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| voltz:
I just finished checking out this latest Galaga release for arcades (or Amusement if that's today's term) and noted the idea is you shoot 100 enemies to face the final boss in an attempt to hit some big ticket jackpot. Now I've seen this before with Pac-Man as a previous release and I'm thinking to myself these could have been official game releases with levels and skill challenges for us long time players, but no it's a single playthrough so you can tally your ticket stubs for whatever silly little trinket you wish to pick out. While I understand the business environment in this industry, the thing that bugs me is none of the publishers who release games today are brave enough to bring us full titles anymore with the mentality they need to compete with console and PC formats. |
| yotsuya:
Let's be realistic - if I can get 100,000 people to pay $5 for an app that costs me nothing in cabinet or hardware costs, I'm probably going to go that route as opposed to the old school arcade model. |
| Howard_Casto:
Yeah and a lot of modern arcade games are just tablet games converted. There was a time when arcade games were the cutting edge of technology in terms of graphics and sound so people flocked to them to get an experience they couldn't get at home. That just isn't the case anymore. You can't go home again unfortunately. What arcades are still good at is giving different experiences, so racing machines and gimmicky redemption machines are the only machines that will make an operator money. |
| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 28, 2015, 10:06:55 pm ---Yeah and a lot of modern arcade games are just tablet games converted. There was a time when arcade games were the cutting edge of technology in terms of graphics and sound so people flocked to them to get an experience they couldn't get at home. That just isn't the case anymore. You can't go home again unfortunately. What arcades are still good at is giving different experiences, so racing machines and gimmicky redemption machines are the only machines that will make an operator money. --- End quote --- Yep. Also, if you notice, most new arcade games are just licenced properties. No one wants to try anything original anymore. |
| voltz:
Sad that Japan still gets all the good stuff, unless you want to pay an arm for it. It's funny that I'm looking at this situation and it reminds me of when amusements were more about carnival tables, shooting galleries and the like, before electronic videogaming became the norm. Now that it's shifted back, I can't help but think arcade gaming's days are truly numbered. Of course for those games that aren't coming over here or are so rare we'll never come across a cab in our lifetime (unless we're lucky), publishers really need to start thinking about that home port or else the emu scene may as well do it for them. I still want to try my hand at that new Pengo. :( |
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