I was staying in an Airbnb in Akihabara for 6 nights last year and dropped by Club SEGA, Taito Station, and HEY arcade every night, didn't see much action on the maimai machines myself.Location: Rhythm game section, between Music Diver and Grand Piano Keys. The other point is that maimai DX is an entire new cab, as old parts could no longer be manufactured.Īnd from my experience in Japanese arcades, maimai's already dead.ĭouble checked my old sources again, perhaps maimai isn't as dead as I thought. Well, if you watch the video, it breaks the flow of veteran players when their hands are no longer always on the edges of the circle.
SEGA wanted to fix this by introducing touch notes to train noobs to slowly always look at the center of the circle, so they don't give up early on. The farther your eyes are from the judgment line, the higher skilled you are in rhythm games. This means veteran players will focus on the center only and tap on muscle memory, but noobs will have to move their eyes all over the circle. Unlike other rhythm games where your "judgement" line is at a single place, maimai is at the outer edges of the circle. Watch this video of a veteran player at JAEPO being screwed on timing, lag changes, and panel touch notes: Two of the latest rhythm games competing against Bemani titles.Īt the current pace of 10 new US stores per year, it is inevitable that Round One's US market may overtakes its domestic Japanese market in sales and profits. In Japan, maimai DX will be adopted in July (this could be a disaster to end the maimai series) and WACCA in the summer.
No further news about expansion plans in Russia, China, and Southeast Asia were announced. The US market is much more amusement-centric as compared to the Japanese market: Category US sales revenue breakdown as follows: Category The price increases did not reduce customer sales or profits. Round One profits in the American market continued to increase year-over-year. Louis, MO (South County Center) & Roseville, CA (Westfield Galleria)ĭeptford, NJ (Deptford Mall), Oklahoma City, OK (Quail Springs Mall) & Grandville, MI (RiverTown Crossings) Philadelphia, PA (Fashion District), Vancouver, WA (Vancouver Shop), St. Las Vegas, NV (Meadows Mall), Tucson, AZ (Park Place), Eugene, OR (Valley River Center) & Beavercreek, OH (Fairfield Commons)
Hayward, CA (Southland Mall) & Reno, NV (Meadowood Mall) No new stores announced, but some store openings have changed: Date
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