DDR in 20 years

Bringer of Death · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:34 pm Post subject:

The things that seperate those old games with DDR is that you use your feet. It's not just "Yawn, okay. I eat the pellets to win the game. Yay." It's "Aww man, gotta move faster and be better to get that Triple A." It'll be a nice novelty game in 20 years.
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EvilSporkMan · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:41 pm Post subject:

Unless you keep playing for all 20 of those years, you'll be pretty funny to watch by then

Also, I don't think you'll be physically able to handle DDR much past 30 or so, but then I'm too young to have personally experienced the debilitating effects of age on the body, so I could be wrong...

Blaze519 · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:48 pm Post subject:

Jace · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 3:19 pm Post subject:

well in 20 years the DDR machines will probably cost only a few hunndred to buy. and DDR compared to Pong will be the same comparison as a new physical game compared to DDR.

"Eww... 20 years ago you only hit 4 arrows with your feet!? Easy!"

"Only 240 songs!? Only 10 feet!? Haha!"

What?! ¡¿NekketsuKunio?! · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject:

Personally, I think one of two things could happen to DDR in 20 years:

1. It'll die. Plain and simple.
2. It'll still be around in some highly evolved new revision (though this is HIGHLY doubful). Rumors have been flying that DDREX isn't the last mix and that KOJ has sort of gone back to the drawing board with it to rework it into something new.

However, both these possibilities are dependent on one thing: arcades. I think arcades are really dying in America, and possibly even Japan since I can't find ANY news about any new Japanese arcade game releases. The one I went to for DDR closed last October. Furthermore, the ever-advancing power of home consoles has drawn people away from arcades because they can get the same experience at home. It's not really the same with the Bemani series, but I don't think average gamers want or even care about perfect ports of Bemani games. They'd love to play a perfect home port of Soul Calibur 2, but they couldn't care less about playing "that weird arrow smashing game" at home. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

DDRkrazy · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Location: Roebling, NJ

remy asked if anyone still plays those games on a regular basis,

well lets think about it here, mario from the 80s-early 90s has evolved into mario 64, then sunshine, zelda.. need i say more has also "grown up". all of these games became better, or worse games over time, so whats to same a revolutionary game like ddr wont survive? mario was certainly revolutionary. but really i think it may die lol but whos to say, ill buy an EX for my kids and ill break my hips playing max at age 35
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DuoDoRa · Trick Member Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Sioux Falls, SD

well, i think that "ddr" in name won't be around in 20 years. but there is a possibility that there will be another form of dancing game around then, that got its roots from ddr.

about arcades dying-i'm sorta doubting they will, possibly they've hit a slump, but imo, they will still be around in some form for a while.

i think the bemani series will also be around for a while. they seem to know what makes people happy, and there is a good chance they will, and stay with the latest technology while doing so.
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