why don't they make a mix...

[Kiriyama]

with pretty much most of the songs from all the mixes... I made a DVD backup of my japanese import of ddr extreme It dosen't even fit half the damn cd so why don't they make a mix with all the songs or something.
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[diddrstrait]

because if they release all the songs in one home version they don't make as much money. All of DDR extreme arcade mix can fit on a CD anyway, but it would be terrible marketing to just have one product sold like that for home use. by spreading everything out over multiple home mixes, people are left waiting for the songs they want, and will spend money to buy another home version in the hopes that more of their favorite songs will be on there.

[Reenee]

Minor correction:

The reason why DDR EXTREME AC fits on a CD is because the music quality is downgraded. It's amazing that you can't hear the difference (to me anyway), but also the graphics and everything are adjusted at a 320x240 resolution. It's upped to 640x480 on console releases.

[diddrstrait]

my point being that if that all fits on a CD with lower quality files, I imagine a DVD could handle all those songs easily for use on a PS2 (DDR only takes up a fraction of the disc it is printed on). BUT it would be possibly the worst business decision ever. no need to be nitpicky, Reenee, as I was merely stating what they could do and why they don't.

[Agent J]

Indeed, making a home console mix with... say 200+ songs with most or all the songs from everything from 1st-Extreme would probably be damn near commercial suicide for Konami. I'm not saying it'd put them out of business, but since they'd no longer be able to mix a variety of songs from previous mixes in with new ones, they'd never be able to make a successful sequel. Unless, of course, every new mix contained a whole new collection of songs. I'm not sure how much effort and money that would require, but for a low-volume game like DDR, I'm sure Konami wouldn't see it as worth it.

[Daniel]

It wouldn't actually be suicide for Konami. They could easily make Consumer Software releases that have many more songs avaliable, without going anywhere near out of business. The only reason why Konami doesn't do this is because they are not inclined to make less money. It is pretty greedy, but with the avaliability of Stepmania, I say it even outs.

[Agent J]