Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 var sådan en katastrofe, at serien uden tvivl kommer til at tage en kæmpe pause, men dette er ikke den eneste skateboard-serie der er blevet lagt på is. EA lader ikke til at have nogen interesse i at bringe Skate-serien tilbage, og for skateboard-entusiaster er det stort set kun det Kickstarter-finansierede Session der er at se frem til.
Det er der, ifølge en af Tony Hawk-seriens designere, en rigtig god grund til - udgivere ser bare ikke noget økonomisk potentiale i skateboard-spil længere. I et interview med Game Brain fortæller den tidligere Neversoft-udvikler Chris Rausch, at takket være Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, så har pengemændene besluttet at skateboard-spil ikke kan betale sig at lave.
"I think that the Tony Hawk 5 game really sealed the deal for a while, which is a bummer because you know there's an audience out there. It sold enough, it certainly sold better than Shred, but when I first heard about that game and I saw what it was and got a chance to check it out! At the time it was supposed to be a $20 download, and somewhere along the line later they decided we're going to put it in a box and charge $50."
"And that was another thing that really hurt the outlook for it and the reputation for it. People would have been more forgiving if it was a little cheaper, but I think it was one of those things where you know you have the audience, you know they want more and you just don't give them something that's worthy; and then all the suits decide, well people don't want skateboarding games any more. Well, yes they do, they want a better one, one that's a lot cooler."
Dog siger Rausch, at han arbejder på noget som måske kan behage genrens fans.
