With Xbox 360's Live Marketplace, we can now support micro-transactions which allow us the flexibility to offer songs on an individual basis. We wanted to originally do this with the Ultramix series, but the minimum transaction price had to be $5 for premium content, so we felt the fairest thing for the consumer was to give you five songs for $5.
Aaron: Finally, what is the future of Dance Dance Revolution beyond 2006? With the full cycle into next-generation systems leading us into 2007, is there any consideration to produce titles for the Sony Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii or even future arcade releases? And with the rapid advancement in portable technology, has there been consideration to produce any sort of Bemani titles for the Nintendo DS or Sony PSP?
Jason: Well in short, I think the future looks very bright. Although we are currently focused on the existing games scheduled to launch in 2006, we definitely want to see DDR continue to grow and evolve in the future.
We are excited to learn more about the other next-gen consoles and determine how all of our games, not just DDR, could be enriched or expanded into new directions/possibilities. I think the portable systems also offer another outlet to do new things.
Aaron: Once again, thank you very much for your time and for answering our questions. I wish the best of luck to you and the DDR teams and thanks for providing U.S. gamers with such a unique franchise.
Jason: Thank you and all the fans as well. It's great for us to be involved in this franchise too!
Stay connected to Blogcritics for future DDR information including a review of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA, available for the Playstation 2 tomorrow, as well as news on Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 and Dance Dance Revolution Universe as it is made available.
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