/v/ - Video Games

Make them have technology customers likely won't have at home. That means proper VR at this point.

It takes tokens, that makes it an arcade machine.

>What kind of monetary setup would make arcades viable again?

On a mainstream grand scale where you'd see one in every mall?

None

>>16641638

It technically is an arcade machine, it's just extremely shitty, even spics have the decency to put their xbox running emulators inside an actual cabinet.

>>16641644

That was always the draw with arcades, they had shit you couldn't really play on a PC or console at the time or at least nothing most people could afford, as tech got better though people could just enjoy it at home and not have to spend time being around people they didn't like, sort of like with internet shopping and malls, if the people don't have to be cornered into places they don't want to go then they'll take that opportunity and save themselves the trouble

>>16641644

I have VR at home though

>>16641757

>likely won't have at home

A full VR set with the goggles, controllers and all the sensors is costly and takes up significant room space for most people, so they generally don't own it. With arcade platforms dedicated to this, they can also go ahead and implement the omnidirectional treadmill everyone wants.

>>16641783

Would putting on VR goggles that other's have worn recently be a good idea though?

Instead of payer per play for each arcade. You pay a entrance fee to play all the game within a certain section for a set period of time or day.

>>16641644

>>16641783

Pretty much this. VR might just be the next thing once the technology gets interesting enough, especially the kind that requires a certain amount of open space around the player or that treadmill thing.

Just imagine the pinkeye infections, though…

>>16641638

>american batstick

>6 STRAIGHT BUTTONS

>WIDESCREEN

>>16641656

just get a big crt and build yourself two sticks, maybe attach some lightguns to the dedicated mame computer you have

For an arcade to be good again, it needs to have no prize shit, actual games, good variety of games, decent prices, no food or drinks served, none of the literal mobileshit games blown up to arcade size, etc. Just a nice chill place to relax and play vidya, without the prizes, food and mobileshit the number of kids and nigs should be a lot fewer.

>>16641836

It'll never take off if people can't just sit down to use it otherwise what's the point, you might as well just go outside if you're going to be moving around

>somehow looking at Battletech on wikipedia

>see that there's fake cockpit simulators

>see that one of the last few Battletech Centers is a 20 minute drive away

>go there one Friday, they have 8 pods

>20 bucks for all day

>shuts down the next week

>>16641845

Seeing a 7ft tall Doodle Jump machine almost broke me

>>16641865

Well that was part of my post, people had a choice with better tech not to be around those kinds of people so they decided not to

>>16641845

What's wrong with food and drink?

>>16641644

> That means proper VR at this point.

Need a running on a spot giant trackball harness solution. VR at home takes off when exercise is the selling point, the only public success VR will have is some type of vr gloryhole.

Test

>>16641823

That’s what my local arcade does. 12 dollars an hour and I can play densha dego as much as I want.

Barcades are the only viable way I've seen in my city

>>16641874

Greasy fingers all over the machines, spills causing stains and damage. Better to not have it at all.

The Arcade was created in America. Fuck off with your weebo faggotry.

Stream only subscription fees with lootboxes and microtransactions. :^)

But honestly an arcade is only as good as the clients that use it. I think a museum might be the best set-up for an arcade. But then you have other problems in social gaming to solve first. Namely the invaders that use games to push agendas.

The only arcades I still see around are those attached to other businesses. Movie theaters, bowling alleys, restaurants/bars, etc. At this point, I think they're less a main money-maker and more something to have on the side to make your main money-maker more attractive.

There are a few barcades near me that seem to be doing fine.

I go to the arcade to win virtual tickets and try out fighting games I may purchase in the future. It was how I learned about Melty Blood which then led to me learning about Tsukihime. I bought Melty Blood Actress Again and then read the Tsukihime and Melty Blood mangas.

Also with those virtual tickets, I got myself a 6 string electric guitar and a 4 string bass guitar.

>>16641638

p2w and microtransactions, if the current non-arcade market is anything to go by.

>>16641865

>Homogeneous, not shit communities

I've been all over Asia, and in the good parts, the arcades are amazing. As shitty as everyone claims the Philippines is, in the Catholic parts (ie, everywhere except the south tip) the arcades are well maintained and filled with great shit.

Granted, the arcades follow the jap method where it's half gambling half kid shit, but still

internet gaming centers are doing well, they should just add arcades to them

>>16641638

>this same thread every single month

There is not a single reason to pay to play arcade games. Playing games at home, that you own for free, anytime that you want is infinitely better than paying to play for a determined time, without owning the game.

>>16642295

>Britbong

It’s most likely the same muttspamming kraut autist that plagues /k/

>>16642295

>>16642317

What are you even talking about?

>>16642295

>Fuck are you on about you britbong faggot?

It's an arcade setup in Burgerland.

>>16642295

>Went to Dave & Buster's for a friend's birthday party last year (29)

>Takes about 45m for our party of 14 to be acknowledged after drinks were handed out

>Inform server I have a nut allergy

>But I'll just have a burger and fries, so it should be fine, right?

<No

>They actually cook with peanut oil, and besides that, their nut-free menu isn't guaranteed nut safe because of cross contamination risks

>How the fuck can they say its nut free

>By the time dinner is over we only had enough time for about an hour in the arcade

>Had my diet coke comp'd because why the fuck should I pay $6 for a fucking drink if I can't have a meal

>>16642092

Arcades were already that though. How many arcade games let you keep inserting coins (microtransactions) to continue the game or add more lives or health? Basically every single non-VS game.

>>16642295

Your second pic looks more like a store that sells arcade machines than an actual arcade to me. Most notable is the fact that nobody is fucking playing any of them. I can't read what the paper signs say but I'll bet they are price tags.

>>16641806

>>16641806

Isn't this fixed just by separating the harness and goggles from each other? When someone wants to use it they just pick up a previously cleaned harness and slide the goggles into them before putting them on. While the sweat stained harness is put into a bin to be cleaned.

>>16641836

>>16642478

>>16642439

Actually it's the Galloping Ghost arcade in Brookfield Illinois which is one of the biggest and most popular arcades in the country. It has 600+ games.

>>16641638

Kike copyright prevents arcades to reach their next evolution. Which would be internet cafes full of consoles and emulation machines.

The faster we vanquish this millennial delusion that gaming is for loners and losers, the sooner we save vidya.

>>16642434

>paying tickets to a ride s microtransactions

>why donht I own the rollercoaster now

This is what happens when you feed youtube rethorics to an idiot. You get a trained idiot

>>16641946

>Tfw you were born to late to enjoy peak arcades as a kid.

<Being that age would land me squarely in the recession out of high school.

I guess it's not so bad.

>>16642622

>>16642478

>>16642625

fuck off faggot, those neckbear wil get facepubes all over the headset

>>16642631

See >>16642478

>>16642635

im not reading your faggy post

>>16642568

Roller coasters are the definition of bread and circus distractions and were designed by kikes. No one wants to own them.

>>16641638

>What kind of monetary setup would make arcades viable again?

If you want a Jewish answer: Pay once to get in, then either pay for tokens for continues or you can pay for a voucher that would let you have unlimited continues on any machine and/or cabinet in the place for the duration of your stay.

If you want a real answer: Arcades will never become popular again, outside of the possibility of a bunch of hipster faggots getting together and producing their own arcade + bar and grill so they can play shitty jazz music and serve lattes to fellow hipsters who totally remember Castlevania 2.

>>16642683

Because that one is/was a supermodel who is doing what her male director is telling her to do.

>>16642683

>>i dont understand how women work, why sexuality and intimacy exists,

>>why men are men and women are women, and how differences are beautiful,

>>so i am moron and ask deliberately questions that everyone already understand to make moral hail mary for no reason

>>16642683

They're gay.

i've never had the vidya arcade experience

>>16642694

So why do they do this?

>>16642708

if you dont understand it you are either gay or lonely loser

*note

you can still be lonely loser who doesnt understand women even if you think you are in relationship

>>16642295

>Fuck are you on about you britbong faggot?

are you okay?

>>16641656

I did, it's a great project to learn woodworking, basic electronics and painting.

But I wouldn't recommend it if you don't like fighting games, since it's the main type of game that still uses that type of controllers nowadays, and you're bound to get bored of playing Metal Slug after a while.

>>16642830

>i think it's just 2 images

That's a huge disappointment.

>look it up anyway

>find an instagram full of both men and women being held up by ropes

this guy is a pretty weird photographer

Nothing. Arcades need to stop focusing on profitability because they're simply never going to compete with home video games again. What they should do is form consumer cooperatives where the communities that use the machines collectively own them and have to maintain them.

Unfortunately, a large number of surviving arcades are dropping actual games and taking ticket gamblers instead. Just went to a local arcade I've been going to for years, almost everything that was an actual game was gone. Instead, it's those pushing stick games, ball drop games, other games of chance, mobileshit in an arcade cabinet, that kind of crap. The only thing I would tolerate out of that is skeeball, which mostly stayed. There's only about 3 actual games and 4 pinball tables in the whole arcade now. It's just a sign of the times, I guess. We aren't the kids they're trying to market to anymore, and the kids of today like instant gratification of ticket machines.

>>16642895

Not even metal slug or house of the dead? You'd think there'd be super high quality light gun games all over the place but apparently ticket games are better.

>>16642840

No, there's still money involved. And not even socialism really, because there's hardly any productive work involved. The point is focusing on profit simply isn't a sustainable model for arcades anymore.

>>16642895

This has been going on for a long time and it has nothing to do with "kids these days". It's a symptom of the low profitability of arcades that they have to replace game machines with what is essentially gambling.

Don't derail the thread you commie faggots

>>16642910

Nope, not even a fucking Ms Pacman/Galaga machine that's a staple in nearly every arcade. The only light gun game that's notable is the Terminator one that came out a decade ago. The only other one is this new nerf one meant to pop out tickets.

>>16642915

>This has been going on for a long time and it has nothing to do with "kids these days". It's a symptom of the low profitability of arcades that they have to replace game machines with what is essentially gambling.

I think you might actually make a better point then where I was going. I honestly don't know if kids even like these games as much, or these places are just desperate for more money and this is the scheme for it. It's just weird to see how it has evolved over the past decade of me going there, the change of almost all ticket gambling was literally over the past year, so I don't know if this change is permanent.

>>16642915

So what? You want Arcades to be like a charity? These machines need to be maintained and repaired if something breaks. Even people that do it as a hobby need the money to pay for things. I'm not saying the business model isn't outdated, but I think a small flat fee should be charged rather than the coin system.

>>16642295

Aw shit is that Galloping Ghost? That’s downright the best arcade I’ve ever been to. Best arcade in Illinois if not the entire country

>>16642920

>The only light gun game that's notable is the Terminator one that came out a decade ago

That one fucking sucks. What a mess.

>>16642895

Well another issue is that arcades don't have games people want to play. Like Japan has arcade versions of BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, Pokken, Tekken, etc. Combined with the fact that new gameplay experiences aren't being developed and you have a dying out of touch industry. Hell D&B still acts like they're at the top of the world, which sucks because they're one of the reasons arcades died in the USA.

>>16642936

The worst part was it was the only enjoyable thing to play besides pinball.

>>16642939

>Hell D&B still acts like they're at the top of the world, which sucks because they're one of the reasons arcades died in the USA.

What I hate the most about them is their implementation of the card system. Instead of putting actual money into the machines, you need to load it onto one of their cards. The best part is they seem to have it so you have a tiny amount left to make you come back and not waste it. Makes me so pissed off that a lot of arcades are following in those foot steps.

>>16642317

Greekanon should just nuke him every time he shows his kraut autism

Modern arcades should have the latest games and systems, then charge you a flat rate to play anything you want for a set period of time. I think it would be a great model because it would allow people to try games out on the latest hardware without committing to a purchase, but the prevalence of F2P and microtransactions undermines this somewhat. Still, I think there's a market for it.

>>16641638

>American's

<confusing the possessive form of a noun with its plural form

Arcades are dead and not coming back, thank goodness. They're an obsolete model.

>>16642960

That building looks like a fucking meth tower

>>16643055

Great now i'm imagining a dungeon crawler game where you fight various types of drug addicts.

In my town we have a arcade that has been around forever and doesn't look like its going anywhere.

But then again its a college town and the arcade is open till 4 am, so it gets a lot of drunk kids coming from the bar or club to sober up by playing arcade games.

>>16641674

London has seen better days.

>>16641644

basically this

got to do https://www.thevoid.com/dimensions/star-wars-vr/ last summer and holy shit it was fucking amazing, my only disappointment is that it didn't last longer

>inb4 soy wars

there was nothing Jewish about it (except maybe the price), it was well worth it

>>16641644

The Mechwarrior BattlePods are great for this. Too bad it's MW4, still enjoyable though especially when you have hundreds of hours logged and smoke everyone who can hardly figure out how to use the pedals

>>16641783

There is a VR arcade near me. I haven't tried it yet but I'm tempted. I don't know how viable it is to do on mass because of the room needed. How many spare offices do you have ?

>>16641674

kek

>>16642974

>he isn't omniscient

lmaoing @ ur life, meatbag