See also: Gameplay in the Tony Hawk series Pro Skater 3 is also considered to be one of the greatest video games of all time. With the PlayStation 2 version selling over 2.1 million copies in the United States by July 2006. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 received critical acclaim from critics, with the PlayStation 2 version being tied for highest-rated PlayStation 2 game on Metacritic alongside Grand Theft Auto III.

It was the first game released for the PlayStation 2 supporting online play and was a launch title for the GameCube in North America. In 2002, it was published for the Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64 (becoming the last game ever released on the console as it had been discontinued 3 1/2 months prior), and Mac OS. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label in 2001 for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color and GameCube. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is a 2001 skateboarding video game and the third installment in the Tony Hawk's series.

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