My wife and I have played DDR a couple of times and like it plenty, as much for the calisthenics as anything else, and so I'd like to get a DDR setup. Our main console is a Gamecube, but we have a PS2 on loan from a friend who's traveling overseas until next summer, as well as a Mac running OS X that we can connect to a TV.
The only DDR-like currently available for the Cube is a Madcatz title with its own beat pad. The official Konami DDR and first-party beat pad are coming out for the Cube this winter, with perhaps the worst appropriation of the Mario characters yet, but whatever. I would bet that DDR w/ pad will list for $50 for the Cube and $25 for an additional pad, which is the current list price for the Madcatz title.
I could seeing paying $50 now for the Madcatz title + 1 knockoff pad, and waiting for Christmas to get DDR + 1 first-party pad, although that's still $100. I'd rather wait for GC prices to drop and pick up used PS2 stuff for the next year. I can get used third-party XBox pads for $13 at most used places around town, although I haven't seen any used PS2 pads yet, including EBGames.com. I won't pay new prices for accessories for a system I don't own.
My questions:
1. I know the Madcatz GC software is only OK. How good/bad are Madcatz pads? Will I regret paying $25 for one vs. waiting for something first-party?
2. Is it typical for used PS2 DDR stuff to not stay in stock for very long? Am I likely to find a couple of used pads cheap anyplace other than eBay?
3. If it were the cheapest option, I would be willing to buy a dedicated PSX console and appropriate software and accessories, except that these also seem to be scarce (well, except the console). Is this a fruitful avenue to pursue?
Thanks.
The only DDR-like currently available for the Cube is a Madcatz title with its own beat pad. The official Konami DDR and first-party beat pad are coming out for the Cube this winter, with perhaps the worst appropriation of the Mario characters yet, but whatever. I would bet that DDR w/ pad will list for $50 for the Cube and $25 for an additional pad, which is the current list price for the Madcatz title.
I could seeing paying $50 now for the Madcatz title + 1 knockoff pad, and waiting for Christmas to get DDR + 1 first-party pad, although that's still $100. I'd rather wait for GC prices to drop and pick up used PS2 stuff for the next year. I can get used third-party XBox pads for $13 at most used places around town, although I haven't seen any used PS2 pads yet, including EBGames.com. I won't pay new prices for accessories for a system I don't own.
My questions:
1. I know the Madcatz GC software is only OK. How good/bad are Madcatz pads? Will I regret paying $25 for one vs. waiting for something first-party?
2. Is it typical for used PS2 DDR stuff to not stay in stock for very long? Am I likely to find a couple of used pads cheap anyplace other than eBay?
3. If it were the cheapest option, I would be willing to buy a dedicated PSX console and appropriate software and accessories, except that these also seem to be scarce (well, except the console). Is this a fruitful avenue to pursue?
Thanks.