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The unclear future of DJMAX
- Thread starter StarCreator
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Oh man, I played every iteration on the psp and regularly went to play technika at my local arcade before some drunks destroyed the screen 
I tried the android release, it was a mess of paywalls and a terrible game all around.
Hopefully the game comes back in a solid form in one way or another. Trilogy offline will probably be the only way to get my fix of dj max now :*(
I tried the android release, it was a mess of paywalls and a terrible game all around.
Hopefully the game comes back in a solid form in one way or another. Trilogy offline will probably be the only way to get my fix of dj max now :*(
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Man, this is depressing news.
The worst part about these developments has to be the outright cutting of online services.
Making that much content inaccessible wholesale like that is downright unacceptable.
First CS IIDX.
Now DJMAX.
What's a virtual DJ to do...
Dj hero... oh wait
Yup! I own it! I've owned every single DJ MAX LE to date. portable anyway.
cj_iwakura
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cj_iwakura
Member
I haven't played it yet either(just got a Vita and Technika costs $texas now), but I've seen the arcade version and it looks gorgeous. I'm sure it's worth getting, the Pentavision team never failed me.
djplaeskool
Member
pretty done
Member
I look forward to buying the Vita game once it's appropriately priced. Never played a game in the series, would I just be better off with the PSP one?
cj_iwakura
Member
Devilgunman
Member
This series has been downhill since DJMax 3. I don't know what's the problem but I don't really enjoy anything they put out recently at all. Teknica Tune is fun at first then my hand starts being in pain soon afterward.
cj_iwakura
Member
DJ MAX 3 was a let down, but it had some cool ideas, and a few great songs.
Getcha hanz up!
IMO, Portable 2/Fever > Clazziquai > Black Square > Portable 1 > Portable 3
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
That was like '06 or '07, right? It was when I wast fist new here and there were so many glorious puictures in the pickup thread.. and I Just had to settle with my shit american djmaxx umd.
StarCreator
Member
It is more likely to be delisted than priced down. The US publisher barely still exists.
Clazziquai - Electronics
Might be my favorite DJMax track. Wish it was in more titles, same goes for all the Clazziquai stuff.
Might be my favorite DJMax track. Wish it was in more titles, same goes for all the Clazziquai stuff.
ATXAlchemy
Member
It has a demo on JP PSN.
Which is exactly why I didn't buy it, coz it's completely touch-based from what I remember.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Nooooo. Noooooooooooooo. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I was thinking about what might come next the other day. I had to import it for Vita and it's a shame it never got another patch (there's an issue with audio dropping out if you press fever while auto-break goes off). I wonder if there's anyone left in the company to at least get it out on EU PSN and participate in some sales. There's still plenty of value in the product it would be a shame if it just sits there forever at such a high price it doesn't sell anymore.
Huh? Is that that vital patch that fixes the missions and the bugs and all sorts of things? Cause there's a patch and in fact the UMD got it earlier than PSN version back in the day.
StarCreator
Member
I personally think it was the right direction to cast off their beatmania-clone roots and make something truly unique. Of all music games out there, Technika has some serious style and is extremely fun - more so at the arcade than on the Vita though.
This is probably my favorite chart in the game - too bad it's an unlockable, so unless someone manages to hack the unlocks into the game or simulate the game's server, we'll never see it again: Watch Your Step (HD)
This is probably my favorite chart in the game - too bad it's an unlockable, so unless someone manages to hack the unlocks into the game or simulate the game's server, we'll never see it again: Watch Your Step (HD)
Yes, the video is about a girl going to the bathroom.
There was a second patch after that one.
V1.01 the UMD got.
V2.0 for PSN fixed some additional things though I don't have the details offhand.
Just grab the retail US version. I personally imported it from Videogameplus.ca and since it's a retail copy, you can just use it with your EU account.
Edit: Scratch that, seems like they got rid of it from their site. I believe the Asian version has english?
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Well shit, I really wanted to check out Technika Q.
I been wanting to buy the game on PSN, but the price seems really high for something I'm not entirely sure I'll enjoy. I wish I could try a demo. The new style of touch gameplay is what is making my decision difficult. I really enjoyed DJMax Portable 3 and Fever. Guess I'll buy it when I got the spare money.
Amazon and Play-Asia are out of stock too. If the Asian version has English I'll just grab that, not like it matters for more than menus in these sorts of games anyway.
Just had a look at PlayAsia and the Korean copy is still on their site. Isn't cheap though. :/
http://www.play-asia.com/djmax-technika-tune-paOS-13-49-en-70-5cfp.html
http://www.play-asia.com/djmax-technika-tune-best-hit-selection-paOS-13-49-en-70-6uv9.html
The Japanese version should be fine yeah? Muuuuch cheaper. Was referring to the US version being out of stock.
Shadow Ranger
Member
Sad, sad news. The series was really addictive and pretty damn tough, especially their unlock tiers (hated this in DJMax Portable) which required certain combos for each different unlock. I'm not very good at these games to not break combos every so often *sigh*.
Black Square was definitely the harder game, personally. Made harder thanks to songs going out of synch even with the install (one time pirates had a benefit!)
I hope there'll be something good for the series in the close future, but if not, I had a blast either way.
Black Square was definitely the harder game, personally. Made harder thanks to songs going out of synch even with the install (one time pirates had a benefit!)
I hope there'll be something good for the series in the close future, but if not, I had a blast either way.
Ughh, I didn't even know about this. I've been meaning to switch to digital for more of my PSP games but financially, I'm so not ready to rebuy P3 and Fever.
Hope we at least get some warning if (...when?) any delistings happen...
It doesn't even seem to be on the technikatune.com website, which is straight from Pentavision Global. NA physical copies are going to get rare as heck.
Don't think the Japanese version has english though. Depends whether you mind.
StarCreator
Member
DJMAX Fever is already history; PM Studios is long dead.
Goddamn it. I hadn't looked in a long time but assumed PM Studios was fine since Strikers 1945 Plus was (and is) a perennial presence in the PSP discounts section. Weird that it's still there.
Fever was removed in 2010. No real reason was given though. Strange.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
What a tragedy. I've been a big fan of the DJ Max series, so it's sad to see it collapse like this. I guess I can hope for a revival one day, as unlikely as that is.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Wait, really? What did the 2.0 patch add? Might have to replace my physical copy with the digital one if that's the case.
Well, unless the Korean UMD got the patch.
Requiem173
Neo Member
Really quite sad. Djmaxx Technika Tune was actually the first game I played on my vita. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Just went ahead and bought Djmax Portable 3 on PSN in case they disappear.
Just went ahead and bought Djmax Portable 3 on PSN in case they disappear.
SUPARSTARX
Member
That sucks. Has anybody tried Technika Q? It's region lockeddd I want the Android APK
I want the Android APKEdag Plata
Banned
This breaks my heart. This has always been one of my most beloved series in a time where games don't really try to be like the music games of yesterday anymore.
StarCreator
Member
So I hadn't looked at the comments to the Taps post too closely until now. Eddie had elaborated on exactly what happened when Neowiz became involved in DJMAX's future:
This blows so hard. It's one of my favorite series out there, if not my absolute favorite. I don't think I've played any other game longer than these ones. I actually felt like I nearly mastered the goddamn games. Like others said, it kinda went downhill at Portable 3 with the home releases, but they were still fun as hell. I'll miss you DJMAX
Obligatory list of favorites: Portable 1 > Portable 2 > Clazziquai > BlackSquare > Portable 3. But really the only one I didn't love was 3.
I made this little thing based off of my favorite song in the series, Blythe.
Obligatory list of favorites: Portable 1 > Portable 2 > Clazziquai > BlackSquare > Portable 3. But really the only one I didn't love was 3.
I made this little thing based off of my favorite song in the series, Blythe.
