DanceDanceRevolution (AC) (Japan)

Oh man yes REDALiCE finally in a non-IIDX/Sound Voltex game and in DDR. Really happy.

(Watch this becomes DDR X4 vs. 5th mix, let's go long versions and terrible cropped banners!)

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There's no indication of this what so ever.

There's no DDR X4 either.

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/sarcasm

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Of course, it's also possible that certain songs may never get unlocked on overseas cabinets.

I was totally supporting the "1 arcade machine, 1 songlist (somehow)" tagline of the series.

X2 hit it on the head when it had a license list that appealed to all regions and a KO list that everyone was mostly familiar with (X2 PS2/HP3).

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The only thing that would make it cost more is using more than one disc of data or buying a bunch of licenses. DDR X arcade's hard drive has something like 7-8GB of data on it; small enough for the entire game to fit on a dual-layer DVD. A game with every song in every DDR game (with unique videos for none of them) would likely be around 10-12GB, which would fit on a single single-layer Blu-ray or Wii U disc, and probably on whatever the Xbox 720 uses too.

There really isn't much basis for that.

You are correct, but Konami would never do this, it greatly limits how much money they can make. Making a dozen games with different songs nets far more money than pooling all of their resources to make one Goliath of a game.

Sadly, most companies care only about revenue, not the customers.

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What brings in revenue? Customers.

Maybe this machine can access all of the songs DDR has ever had

I am totally fine with this. I expect after a while they'll issue new upgrade kits/machines to update hardware or things they cannot update online as necessary, but as a new form for BEMANI, I think this could be fantastic.

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Seems to me that this will be the new "DDR EXTREME" of sorts. Perhaps this mix is being made to commemorate a 15 year anniversary.

From an arcade perspective, customers have nothing to do with their revenue. They get money for the sale of the machine, upgrade kit, etc. The quarters put in the machine don't go to Konami, they go to the arcade.

For home releases, its about sales yes. In this scenario they would have to be able to sell enough to make up for licensing costs. When you look at the cost of an arcade version versus a CS version, less sales for an arcade version brings in significantly more than less sales for a CS version. How much does an upgrade kit cost? I would assume they need to sell at least 5 versions to make up for what they get from one upgrade kit.

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Truthfully, it would be nice if they discarded the old "new mix every few years" system in favor of a single mix that can be updated, as long as there's easy US support (and we actually GET it stateside). I think a machine like this would be an easier sell stateside than a machine that needs an expensive annual upgrade to stay current.

I would be surprised if this was seriously being considered for release outside of Asia. Then again, I was surprised that X3 was not the end of the series.

PREPARE DA' CAKE!!

I hope not.

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Prepare for a big eyesore of text from Gabe about the history of DDR Extreme.

I wonder if they'll put long version songs in this one. If they do they might cost two songs.

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Putting long versions so they can execute long charts poorly (via copy paste) isn't worth it.

LOL


I'm sorry, but yes. We need more Dancemania Revivals. At least a few for each release.