All You Can Arcade on Gizmodo

[epetti]

I dont remember seeing this service mentioned on this forum ever although I could've missed it, but did anyone read this article on "the Netflix of Arcade Cabinets":

http://gizmodo.com/netflix-for-giant-arcade-consoles-is-so-crazy-it-just-m-869271632

Good to get exposure for classic arcades regardless.

[Ginsu Victim]

$75 a month?!? Yeesh...

[BobA]

Guess they couldn't deliver and pay for their site too.   Site is already down.

[Fursphere]

Probably overloaded.

Since they're turning arcades back into a commercial business, I wonder if the cities will step in and require permits - since basically you could easily put one on location - nothing stopping you.

With how idiots act at pinball shows and arcades shows beating these old machines to death, I doubt this business will last.  Its one thing when a kid beats on a machine.  Its another when that snot nosed little punk is now 35 and is still beating on the machines like a jerk. 

When you drop $1000+ and build / restore the thing yourself, you tend to respect it a bit more.

[Brian74]

Probably overloaded.

Since they're turning arcades back into a commercial business, I wonder if the cities will step in and require permits - since basically you could easily put one on location - nothing stopping you.

With how idiots act at pinball shows and arcades shows beating these old machines to death, I doubt this business will last.  Its one thing when a kid beats on a machine.  Its another when that snot nosed little punk is now 35 and is still beating on the machines like a jerk. 

When you drop $1000+ and build / restore the thing yourself, you tend to respect it a bit more.

+1

[Vigo]

Yeah, I read about it last week, seemed like a bad business scheme to me. If home rentals made sense, amusement places would be offering this a long time ago. Dealing with 1 cab per place, having to rotate it out monthly, deliver all over San Francisco and move it into peoples homes that may or may not be cabinet friendly, deal with maintaining these and keeping a large enough inventory that customers will have choices. Making $7500 per 100 customers seems to be barely scraping together any profit, and a ton of work.

I am also guessing that the bigger issue than damage would be people gutting out the valuable parts. I just don't see the delivery guys being able to examine each machine to make sure every part is the same as when they left it.

$10 bucks says that 9 of 10 machine you would rent would smell like cat urine or worse.

[Malenko]

I think its a great idea, if the KI board dies in my KI I rent one from them, swap the boards then demand a refund because their board stopped working!



please note, I'd never do this, but I know other people would.

[Xiaou2]

I was wondering how they would make money, when the delivery fees would cost a boatload...  they I read this page:

https://www.allyoucanarcade.com/join

 Ugg.

[Fursphere]

All you have to do is take a photo of your game, write a brief description of it and upload it to our website. Once your game is added to the site, simply select the neighborhoods you'd like to deliver to, as well as when you'd like to run your route and our customers will rent your games from you. After a month, you pick up your game, inspect it to make sure that it's in the condition that you delivered it in and we send you a check.

Advantages to using our system include

A 75% payout for all revenue received
A deposit on hand. in case your games get damaged
Your games are sitting in private residences instead of public locations
Reliable income that doesn't fluctuate each month
A convenient scheduling system to help you be more efficient with your route.
A 75% payout for all revenue received

Umm.  Umm.  Ya, I got nothin....

Is $56/m a decent return on a routed machine these days?  (assuming its not in an amusement park / extremely high trargeted traffic area)

[JDFan]

I was wondering how they would make money, when the delivery fees would cost a boatload...  they I read this page:

https://www.allyoucanarcade.com/join

 Ugg.

LOL -- like anyone is gonna rent out their decent quality machines including delivery, setup and pick up, maintenance and all for $55 a month ($75 - 20 fee to the company) - Don't see it happening ( I don't know of many people that would even rent it to a good friend or family for that kind of $ ) - esp considering there's no insurance or anything in case one of the clients just decides to move and take the machine with them during that month (can't see any insurance company providing a policy to cover a rental machine for damage cheaply - and they'd probably make that payment come out of the 75% you collect if you wanted it)

[TopJimmyCooks]

If their machine and transportation/setup cost is 75% of revenue, their business plan is busted so badly from day 1.  What a joke.  This must be some rich dude/dudes/she-dudes looking to convert their large fortune into a smaller fortune.  just the CSR for renting something like that month to month is more than $20.  let alone overhead/web host/office/profit.

I guess you get to make your own repairs within 48 hours for your $50/month as well. 

[Vigo]

  The deposit is only $75. That will cover all damage you have to repair. So that dude that put up his Tron cab can rest at night knowing he will promptly get $75 bucks if the cabinet goes up in flames.