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Electronic Arts’ EA Sports division dominated sports-based video games throughout the 1990s, having produced multiple FIFA Soccer, John Madden Football, and NBA Live titles. However, very few of these experiences ever set the world on fire in terms of quality, with the average review rating of an EA Sports release settling in around the mid-70s. The publisher’s first venture into America’s favorite pastime with Triple Play Baseball wouldn’t change this pattern, but it did open the door for the action sports game that would—SSX.

SSX debuted alongside the PlayStation 2 in 2000 and attracted a worldwide audience that guaranteed its place as one of the best-reviewed games on Sony’s flagship platform. Its development also begat the founding of EA Sports BIG, a label that produced more experimental, action-heavy sports projects than the standard EA Sports fare. The first SSX wouldn’t go down as the BIG vertical's last success story, either. In particular, the Snowboard Super Cross franchise continued to thrive for the next several years, courtesy of two sequels that received just as much praise as their predecessor.

The final three installments launched between 2005 and 2012. While none enjoyed the critical acclaim afforded to the original trio, the 2012 reboot performed appreciably at launch, counting among the top five best-selling games in the United States for the month of March. Despite holding its own against juggernauts including EA’s own Mass Effect 3, SSX’s revival never earned a follow-up entry, thus leaving the brand dormant yet again for over a decade.

This is the Rise and Fall of SSX.

 

[Little Mac]

Shame. SSX was easily one of my top 5 ps2 games of all time. It came out when I was in college and me and my roommate would play this shit all night when we were broke and couldn’t afford to go out.

 

[Lusal]

Just an awesome series. Great gameplay, track design, presentation, audio and visuals. Still play it now and then on the PS2.

 

[ReBurn]

I thought these gvmers people were broke and starving and couldn't afford to make videos anymore

 

[Represent.]

The Rise of Retardation at EA.

Complete joke how they let this and other EA BIG franchises just die.

 

[Celcius]

I never played SSX but always wanted to try it. I'd be down for a remaster.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Oh, I thought this was an Xbox thread.

 

[joeygreco1985]

I still play SSX 3 regularly. That game was special

 

[GHG]

Oh, I thought this was an Xbox thread.

I misread it as the "rise and fall of XSX" and then wondered why adamsapple posted it.

 

[Zacfoldor]

SSX3 on gamecube is still my favorite sports game.

The announcers, the music, the open mountain, the absolute breadth of things to do, the AI, the character of the other "hero" snowboarders, the EA Big logo at the beginning, the neon tracks at night reflecting off what snow, the LEVEL DESIGN, the social feel of the game(similar to the best tiger woods golf), the incredible depth and smoothness of the gameplay. It really makes you FEEL like you are an olympic snowboarder in a big highly social snowboarding tour, like it makes you feel like you in the olympic village between games.

It's just one of the best, no doubt about it. Tricky may go down as the goat to the public, but for me SSX3 on the cube is by far the best "tony hawk" style game ever made, and I loved all those games.

I also own it on XSX and when I boot that console up, I still will occasionally play it. I don't even play new games I buy but I go back and play SSX3 on a console I hardly ever use. That's how much I love that game. They cooked with this one. The controls were a trade not an art, and you had to get gud or you couldn't even stand up 2 seconds. It never handheld but once you got gud it was so addicting. Geniusly designed game that captured something that I had never felt before. A must play.

To me, SSX3 is like Mario Kart in all the best ways, but with lots of cool stuff on top of that. To me SSX3 surpasses Mario Kart, and that is saying a lot for me. I only use the reference because with MK, the game is about pure fun, and it is a gamer's game. So was SSX3. What a shame this series went away.

 

[damidu]

Oh, I thought this was an Xbox thread.

if only XSX ever had a "rise"

 

[Euler007]

I spent most of my college evenings stoned playing SSX on PS2 with my roommates. Shame what they did to the franchise.

 

[drotahorror]

SSX was the shit.

Freekstyle, SHOX, SSX, NFL/NBA Street...EA Big was murdering the arcade sports genre, in the best of ways. And then they murdered it in the most heinous of ways.

 

[Sybrix]

Time for a Tricky remake surely!?!

 

[Nankatsu]

SSX Tricky was so damn good back on PS2.

 

[March Climber]

This should have been the rise and fall of EA Big as a whole.

I thought these gvmers people were broke and starving and couldn't afford to make videos anymore

Watch the first 3 seconds of the video.

 

[adamsapple]

Oh, I thought this was an Xbox thread.

I misread it as the "rise and fall of XSX" and then wondered why adamsapple posted it.

Not today, Satans.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Surely the title should be the peak and valley of SSX.

 

[Forsete]

It was magic when I played the first game. Miss the series.

 

[touchfuzzy]

EA bringing back the BIG brand with a new SSX and NBA or NFL Street seems like an easy slam dunk. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. SSX 1 through 3 are some of the best arcade sports games of all time.

 

[lughnasadh123]

if only XSX ever had a "rise"

I didn't want to be quite that mean about it.

 

[Puscifer]

Wtf is up with these "Rise and Fall of subject X" videos

 

[adamsapple]

Wtf is up with these "Rise and Fall of subject X" videos

All of Gvmaers documentary videos have the same title.

 

[Puscifer]

All of Gvmaers documentary videos have the same title.

I've seen it with shit like Taylor Swift though lol

 

[nbkicker]

Bought ssx and tekken tag when bought a ps2, ssx was just picked up as it was 2 games bundle with ps2, and ended up playing ssx none stop for months, countless hours spent trying to beat my score, then ssx tricky and same for ssx3, then it went down hill with on tour, and as for the ps3 version of ssx lets not talk about that, in all the days of the tony hawks remastered out and coming, surely this is easy money for ea todo a remaster of the first three games or even tricky or ssx3, then again using pc emulator ive already got ssx tricky and ssx3 running in 4k with texture packs

 

[March Climber]

Wtf is up with these "Rise and Fall of subject X" videos

Easy attention grabber. People like seeing success stories and also like seeing ways in how people screwed up their success. So both are combined into one video.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Awesome games. I’d love them to put them back out. I loved going down the mountain and finding new paths and secrets.

 

[MMaRsu]

This should have been the rise and fall of EA Big as a whole.

Watch the first 3 seconds of the video.

Most of not all of those games are really good, such a shame we Arent getting remasters for these classics. Im sure they would sell well

Nba Street vol2
Fifa Street 2
Def Jam ffny
Nhl street

Would all sell gangbusters.

 

[violence]

Huge fan of SSX3 in particular. Best way to play it today is on dolphin with HD texture mods. Though you’re missing a trick button.

 

[jufonuk]

While I wasn’t fully into snowboard games I did play some of the early ones they were fun. 1080 needs to be remake. Tricky and other winter style games.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

The decline of EA Sports in general.

I remember during the PS3/360 days they put a real focus on realism in the FiFA games adding technical features like inverse kinematics are realistic animations.

Today EAFC hasn’t changed in years, infact it feels WORSE.

 

[mansoor1980]

XSX living rent free in everyones head

 

[jufonuk]

This should have been the rise and fall of EA Big as a whole.

Watch the first 3 seconds of the video.

Some of these are legit GOAT games in their perspective genre

 

[March Climber]

Most of not all of those games are really good, such a shame we Arent getting remasters for these classics. Im sure they would sell well

Nba Street vol2
Fifa Street 2
Def Jam ffny
Nhl street

Would all sell gangbusters.

The best option would be whatever deal the Xbox team made with EA on SSX 3, for them to do it again with the rest. Or Playstation stepping in and doing it with their own slow-rollout B.C. program that they have been implementing.

EA themselves usually never look back, and it's still a miracle that Dead Space remake even exists.

 

[MMaRsu]

The best option would be whatever deal the Xbox team made with EA on SSX 3, for them to do it again with the rest. Or Playstation stepping in and doing it with their own slow-rollout B.C. program that they have been implementing.

EA themselves usually never look back, and it's still a miracle that Dead Space remake even exists.

We'll always have emulation and hopefully even dcompilatiom of these games for actual pc ports

 

[j0hnnix]

Man Phil's voice is killing me.. he's making me fall asleep.

 

[drotahorror]

Spotted a game while watching this video I completely missed somehow (probably playin WoW)

EA Big boxing game, Facebreaker



It actually looks really fun.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I misread it as the "rise and fall of XSX" and then wondered why adamsapple posted it.

You read what you wanted to see.

 

[GHG]

You read what you wanted to see.

 

[flying_sq]

SSX is cool, but I'm more of an Amped man myself, and later Stoked.

 

[Digity]

This should have been the rise and fall of EA Big as a whole.

Watch the first 3 seconds of the video.

Watched this the other day, was a good watch.

 

[Protocol7]

Thank you ! Thank you for making me remember how much I LOVED/LOVE this track... OMG !

 

[Icymanipulator]

I absolutely loved the SSX series, except that ps360 era one where they tried to make it more realistic