Pentavision has just announced a few more games in the Metro Project line-up -- DJ Max Portable: Clazziquai Edition and DJ Max Portable: Black Square both for the PSP. Along with the recent announcement of DJ Max: Technika and DJ Max Fever, DJ Max fans have plenty to look forward to this Fall. now if only they revive the internet PC edition or make some announcement of a console version. it's only a matter of time...

speaking of which, have you noticed an increase of music games over the years? it may not be a substantial increase but it's definitely noticeable. before 2004 music games were a niche and were a hard sell with Dance Dance Revolution being the only popular music game in town but over the past 3 years this genre has gained alot of momentum. since 2004, we have had games like Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Lumines, DJ Max Portable, Elite Beat Agents(Ouendan), SingStar. many music games released before 2004 are now getting a 2nd chance at better sales(Rez, Gitaroo Man, Parappa, Sambe De Amigo etc.) most music games now can aim to sell several hundred thousand copies unlike before.

other genres have had their moment of popularity. 2D platformers were a staple of the late 80's, 1-on-1 fighting games and to a smaller extent, Beat-em-ups defined the early 90's, 3D Action Platform games were popular and RPGs finally went mainstream in the late 90's, First Person Shooters and GTA-style games dominated this half decade and finally the torch has been passed on to the music genre and casual gaming. how long will this last reamains to be seen

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