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| jhobbs:
If I were to put my own games inside of a cabinet I made myself, what kind of licensing or whatnot would I require to sell them to businesses? To individuals? I live in the US and Australia. Anyone have any experience with this? |
| ark_ader:
You go to businesses like Sega and pitch your product/idea to them and let them make the cabinets and distribution. Odds are you would be more suited to companies like IGT, Universal and Konami who make casino gaming machines. Your "game" could be adapted to the casino market where there is more money to be made. |
| jhobbs:
I'm not sure I could make something that would put a twinkle in Sega's eye enough to make them sniff me. I wouldn't mind the gambling side of things either. But I really want to build things myself, at a rate fast enough that I can sell such arcades for just enough to make a 4-6 dollar profit so I can chomp down a hamburger. The reason I'd want to make it myself is SDL (http://www.libsdl.org/) is now supporting the Raspberry Pi, which I love, my love of arcades and my slowly almost working CNC router. I work in SDL quite a bit and can put something arcade-tastic together. The hardware and encoder being taken care of with a $25 price tag is lovely. (Minus wires/buttons/joystick/$10 TV or LCD/coin mech/MDF/glue/screws) Is it just cost prohibitive to get whatever fancy permit to produce it yourself? I'm not expecting to see it at real arcades, most likely at a bar, or an abortion clinic waiting room |
| SavannahLion:
Am I misunderstanding something here? Once you have the initial setup and investment, do you really feel that a profit of $4-6 per cab is really worth it? The support logistics alone..... Just saying.... :dunno |
| jhobbs:
I'd enjoy knowing my work was out there more than anything, and if I'm at least breaking even it's easier to explain to the wife. If it's something that turned out great, I'd love to make money. But I have doubts people will pay "normal" prices for, "Dr. PocMon". Not saying I'd make a Pac-Man clone. So I know you have to have licensing for running an arcade or a place where amusement machines may be, but how about the machine itself? |
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