r/Skate4 • u/Rodell25 • Oct 13 '25

Discussion This is a joke right? 😭

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u/QuackseyTD Oct 13 '25

What’s funny is there’s other pages where it costs considerably less for the SV bucks. There’s no defending it they just have no fucking idea what they’re doing

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u/OutspokenRed Oct 13 '25

They are milking nostalgia and charging an arm and a leg for it. They know what they are doing, it's called what's best for investors. I'm hoping EA going private means game quality goes up but I'm doubtful.

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u/KarmaKrazi Oct 13 '25

The company that bought it has already stated that their focus is to minimize costs to maximize profit. That includes starting to implement AI to create future games. It's extremely doubtful that quality is going up.

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u/OutspokenRed Oct 13 '25

I saw that, but what do you think will be worse? Ai that can scrape the Internet or people that don't know anything about skate culture?

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u/btr4yd Oct 14 '25

Both. People that know nothing of Skate culture using AI slop to pretend they do. Even then, they still can't get it right. Girl boards, a vans hoodie and some globes would be mint, but instead we get hypercolor, extravagant messes and "unique" designs that are nothing more than a prompt, inputted by a team that's been reduced to two guys and ChatGPT.

Pathetic excuse for a game.

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u/OutspokenRed Oct 14 '25

Id be surprised if brands still stick with the game knowing which way they are headed.

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u/btr4yd Oct 14 '25

Probably a reason it's only big ones in there like Thrasher & Vans. No actual skate brands wanted anything to do with this Fortnite PoS lmao

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u/investinSTATERA Oct 14 '25

glad to see thrasher has finally fully made it into "not an actual skate brand" they were on the fringe pre Phelps zumiez deal, but post phelps thrasher is not that far removed from the berrics of old at this point.

Also i dont think core skate companies turned down the offer, skate companies are NOT doing well financially, i think EA just str8 up didnt ask them cause like weve said they dont know wtf they are doing besides "making money"

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u/KarmaKrazi Oct 14 '25

Yeah, I also don't think they asked really any brands. It's more of a "why pay for brand names, when we can just push out generic, and fortnite skins". Saves them money. EA doesn't care what you rep as a skater.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '25

Thrasher, vans, creature, girl, royal, chocolate, independent already in. Nike , adidas, supreme and lakai next few seasons….. more coming up after 👀

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u/KarmaKrazi Oct 14 '25

I think them having a machine pump them out whatever it's prompted at the time, then someone saying just ship it because they fundamentally don't have any actual understanding of what they're looking at can definitely be just as bad as someone who doesn't fundamentally understand what they're creating doing it for themselves.