The Wii is hurting Japanese arcades

[MaxwellGT2000]

My home town still has it's old arcade, in fact just got new games and such, the whole reason it stays alive is there's nothing else to do in that boring town. I was really into going to the arcades back before online play.

I think Japan held onto arcades for a social thing, while here people want more of their personal space and not having to go somewhere to have fun, and now Japan is seeing that with Wii, it's something unique like you used to get at the arcade without the travel.