Why do people pay to play arcade games?
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Most games are outdated and without a big group of friends it's pretty obsolete. There are much more advanced gaming systems at home so why would anyone pay money to play a game for a limited amount of time? And yes I have been to arcades with group of friends and it wasn't as satisfying.
@Waffles
Yes but when you're paying for $ 60 you get to play for it with an unlimited amount of time. I understand that most gaming systems are influenced by the very first arcade games but what's the point now? It seems pointless.
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Answer by Hollywood Harold
cause its fun, some people might be curious, some people miss it there is allot of resons.
Answer by Waffles!! :D
Its the shit. The old school shit. Some of the best and "advanced" games were either inspired by arcade games or started as one. I grew up playing in arcades and with my nes, snes, and SG at home. So I see nothing wrong with "paying" to play games. Cause if it takes $ 5 to beat a game instead of $ 60 to beat another in the same time, well id rather pic the $ 5. :p lol
Answer by Anthem47
I think they are in many ways a holdover from the pre-console era, and arcades have certainly been on the decline since home consoles took off.
I think the only think that keeps them going now (barely) is the sort of games that demand or are enhanced by large peripherals. Sure you can play DDR at home but I'd argue those home pads aren't as satisfying as the proper machines. Same can be said for those large racing units, you can play similar games at home but not with that sort of "emersion" (you know the ones I mean, the ones with almost a full car chasis), in particular I can think of motorbike-based games where you have to lean the whole unit to the left to turn, not something that you can easily simulate on a home console. If you go into an arcade these days, the majority of it are these kinds of games you can't get at home, and other types like skilltesters, those underarm bowling machines, all those kinds of prize machines that are built not towards gamers exactly but the general public (although the Wii probably simulates most of these game types).
Mind you I haven't enjoyed an arcade in years, but this is the shift I've noticed, to the larger units that offer something consoles can't yet. But in general, they're on the decline. I spent a lot of time in arcades in the late 80s, most of them are gone now.
Answer by Toadsie2S
Maybe it's something about the nostalgia of gaming back in the day when people used to go arcades and spend ALL OF THEIR FREAKIN LUNCH MONEY on those soul stealing machines which we knew and loved. I mean yeah those titles have been like redone and put on the newer-generation consoles and such, but playing the ones on the arcade style machines takes us back to the roots of gaming, where it ALL began
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