Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk earned absolute fortune from Pro Skater video games
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: 7 sport stars with surprisingly big net worth - billionaire tennis ace to Barcelona flopThe same year, 1999, with his international fame soaring as a result of his abilities with the board, Hawk’s fame grew further still, with the first Pro Skater game being released on Playstation.During an appearance on an episode of The Nine Club podcast, the renowned skateboarder discussed the incredible earnings he had made from the franchise.Ahead of the release of the fourth game, Hawk went to have lunch with an Activision employee who was overseeing the game, and was told “the last three are still in the top ten of sales.
One is going into classics mode, which means they sell at a certain price but way more volume, so things are way bigger than you ever thought.” As you can imagine that type of success is likely to bear significant fruit, with Hawk receiving, there and then, a staggering amount, “He handed me a check for $4 million,” he said.
This huge sum was Hawk’s annual royalties, meaning he will have earned further astonishing amounts, with a fifth game having been released since.
The series has made an estimated $1.4 billion in sales, with Hawk understandably describing it as “having changed my life.”READ NEXT:.
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