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RayB:
I went to Tokyo and spent a few hours in Akihabara on my last day (nowhere as long as I'd have liked to unfortunately).

I have several photos of arcades and geek stuff that might interest you nerds.

The bottom line to the America VS Japan arcade debate:
- yes, arcades are plentiful here;
- no, they aren't that great. Why? They have pretty much succumbed to the same problem as here: tons of crane toy machines, redemption games, photo booths, etc. The video based stuff is driving, fighting and networked games (mahjong, soccer, fighting, gambling themes) and some pachinko and pachislots.

I have to go to bed now. More photos soon

RayB:
ARRGH. It's not upside down when I preview it in Windows!

I'll post to Flickr or something, so you don't have to download such large files.

Vigo:

--- Quote from: RayB on June 12, 2012, 11:28:16 pm ---ARRGH. It's not upside down when I preview it in Windows!

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The photos upside down because of your camera's auto leveling function. It detects which way is down and makes that the bottom of the photo. Since you are on the bottom side of the earth, everything is naturally upside down, but your camera cannot detect that. You can resolve this by purchasing a double convex lens to invert the image for your camera. On certain models of camera, you can also fix this by changing the default language to Japanese or Chinese. You can also ask your photo subjects to stand on their head while taking their photos.

rooter:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on June 13, 2012, 12:32:38 am ---
--- Quote ---hey have pretty much succumbed to the same problem as here: tons of crane toy machines, redemption games, photo booths, etc.
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 I would tend to argue that they were the ones who MADE the Arcade industry fail ultimately.
Remember, that most game companies are in Japan... and games were Imported to USA and all
over the world.
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Arcades will have whatever games people will put money into.  It has nothing to do with influence from Japan.

It used to be that you played a normal arcade game because it was better than anything you could play at home.  Consoles are so powerful now, that something other than graphics and game play needs to give people a reason to spend money on an arcade game.  That means sitting in a racing car and using a realistic steering wheel, jumping up and down on a lighted DDR floor, or giving people prizes.  I was kind of hoping that this would cause a resurgence in pinball, but that isn't really the case.

rooter:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on June 13, 2012, 07:22:35 pm ---
--- Quote ---Arcades will have whatever games people will put money into.  It has nothing to do with influence from Japan.
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 You really dont know much about Arcades.
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You are putting the cart before the horse.  There are tons of american video game companies.  Why are they making console games instead of arcade games or starting a company that would compete with Namco?  Because that consoles are where Americans put their money.  If there was more support from American consumers there would be more and better arcade games from Americans.  By the time you got to your issues with Japan, it was already over.  Also, pointing your anger at a country that is actually producing arcade games seems misdirected.  Perhaps you are biased because of your work experience with Namco?

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