what, how many songs were off in MAX2? I know My Summer Love and Look At Us had the wrong BPM's or something, but it didn't really feel like there were all that many songs that were off sync. MAX2 has the same timing windows as everything else.

Agreed. This is my preferred game to play when I go to Acme, and I don't really think many songs are off-beat. Perhaps a total of 15 could be arguably "off-beat" in the entire mix.

Yeah, there were about 15 songs with unnaceptable syncing (near unplayable sync) and the rest seemed off to varying degrees, some not so bad. It has many more songs that are "unplayable" off than many other mixes. I'm not going to use this in an argument (haven't played MAX 2 in a while) but I believe quite a few songs had sync that drifted as well. Your point made the problem sound isolated, as if DDR died on its own. And I don't see why it wouldn't be too late for GH to introduce quality (it hasn't stopped doing so, lol).  GH Metallica (the most recent game) was met with universal acclaim. GH Arcade was a rushed anomaly in the track record of an excellent series for casual players. And I brought in the final fantasy point because it was unclear as to if you were implying there was a correlation between age and popularity.

Okay, I found the point you were addressing:

Yes, I'd agree with your points that it's never too late in a series' lifetime to make improvements in quality.  My assertion here doesn't seem very well thought-out.  I'm going to attribute it to unclear thinking due to the heat/lack of sleep.