Will ITG surpass DDR in popularity?

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[Raiv Xomby]

I think people will just start calling ITG DDR anyways.

It's like Pepsi and Coke. Coke has better name recognition and it rolls of the tongue easier.

[Bonephone]

I don't differentiate the two.

[Vangulus The Great]

[Raiv Xomby]

[gerinis]

[BUTTS47]

When I got ITG for Ps2, The first thing I did was turn off the hands and mines. Doing that was just making it exactly like DDR. So personally. I just use ITG as a stamina gainer, but will always stick with ddr. But I dont think ITG will pass DDR because its's been around so much longer. There's numerous ddr mixes for home systems and only 1 of itg. If ITG can make more home versions and ddr doesnt. Then I say maybe.

[Shippo]

[FTG_William Howard Taft]

DDR is like a marijuana habit. It starts off as something your friends introduce you to and you try it in someone's basement. Eventually you actually start paying for it, and it looks to the rest of the world that you've developed a habit. It drains your money and it seems kind of pointless. Even the friends that got you started think you've gone too far.


I look at ITG as the crack of DDR. Someone said earlier that DDR is like a gateway and I guess that's true. It's like moving from marijuana to crack. It's faster, harder to find, and way more hardcore. So will ITG surpass DDR in popularity?


I don't think so. Crack may fuck you up more, but more people are going to be drawn to weed because it's safer. So once again...

DDR=Weed
ITG=Crack
Weed will always be more popular than crack, so therefore, in terms of popularity...

DDR>ITG
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[Shippo]

I dont really agree but sure so far iuts DDR > ITG but eventually if DDR doesnt do something ITG will probably be at the same level DDR=ITG

[Julie QQQ...?]

altosven, your analogy is very true but simultaneously, quite disturbing as well.

[Shinmizu]

[mydixiewrecked]

[gerinis]

Ladies and gents, there is a third option that I think we may all be forgetting. It is possible that neither of the dancing giants will surpass the other, but locked in an eternal battle. ITG will have fanboys, DDR will have fanboys, and the rest of us will use both.
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[Audhumla]

Assuming we are talking about a primarily American/Canadian market, I think ITG will definetely surpass DDR. The developers seem to genuinly care about the product, and being domestic, they have more of a connection to the scene. After the website/forums for my local reigon split into two, I ended up mostly disconnected from the DDR scene, and basically quit DDR and all music-related games for about 4 months. There was no more interest in it for me. When I went to an arcade for a friend's party, and they had ITG, I knew I had to play it. I was rusty and out of shape, but ITG resparked my love for the whole genre.

DDR is stale. ITG is fresh. It would take something might creative out of Konami to un-stale DDR. ITG is the better game, and it will definetly surpass DDR in terms of popularity.

[FHOD DJ X!!]

I think the question you people have actually been answering is will ITG be better than DDR. the Coke/Pepsi analogy is very true except MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE US HAVE NO FREAKING IDEA WHAT ITG IS! even though it is "on shelves" in the U.S. I havent seen it anywhere! ITG to the average person is "that thing like DDR....I think.....except with time bombs" ITG is just too complicated to work for the average american idiot.(very similar to PIU) I believe PIU could easily be in competition with DDR but its so frickin confusing to operate the machine! I dont think ITG is any lesser than DDR but If DDR quit making console and arcade mixes, it would still be more popular for at least 10 years. I havent seen any ads for ITG (except at a ddr tourney) but I have seen tons of DDR ads.
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[phonyreal]

[DemonHybrid]

Well, you can like DDR and worry about ITG being better and wasting money...

Or you can play ITG and saying that DDR is old and crusty and stupid...

...but do what I do. Play both machines, and put both types of songs on stepmania
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