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Arcade 1up - 2021 Midway Legacy Cabinet
bobbyb13:
Always makes me nuts when companies half-ass things and I know there are people who genuinely love to play who don't have time or skill or space to be obsessed like most of us here appear to be.
I worked for Burton Snowboards for 6 years when I lived in New England and the mantra there from Jake himself was always "Make the best product we can- cost and current demand be damned. And next year we will make it even better."
We made the most expensive gear on the planet, commanded 85% of the global market and it was the best quality you could find.
The customer service was light years better than everybody else too.
And the stuff that would sell out first and be impossible to find?!
All the most expensive gear.
Sure, consoles pretty much killed the arcades, but you would think somebody would start a company to REALLY do home arcade machines well.
Top shelf machines, top shelf price, and the people who get it will buy them.
Especially if most people are going to be locked in their house for years on end-
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on March 01, 2021, 07:24:08 pm ---Sure, consoles pretty much killed the arcades, but you would think somebody would start a company to REALLY do home arcade machines well.
Top shelf machines, top shelf price, and the people who get it will buy them.
Especially if most people are going to be locked in their house for years on end-
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We've had plenty of high end arcade machine builders. The biggest problem is the market. Normal folks don't know what they want. They want that nostalgic feeling and for 1 person, that's Centipede and Spy Hunter and Gauntlet. They want 1 machine that plays those 2 games perfectly, and they'd also like it to play another 50 games they have fond memories of. For someone else, it'll be a different set of games with different controls, monitor types, etc.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on March 01, 2021, 07:24:08 pm ---Always makes me nuts when companies half-ass things and I know there are people who genuinely love to play who don't have time or skill or space to be obsessed like most of us here appear to be.
I worked for Burton Snowboards for 6 years when I lived in New England and the mantra there from Jake himself was always "Make the best product we can- cost and current demand be damned. And next year we will make it even better."
We made the most expensive gear on the planet, commanded 85% of the global market and it was the best quality you could find.
The customer service was light years better than everybody else too.
And the stuff that would sell out first and be impossible to find?!
All the most expensive gear.
Sure, consoles pretty much killed the arcades, but you would think somebody would start a company to REALLY do home arcade machines well.
Top shelf machines, top shelf price, and the people who get it will buy them.
Especially if most people are going to be locked in their house for years on end-
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You would think that, but -1’s posts show that he knows the market. They don’t care, man, as long as it plays the Galaga! like they might have remembered it.
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leapinlew:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on March 01, 2021, 07:10:59 pm ---Here’s my question, and I mean this sincerely, I’m not trying to be snarky or anything, but if the point of these machines is that they’re smaller and are good for people with no space, why would anyone buy more than one? Don’t multiple machines also take up room? It seems like one good MAME cab could go a lot farther than buying four or five of these machines.
I get selling “legacy versions”, but if I already have one or two, why would I want to buy the latest offering?
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That's not snarky. It's a good question, and to your point, some people are selling their original Mortal Kombat to buy the legacy. Believe it or not, plenty of other people are holding on to their original Mortal Kombat because they think it's a collectible and will go up in value.
One of the advantages of these machines is they are smaller, but it isn't just a space issue. Being smaller means 1 person can move the machine up/down a flight of stairs, or can load 4 of them in a SUV. There is a convenience factor that I like anytime I need to move one around. Their biggest claim to fame is probably just timing. They hit the market at the right time and right price point with the right retailers to get the ground swell of fans.
leapinlew:
Their latest strategy seems to be FOMO. Making a limited number of machines causing people to snap up the pre-orders.
Did you guys see the Supreme Mortal Kombat Arcade1up crossover? As far as things I don't get and are dumb, this one is up there. Those things are selling for a lot on ebay.
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