Honestly I'd be fine with a more polished Proving Ground or Project 8...Ride was the wrong way to compete with Skate...The Tony series didn't need to try and be as realistic as Skate it needs to be as refined as Skate.
what I mean is that the game speed, menues and animations in Skate are decidedly current gen, where as Proving Ground feels the same as American Wasteland in almost every aspect..Ride was the lazy way to try and compete.
At this point its safe to say that the Tony Hawk sereis has gone the way of Tomb Raider...even if Activision does get someone competent making the next game(the last two Tomb Raiders made by Cyrstal Dynamics were pretty decent games) the sales will never recover because the Tony Hawk series is damaged goods