Norris2k on 25 August 2016
| Hiku said: Even in Japan more and more arcades are closing. I think that's sad as they are a fun place to hang out and play games with other people, or while other people are around, watching others play. I have no idea what they can do to incentivize more people to spend their money there though. Most people just play their free to play games on mobile. |
Yeah I had an arcade near my home in Tokyo, open everyday, I just stopped there from time to time for years. Once I passed near, and it was closed, forever. It broke my heart, really. For a long time they managed with UFO catcher, also old games that cost them nothing, but then mobile happened, the electricity cost increased a lot after Fukushima. A few opened in Paris, driven by nostalgy and SF IV, but nothing like a massive trend. Anyway, I think it's gone, the arcade for a long time was about having the most impressive and advanced games on the best hardware, and that will probably not come back.
