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Mame - Good or Bad for the Arcade Biz ?
tommy:
Sir p you havent proved anything, it will be emulated when its possible whitch will kill the arcade again
SirPoonga:
You obviously didn't read what I said. Mame will not emulate anything current so mame can not kill the arcade. What's in most arcades is what ISN'T in mame. It doesn't matter if mame will emulate it. If mame does emulate those games have been replaced in the arcades with selling ones.
So mame can not kill the arcades since it will not emulate was is in the arcades. The mame devs have rules aobut what games go into mame. One of those rules is the game can not be currently making money. Hence why golden tee golf 3D-99 just got released in mame. They've been making money until this point. So obviously mame can not kill the golden tee golf market since those games are no longer being sold/supported. Same with every other game i mame. So how can it kill the arcade industry then?
tommy:
Im not talking about whats making money at what point in time ,im talking about the general arcade experience, my idea of a good arcade is old games new games fun games ,so what if there hanging on to a few games till they die in the arcade ,they will probably make more money after its dead sellng the rights away , so if thats the case why not sell the rights away from the start and put it on mame to begin with ,this is the idea im talking about witch will soon kill the arcade we have difernt points of view but its ok
SirPoonga:
You have the wrong impression of how the gaming industry works then.
A company will hold on to rights as long as it can. Who kows if the character or game idea becomes popular. If it does it's a cash cow. Look at pacman and namco for proof of that.
Plus I think your idea of the "arcade experience" is an outdated one. It's what the experience was in the 80s but it isn't what it is now. As I said arcades have become a more social place. That's why the games are heavilly designed to be multiplayer.
No, a company does not make more money selling it's rights. It's selling the rights because the game didn't work. If it worked they'd keep the right and try to continue success on it.
Now you may wonder why my opinion is more correct, I have taken classes in a Game Development and Programming degree.
Actually, the gaming industry is starting to realize classic gaming does have a market, but not much of aprofitable one. That's why there are all these re-releases and "museums" have been released. but look what they have been released for. They have been released for computer or console. That's because classic will not survive in the arcade. They already had their chance.
The game industry is in about a 3 year cycle. A game gets old after about three years. Then the company isn't making much money on it. Of course the hits are a different story. But there are by far more one hit wonders in the gaming industry than franchises. Especially in arcade games. The only franchise in arcade that I can think of are Time Crisis, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter, DDR.
So, in short, ame has not or will never kill the arcade industry. The arcade industry survives on was is current and popular. mame does not have one of those, it doesn't have what is current. Therefore it can never hurt the arcade industry. If anything it has helped because it has helped people realize the classics are still good (hence all the rereleases).
That's it on this subject. It's off topic for this thread and if you can't see how the arcade industry actually works then the points won;t make sense.
tommy:
--- Quote from: fredster on February 20, 2005, 12:15:19 am ---I think Mame is very super cool. I think it's wonderful and I sit and just look at my mame machine as one of the greatest creations I have ever made.
But I think it's really BAD for the arcade business. Classic machines are worth less. People don't want to spend lots of money on repairs.
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