece.
I definitely remember that haunted house and grinding on the power lines 😂
I always remember in the suburb where you had to combo like 250k... took me a loooong time to get it.
Also getting pissed on while skatboarding in the ski lodge. Dont eat the yellow snow.
The carnival and Alcatraz was def my fave levels. Hope they remake 3+4
@@marca4585 man I would play for hours
@@nived3211 Good Times 😌🦾
Yea I would pay full price if they remastered the Tony Hawk Underground games…they were so much fun
The dude asking Tony the question's is keeping it 💯. ✌️
He talks too much couldn’t even hear the man answer anything
The way he asks tony gets me every time lol tony is the realest. He didn't even leave out the amount and was humble.
Activision totally shorted him on that check
100%! Anyone with common sense would see that this was a stunt to not pay Hawk the amount agreed upon when signatures were put down.
He got played.
It sounds like that was just some type of bonus check.
yeah they made at least 100 times that on those games
Facts... i mean that 4 million is cheap af considered we all played tony hawk games around the world.. imo that 4M is spit on the face, like 00.1% of money that game made
Does anyone realize how much 4 million was before todays inflation? and those were just the 4 games…
Till this day I’m still playing Tony hawks pro skater 1 & 2😂
They made a remaster of them both in one game love it!
@@chrismartinez7314 and made it free for ps plus
No you're not
I can hear the music as I’m
Playing now!! Oh the great memories, Benihana over the half pipe baby!!
Hitting the Sacktap into an Airwalk 🤌
@@12XFixer yesssssss
I remember as a kid thinking the "aomebaaaaaa" said tonyyyyyy hawkkkkk lmao
"HERE I AMMMMM"
AMOEBAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
I was an artist on Tony Hawk XBox. The best project I worked on and then there was a huge party with Tony Hawk and friends. Awesome memories!
The soundtrack too was classic. Whole game was a time capsule of HS year for me. ❤
Just one HS year huh? 😂
The first game was soooo much fun to play. Whenever "SUPERMAN" started playing...man!!!!
HERE I AM DOIN EVERYTHING I CANNNNN 🙌🏾🙌🏾
The soundtracks were great on all the thps games I had
@@Slicebeatz getting older all the time....
The way he asked it was how we all would’ve asked it if we met him in person 🤣 I mean you gotta know. It was a fantastic game series. It was my childhood and they really made it feel special.
Ong
"Ok come on now Tony,you can trust me...how much you make off that game" 👀😂
@@matthewglover8804 What does trust have to do with it
I don’t know if I have enough hubris to ask a stranger that happens to be famous such a personal question.
Correction: your hardwork and 900 changed your life 💪 I remember being a kid and watching you do the 900 for the first time and was blown away. Everyone had to have THPS after that
tony was the wave
Yea watching it while it happened was the best
Naw bro the game literally brought him more money than the sponsorship at the time could. Yeah he was a big name but the video brought him mass appeal to people who didn’t even board or knew nothing about x games
Yea because the game literally came out right after he did it...
@@showtimesportsmedia6906 nah bro, he definitely got his name from the 900’s.. not the game. The game was probably the most successful thing he’s ever accomplished
The video games changed my life too, Tony. Thank you and everyone who their heart and soul into 1, 2, and 3
Shaped my childhood! That’s for sure. Gives me chills just thinking about it
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 Soundtrack was Bomb and the fact they had Spider-Man was dope haha
These games really did get me into skateboarding and punk rock
bro THPS soundtracks were always fire..i know people still playing shit from the 1st game and be like wait is that from THPS instead of actually knowing the band LOL
I just found the soundtrack here on yt the other day, saved it!
I never skated a day in my life during that time, but when those Tony Hawk games came out it changed everything for many, many people.
Legendary.
“So here I am doing everything I can. Holding on to what I am. Pretending I’m a Superman.” Will always be stuck in my head.
When he did that first 900, it was one of the greatest moments for all skating. Dude deserves every penny.😊
Pappas bros documentry on Netflix ..was bit of help for him I think
@@Chris-j1x8snah that documentary is just propaganda for Pappas. There's more to the story.
P for pappas it’s a pappas party 🥳🤷🏾♂️
@@Chris-j1x8s 🐑
He still fucking did it though lads ahha
I love how fucking serious he was when he asked that question, so fitting
Tony Hawk is the man and always seemed chill and humble
Those games were a huge influence on my music tastes and I’m sure a lot of y’all’s too. The soundtracks always brought the fire, good mix of mainstream stuff and more obscure artists you may not have heard otherwise. 🤘
Like who. Papa roach?
@@StevenHanover jerry was a racecar driver
This man doesn’t even know he’s part of some of my favorite memories with my siblings and dad
Yeah he does.
Maybe not specifically YOU. But he surely understands the impact that these games have had.
@@gibsondanny I know. That’s what I said.
@@thatguy779 You just said he doesn't know. Period. Well thats obvious, unless you know him.
@@gibsondanny I literally specified “my” in the comment
Tony hawks pro skater 4 was the soundtrack to my parents divorce
Lol what?
I met Tony on a Gumball Rally. He was an incredibly down-to-earth, humble, good guy.
It’s great to hear that last sentence from him, dude still sounds down to earth
I love the way Chris Roberts lead into that😂 the way he asked him was hilarious to me for some reason
I searched just for that question😂😂😂
like he's been dying to ask bluntly lol
It's that delivery,
like in the wolf of wall st.
@@westonforced-last-name-dis3560 with a dose of jelousy
It's because he asks the question like he's dreading it, like someone put him up to it and he's just asking out of jealousy in some way
I'm really glad he got a decent amount, I was expecting him to say like 10 grand or something insanely low like that.
Well he got 4 million for that one game. This dude has made at least 25 million.
10k are you kidding lol
10 grand!? How old are you? Twelve!!!???
@@miamitten1123 gotta Gotta be twelve.😂🤣😂
@@miamitten1123 you gotta realise that back in the day it wasnt uncommon at ALL for people to be abused by contracts in this kind of industry though.
Just ridiculous scam contracts where it seems like a good deal at first but then it blows up and the person that should be getting the most is getting the least. Didn't expect it to be the case here since there are a bunch of games with his name on it but yeah still... happened a lot back in the day lol
Those games were incredibly fun, and you didn't have to be a skater to enjoy them, but also inspired a lot of people to start skating.
The soundtracks were also killer and introduced a lot of people to new music, which helped the associated bands.
All around, those Tony Hawk games were a blessing.
The Tony Hawk games were the golden standard for a long time. Amazing replayability, crazy customization, incredible soundtrack that you could listen to hundreds of times and never once get bored. The Tony Hawk games in their heyday really did help define an entire generation of gamers.
I'm glad Tony got rich off of them, he deserves every penny. Thank you Tony and thank the developers of the games for all the amazing memories.
I love how tony isnt one of those secretive dudes hes like this is what i got and it was insane and you can tell he appreciated everything he got
They ripped him off too, that game made them hundreds of millions probably even billions and her get 4 million after 4 of them 😅
That cheque was basically pennies to the profit they made off those games with his name.
He didn’t have to do a single thing for 4M. Anyone’s going to take it
The 4m was like a royalty check
Think about all his merch that they marketed for him though, he wasn't left out. They had him covered.
Yeah they probably gave him 1/10th the actual net sales
And the amount money any other skater has made is pennies compared to how much Tony Hawk has earned.
I'm fucking glad he made so much off those games. They were core memories between my step brother and I. Tony Hawk enabled his skating and give us reasons to hang out
I wonder if anyones ever told this guy he looks just like tony hawk, you know, the skateboarder
He looks like Todd Howard's long lost brother
Like that guy from those skateboarding videogames? Yeah I can see that. Better textures though.
I don't see it tbh
that is him
@@upcxming2617 no it's not 💀
I still remember finding out you could put your copy of THPS1 in your CD player and listen to the sound track
I worked at Activision in their finance department at the time of THSP 2. Had one of Tony’s quarterly royalty checks in my hand that was over $2.5 million
Quarterly?!
Yeah that 4 million he’s talking about was his bonus lol 😂
Yeah. Royalties are paid quarterly. I can’t remember which quarter it was, but Q3 is always the biggest with sell in for Xmas. That’s was just the OG 2nd game too.
If what you're saying it's true, we all need to thank everyone at Activision those games were amazing to play
Holy shit lol, no clue why he's doing press runs at 50. I'd be on a beach somewhere
Talk about being at the right place at the right time. What Tony Hawk did has never been matched
Man Chris ain never shy to ask someone how much money they made 🤣
It shouldn't be something to shy about it's just money.
@@jamesmata2945 yea but it’s personal and no one’s else’s business at the end of the day but I don’t mind lol
@@ChaposShoota why is it personal?
Its the way the question was worded that made it easier to speak about, its a question from the past not the present. Everyone is happy to talk about how much they used to make but what they currently make is a lot more personal.
He’s asking what the people want to know. It’s good for content
The Game changed my life too, i can't skate for shit but it got me into the music and punk scene, coming from a broken home, the people i met then where the first people to lift me up and i felt i could actually be someone. This sounds darker than i wanted it to but sometimes in life its the small things, like a video game. :-)
I always loved Tony Hawk. I like how he’s open about the money.
Yea money is just energy
Tony at the ATM with a 4 million dollar check and his skateboard lol
I love Tony for being the only true G who said "I will never give up skating" and actually meant it.
Tony stuck with his passion and deserves all the success. He was one of my heroes as a kid . He did so much to make the sport legit and because of it they have opened so many skate parks since my childhood.
“Four zero zero zero zero zero zero...”
Like he’s filling out the bank slip lmao 😂
His whole fortune came from that smartest business move he'd ever did
I seen this guy alone when tony hawk game 2 came out at a mall around 11 am he was alone he such nice guy humble family man acts like a regular guy so down to earth
Yeah but was he alone?
Yup he was at that time alone walking at the mall I talk to him he was so koo humble as hell
Even as a brit who has no passion for skateboarding, tony hawk was my childhood. What a legend!
Forever the legend he deserved every penny! the Nostalgia from his games I still get is still my happiest place and time
The remaster is nothing short of amazing nostalgic feels and all the upgrades needed just a work of art still
This many years on, and I can’t think of a gaming experience I got into as much. How satisfying it was to land the right trick. The soundtrack. Each park. Every skater having their own style down. AND, it got me into skating, and later sponsored!
4 million feels like he got ripped off. He probably should have been paid closer to 40 million.
No, he was handed a check for 4 million in a meeting. That’s one ☝️ check of many.
More like 400million lol.. He didn't get a 4 million dollar check until the 4th game was about to come out.. they made over 100 million dollars on every tony hawk game they released, but his first big check of 4 million didnt come until they were about to release the 4th game.. surely a rip off, if i heard him right lol
@@prepaidtrash5552 im glad you're a satisfied employee at Activision, square 😆
@@Cuul.B I see whatcha did there lol good one
@@prepaidtrash5552 lmao no try 8 billion last year alone
That dude sort of looks like Tony Hawk... Cant be though
Dude’s like Perry the Platypus.
Hahah no doubt it's like dude has never aged 🤣 that's how I remember him like 10 yr ago
Love that running joke lol
🤣🤣
I understood that reference 😂
I don’t even skateboard irl and I love everything about those games🙏🏽