Grampy on 18 May 2008
| Parokki said: Didn't you just make a thread about how Wii owners should stop gloating on their console's success? =P But yeah, arcades have been dying everywhere for a while now. They've had a bit more luck in Japan where they're less like console games shoved into arcade cabinets, and more about crazy stuff that's impractical to do at home. I guess you could claim the possibilities offered by the Wii make going to the arcades less interesting, but I'm not convinced that there's enough weird games on the Wii to affect Japanese arcades quite yet. |
I didn't gloat. Every word below the headline is a direct quote from Reuters, I take no joy in business closings and people losing their jobs. But yes it is definately hurting them;
"Sega Sammy Holdings Inc plans to close 110 arcades, around one quarter of its outlets, while rival Namco Bandai Holdings has announced that it will close between 50 and 60 stores, or roughly 20 percent of its arcades."
The article goes on however to say that it's not just the Wii, the PS3, wide screen TVs and handhelds get some of the credit too.
