1080 SNOWBOARDING
Remember when snowboarding games were actually cool? No offense to Steep, but the days of 1080 Snowboarding and SSX were some of the best of the sport. So, what happened? Did we get tired of going downhill at high speeds and pulling off fancy tricks? Well, sort of.
Steep wasn’t exactly a success, despite what Ubisoft might say. Worse, the last Tony Hawk release by Activision proved that even the major publishers have gone somewhat cold on the concept, at least from the point of view of giving a studio a budget big enough to get the job done. Worse still, even a fan favorite like Skate still hasn’t had anything going for it, with EA constantly saying ‘one day’ while FIFA and Madden churn out sequel after sequel each year. Thanks, EA.
In the case of 1080 Snowboarding, there’s a few opportunities there. So far the few sports titles on the Switch have held up fairly well despite a few niggling technical issues, but there’s absolutely a market there. And let’s be real, of all the studios right now, Nintendo seems to be on a roll when it comes to reinventing or reinvigorating brands you thought couldn’t evolve any further. Who’s to say a 1080 sequel couldn’t do the same?
