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Originally Posted by ctc43f  The Bemani line has been around for a decade and it seems like all of the other staple series are offering good players more difficulty across the entire songlist, whereas DDR is scaling the difficulty back save for a few "boss" songs.. |
Welcome to 2003. DDRMAX2 USA says hi...
...and so does just about every American home version released since then. Even when SuperNOVA AC came out, there were barely any new 8s and 9s.
I could now start a 15-page essay on DDR's gameplay not changing much, the advent of ITG, and how I thought Konami should have done something with that franchise... but that's been done before, it's off-topic and nobody would want to read it anyway, heh.
Bottom line: if you're still buying console releases of this game, I don't think you're doing it because you want more challenge. I think anyone still buying new console DDR is either 1) someone just discovering the franchise, or 2) someone who just enjoys the game, wants more of it and wants to support the series. I guess that Konami feels there are enough folks in those categories combined to justify continued releases.
BTW, if you look only at Konami-published games at VGChartz, you'll see MGS4 at number 1 and the recent Saw games behind it. Filling out the top 10 is pretty much all DDR and Rock Revolution (with its $5 price tag). These games have long tails, and maybe that's the real reason they continue to release them.