One phenomena I've observed in some modern video arcades is the advent of homebrew or "faux" cabinets. An official Street Fighter 4 cabinet costs around $10,00

One phenomena I've observed in some modern video arcades is the advent of homebrew or "faux" cabinets. An official Street Fighter 4 cabinet costs around $10,000. However, because the most recent home console version of SF4 is identical to the arcade version, it's possible to simply buy an Xbox 360, a display, and a pair of fightsticks (input devices with parts identical to what you would find in an arcade cabinet) and build a wooden shell to house them. Total cost? Less than $1000 for parts, plus labor for assembly. Most people can't tell the difference, and even those who can tell the difference won't care, because the software and input hardware are identical. This makes it far more economical for establishments to offer these options--at $1000, you might not even worry about turning a profit from usage fees, and could offer the game mainly as a service to patrons. The other benefit of the homebrew cabinet is that it allows you to run any console game you please. Marvel vs Cacpom 3, one of the two most popular fighting games in North America, is actually home console only--there's no official cabinet, so homebrew is the only way to go if you want an arcade setup.