That would be awesome if they released more fighting games with better networking capabilities. Melty Blood, GGXX:AC, or SF4 available on any digital distro for any of the consoles. That would be TOO good! Too good to be true.
What I meant, was that each ‘reason’ that people blame for the arcade’s industries demise, should be looked at as a tool to rebuild the industry. How can consoles benefit an arcade, how can the internet benefit an arcade, and how can players being far apart actually be good for arcades?
The potential arcade user base is much larger than the srk user base, or the fighting game user base, I don’t see any problem with size. Now this does come with a catch, the top 5 games may not be MB,GGXX,3s,VF5,DR, but it would still be a lot better than the situation now.
Not to mention, Americans practically invented this whole business of ‘get people to pay for things you can get at home’, this is no different. The only reason one would say no, is if they haven’t seen the right cab yet. People already pay a dollar for DDR, which is 121 yen, and i believe those places like Jillians and Dave and Busters already charge .80-$1 for the OLD arcade stuff, I don’t think the new ones would be a problem.
Are we waiting for everyone else’s attitude to change, or will we lead the change?
They’re not the norm. Most arcades in Akiba and the like are 100 yen joints.
I say we lead it…if more people knew that Evo and the like existed…maybe it would get more people to pick up the stick and fight…for example…and TEACH instead of bash…there wouldn’t be as much intimidation…
I wish there was a better arcade scene here in the U.S., especially in my town. The new movie theater is going to have a small portion of arcade machines, so I’m hoping they’ll put in something…halfway decent.
I think the case shouldn’t be that players are far from each other. Far from the truth. Players are close to each other, and don’t even know it! Even in suburban areas, the population density is high enough to support an arcade, it’s just a matter of getting people in there.
Those are the top 5 fighters. The top 5 games overall in Arcadia tend to be a healthy mix of genres. Plus, arcadia lists music and other dedicated cab games seperately from pure JAMMA games.
Jillian’s filed for bankruptcy after several massive failures but anyway. Some DDR players DO complain about Extreme machines set to higher than .50c per play. Some don’t though. Although DDR is a great example of something you can get at home but the experience and product offered in the arcade is vastly different enough(Compare playing on nice hard pads vs soft pads vs well upkept machines(which tend to have a larger songlist)).
Here’s a business plan for an arcade. rows of with new games, latest dedicabs, in an adult friendly environment(eg, somewhere you wouldn’t be afraid to scream, “Fuck! SHIT!”) and with a great location.
Guess what, it’s called Arcade Infinity. It’s still around, although I’m not sure if it’s making a profit or not. But that business model does work but we never see it implemented that way. GameLand was close to it, but the location was total ass and you couldn’t smoke there.
2/3rds of the arcades on Okinawa are 50 yen a pop for almost everything. Fighting games not named Virtua Fighter 5 are 50 yen. Some of the Gundam games are 50. Most of the retro games(VS Mario Bros. FTW) are 50 yen. All the standup style games(racers, party games, gun games, DDR/_____Mania) are 100 yen. Simple. Technically they’re offering the same amount here that they do in the states, .50 cents for fighters and a buck for the big unwieldy games.
those are some whiny ass DDR players…since DDR is usually averaged to .75 for 3 songs…paying .50 for the same amount of songs is a steal…and then you have places like my old job, in which its .75 for 4 songs…
Arcade DDR > Home DDR…unless you get a decent metal pad for like $200 or something
Here is something that got me last weekend. When I was in the states, my friend and I saw a Time Crisis 4 machine that charged $1. We both looked at each other and said FUCK that. Yet last week, I dumbed in $15 (1500yen) like it was shit.
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Questions for the peeps over in Jpn:
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What are the life span for arcade games in japan, (fighting) before a new one takes its place?
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What time period do you see new arcade games released, is it like every week or monthly?
Oh my god. That haterade was ridiculous. LOVE IT. Thats something I miss here in Japan. Trash-talk, razzing, ripping on your friend isnt really practiced. When I get back to the states and play my boys in some Smash Bros or Marvel, the filth coming from my mouth is going to be ridiculous.
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Depends on the game, crappy ones may be rotated out and gone from existence before like, a year is over (Spectral vs Generation) others might be around but really rare if not a lot play them after a while (SS:Tenka, Rumble Fish ) Others might stay around for a long time if they’re really good, or until the sequel comes out or whatever.
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(assuming you mean fighting games) Depends, a new GAME, or an upgrade or whatever. Since ive been here in August, GG:AC, MB:AC vB and Arcana Heart are the big things that have come out. Only 3 big titles, 2 of them being upgrades. But VF5, DR, KOF XI, Third Strike, HSF, etc have all been out for different periods of time and are heavily played.
One more question, are there any MVC2, CvS2 cabs in the arcade’s that you go to?I know that Jpn didnt really like mvc2.
And why didn’t the japanese like mvc2?
I dont really know but what I heard it didnt have a great response like it did in the US.
I know a couple arcades that have MvC2. To answer your next question, no, nobody ever plays it. :lol: (well, scrubs play it, ones that still do shoryu’s with Ryu, Ken, Akuma playing it like SF, or ones that are like, almost mashing, etc)
CvS2 is a bit different, its still kinda rare (a bit less rare than MvC2, tho) but when i DO see it, i see people playing it more often than i would for MvC2.
Goddamnit, I need to go to Japan.