DDR has been around since 1998. If anybody is still playing it, it's because they are still trying to master it (AAA everything). This game series is one of the few that I know of which are still bloody hard to master. The fact that their are heaps of paranoia's means little, since it's the steps (and mastering the steps) is where the games true value lays. I can probably be 100% certain that nobody still plays this game (since 1998) if they didn't try to master it, as the novelty of 'getting up on a stage and "dancing" for a laugh/ thrill' would have most definately worn off by now.