Tony Hawk turned down $500K for 'Pro Skater.' It paid off.

Tony Hawk turned down a $500,000 payment for 'Pro Skater,' opting for royalties instead. He ended up making at least 8 times that.

Last week, Hawk made an appearance onto discuss his career — and the most important financial decision he's made in his life — with host Steven Bartlett.

that following the release of the series' fourth game —"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4" — Activision gave him a $4 million check. "When they were close to launch of the game, they started to sense there was buzz about it," Hawk said about Activision on"Diary of a CEO.""They knew they had a good game overall and they felt this surge of interest, and so they offered me a buyout of future royalties — right before the game launched."

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