Last year’s remaster of the first two Tony Hawk Pro Skater games is heading to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch, Activision announced today. Unfortunately, those looking to upgrade their existing copy of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 to the next-gen version will need to shell out an extra $US10 ($13).
The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S version of the game comes out March 26 and will run in native 4K at 60FPS (except on Series S where it will be limited to 1440p upscaled to 4K), with the option of running it at 120FPS in 1080p. The game will also make use of haptic feedback and spatialized audio on the PS5 version. Save data can also be transferred within the same family of consoles as well. The Switch version, meanwhile, is doesn’t have a release date yet, and is just expected to arrive sometime before the end of 2021.
[referenced id=”1071540″ url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/09/tony-hawks-pro-skater-12-the-kotaku-review/” thumb=”https://www.gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/03/yeqqvzzhhs08wbw75ofo-300×169.png” title=”Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2: The Kotaku Review” excerpt=”Let’s just get this out of the way: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is a masterpiece. In perfectly mimicking the iconic skateboarding series’ first two outings, this remaster gives me everything I could ever want out of a game. I am dumbfounded by there somehow being something so good and…”]
Unlike many other recent games that have received next-gen upgrades, however, Tony Hawk’s won’t be free. Instead, players who already own the game on PS4 or Xbox One, but only the base version, will need to pay an additional $US10 ($13) to upgrade to the “Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle.”
Here’s Activision explaining this in its own words:
Digital players can upgrade to the Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle with all the added features for an additional $US10 ($13) SRP. The upgrade includes access to the secret skater Ripper (a.k.a. the infamous Powell-Peralta mascot), retro gear for Create-A-Skater mode, and retro skins for Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen. Additionally, Activision Blizzard, Inc. is giving fans who already own the digital deluxe version of the game on PlayStation® 4 and Xbox One a next-gen upgrade at no cost (except in Japan) on March 26.
[referenced id=”979068″ url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/08/control-publisher-posts-explanation-about-next-gen-upgrades-that-doesnt-explain-much/” thumb=”https://www.gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/20/fnt4qhkixd1hzfcjoybh-300×169.jpg” title=”Control Publisher Posts ‘Explanation’ About Next-Gen Upgrades That Doesn’t Explain Much” excerpt=”505 Games tried to explain why owners of the existing version of Control won’t be able to upgrade to the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions in a blog post today and didn’t succeed.”]
The deluxe bundle is currently priced at around $65 and gives players access to bonus cosmetics, while the base version is priced at $50. It’s unclear what’s so special about the deluxe bundle when moving between console generations, or if the price increase is instead part of Activision’s general policy of charging more for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of games, as it did last spring with the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
At least there’s an option to pay a little extra to upgrade. Control still doesn’t even have that. Maybe Sony can make the entire issue moot for PS5 owners by simply making the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 deluxe bundle a PS Plus game at some point as it did with Remedy’s shooter.
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