Konami Submits an Amended Version of Its Lawsuit

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[Tsuri]

[Reenee]

Why does everybody keep saying "half-assed" releases? They keep making it sound like Konami's been doing this for a period of time now, when it really just applies to their LATEST 3 game releases in the top 3 main regions.

Seriously, stop it.

[kwiktripmanmeat]

I say, Konami, stop your doggy, stoping your whining, and just make us a new mix machine.

[Synaesthesia]

[toady007]

Except Catastrophe's post doesn't make sense.

Dance Dance Revolution is a music game, not a fighting game, shooter game, or puzzle game.

And he mentioned Time Crisis as an example. I don't see hundreds of websites dedicated to Time Crisis teams and tournaments, along with thousands of people who keep track of their high scores and fastest clear times. People go into an arcade, play like one game, and play something else. It's profitable because tons of people walk by and play, not because there are thousands of Time Crisis fanatics. A better example would be Initial D, but that game and Maximum Tune are still upgraded regularly to hold people's interest. There are many other shooter games besides Time Crisis, so people didn't really care about the length between sequels since there were many other good shooters in the mean time. DDR does not have that luxury.

When was the last time you listened to a CD every other day for three years? Music gets old, boring, and stale quickly. There was reason Konami had to pump out new versions on a regular timetable. People don't want to listen to the same songs and play the same charts for three years. At least with most other games there is an AI involved that is constantly changing every time you play, so trying to compare it to something like Tekken is ridiculous.

And even still, a new Tekken game comes out every year, along with a multitude of other new fighting games or racing games. Remember the gigantic crowds around Soul Calibur 2 a little over a year ago? I don't see anybody playing Soul Calibur anymore.

DDR arcade machines were profitable because of the hardcore crowd that was always there whoring it out. And just the way that most of the SC2 players now play Tekken 5, most of the same hardcore DDR players are playing ITG if they have it.
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[toady007]

I agree with you, actually.

Initial D includes both a competitive aspect, a computer AI, a ranking system, and a whole bunch of other measures to keep people playing. But Version 3 has been like a year, not three years like DDR, and people are already kinda tired of it. While a lot of regulars still play Version 3, most of the people I see now are playing Maximum Tune, but that could just be my area.

But there are many different racing games to play. While they may not be as fun as Initial D, there are alternatives that people can play while waiting for a new version. For DDR, there is one alternative that mostly caught on in Mexico and is radically different in playstyle, and then In The Groove which is of course the subject of controversy.
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[Tomo_kun]

DJPotatoe and Pop'N Ko *supposedly* have had konami representatives on site to check out patent infringement every step of the development.

Is this what you mean by egging konami on?
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[vader]

Looks like konami is gonna get alot of money...
RELEASE A NEW MACHINE DAMNIT!!!
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