The Dance Dance Revolution series was once considered to be one of Konami’s most popular IP’s especially during the 2000’s decade. During the 2000’s and early 2010’s the music-rhythm genre was more popular than its ever been and the DDR series appealed to casual gamers. Within the past several years the DDR series has become nothing but an afterthought especially in America because of the decline in popularity of the music-rhythm genre. The latest entry within the DDR series came out back in June 2024 entitled Dance Dance Revolution World and was a sequel to a game that came out back in 2016. If you look at the soundtrack and artists fort Dance Dance Revolution World they consist mainly of indie names that no one has ever heard of. Dance Dance Revolution A3 from 2016 was not much better because it failed to gain mainstream appeal in America. The best selling DDR game came out in ’98 and did more than 2.4 million in sales and that just so happened to be the first entry within the series. Almost, every other DDR that came out following the early 2000’s was either a spin-off or something no one really remembers due to the rising popularity of franchises like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Its been years since Konami has ever made any mainstream announcement regarding the DDR series that went viral or trended on social media in anyway. Dance Dance Revolution despite being a household name has without a doubt been one of Konami’s least popular IP’s within the past decade or so.