 A month before the release of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" for PlayStation in 1999, Hawk successfully performed a 900 at that year's X Games, which resulted in huge press coverage of the sport and helped boost sales of the title.Also, the inclusion of the game on the "Jampack" demo for the PlayStation generated further hype, as players were overwhelmed by the at the time unique gameplay.The huge success of the game prompted Neversoft to vastly expand its production staff in order to be able to release "Tony Hawk's" games on a yearly basis.