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You know why people don't like arcades anymore? Per play session value is super low. When it was like one quarter to play a game, it was fun, cheap entertainmen
by programminggeek 11y ago
You know why people don't like arcades anymore? Per play session value is super low. When it was like one quarter to play a game, it was fun, cheap entertainment. When the per game cost jumped up to a $0.50 or $1.00, or even more in some cases, it started to become a bad deal.
There is still a place for cheap arcade fun. It's just that arcade machines aren't cheap enough to hook people anymore.
- bryanlarsen 11y ago25 cents in 1977 and one dollar today are equivalent prices.
- programminggeek 11y agoYes, but they don't feel psychologically the same.
- nightski 11y agoI've been to a few arcade bars nowadays where the games a free if you buy a drink. Obviously not a solution for all audiences but it is something I'd go to often. It seemed like a much better value proposition.