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Japan Arcades

Post by Fluffyumpkins » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:44 am

http://uk.reuters.com/article/technolog ... a-telco-SP

Very sad. I knew the US had pretty much lost the industry, but not Japanland.

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Post by Ho » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:03 am

Harsh. Not terribly surprising, but harsh.



Meanwhile, I'd be happy to make a new home for some of the machines that must be getting liquidated as a result. ;)
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Post by Fluffyumpkins » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:16 pm

Ho wrote:Harsh. Not terribly surprising, but harsh.



Meanwhile, I'd be happy to make a new home for some of the machines that must be getting liquidated as a result. ;)
I'd be happy to move into said home.

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Post by Riot » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:42 pm

I will pay $400 a month to live in your basement.
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Post by Amp Divorax » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:03 pm

I just got back online for the first time in a while and this is what I see? Well...

http://darthno.ytmnd.com
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Post by LikeableRodent » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:02 pm

Yeah, it's pretty sad.

But really, there are still arcades all over the place here, and the good ones usually have plenty of people in them whenever I go.

While in the US arcades tend to rely on ticket redemption games, on this side of the pond it seems that UFO Catchers/Crane Games and Pachinko/Slots probably make up the majority of their income.

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Post by Ho » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:36 pm

LikeableRodent wrote:While in the US arcades tend to rely on ticket redemption games, on this side of the pond it seems that UFO Catchers/Crane Games and Pachinko/Slots probably make up the majority of their income.
So basically just different forms of the same idea? Play a game; get something. People are motivated by rewards--even when the rewards are worthless. ;)
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