What's up with the Tony Hawk games and SSX?

One have always been about skateboarding, and the other one snowboarding. SSX used to be racing and tricks, and TH all about tricks with a time limit in each level. Then TH went freeroaming, so SSX didn't want to be worse and made an entire mountain into one level. (but with different races). Now TH have one massive level just like SSX3, and adds BMX bikes as well as skateboards. And what happens? SSX On Tour will not only be a massive level, but it will be much better than the one in SSX3 (which changed into a massive level halfway through development), but will also add skis. Not only that, but THUG had a story. And what'ya know, SSX On Tour sees you as a low name rider trying to make a name for yourself. You start one on one, win a bit, get a reputation and eventually race (and hopefully wins) World Events. Kinda like THUG did. Are these games copying each other or inspiring each other? Not that it's a bad thing.

So to summon up:

* Tony Hawk's added freeroaming. So did SSX3.
* SSX3 was one massive level. So is TH's American Wasteland.
* TH's Underground had a story. So do SSX4 aka SSX On Tour.
* They both add a new element. TH's have BMX bikes, SSX has skis.

Am I the only one who heards "Crossover" somewhere in the near distant future? Tony Hawk on snowboard? Zoe on a skateboard? Could happen. (and if you bothered to check the Bio's in SSX3, most characters enjoy other sports than snowboarding anyway.)

I just think that its because there is only so much you can do with a snowboarding and skateboarding game. I mean eventually they will have the same features becuase of how similar the sports are.

And yet it seems quite a bit obvious the copy each other. It's not like one game have skis and the other adds BMX's later on. They add it the same time. SSX3 had lots of small levels that combined into one big one. The next one will have one massive level, just like the next Tony Hawk's game. It's kinda like when we got "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact" pretty much at the exact same time. The story in both are pretty much the same, but what other movies than those two has one giant asteroid heading towards Earth? (No, Asterisk doesn't count.) Or "Asteroids" and "Meteroids" the same time. Weird. The same movie, different cast. Sort of. But if it works...

tony hawk games get boring after a while,but ssx iz a crazy fun game.