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SirPeale:


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--- Quote from: Peale on June 26, 2008, 01:40:39 pm ---Sorry TOK, I didn't realize you were on route collecting from the machines.  Of course you'd know.

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I'm not on a route collecting quarters.
If I want to know how Sony is doing, I don't go down to Wal Mart and ask the guy unloading Sony TV's from a truck.



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Apples and oranges.  If you want to know how popular a game is, ask the guy that pulls the money from the machine.  It's a direct indicator of "popularity". 

From collecting on a route, I can see firsthand that it has gone way downhill in terms of popularity.  Going from collecting 1000 a week a golf machine to maybe a couple hundred bucks, and we're talking new machines and courses here.  At this rate they won't even pay for themselves for a long time - if ever.

So pretty please...tell me how your argument holds water.

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You're telling me that because a Golden Tee machine you took tokens from is making less money in a few locations, you can extrapolate that Its Games is NOT the largest designer/producer of games in the US?

I'm pretty sure they still are. Thats how my argument holds water.
You are thinking very small.  :dunno


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No, you said that golf games are still popular; that's a far cry from "IT Games being the largest designer/producer of games in the US".  IT is still making games, no doubt.  I'm saying that golf games aren't as popular as they used to be.  And yes, less quarters in a machine are a direct indicator of popularity. 

And if I were talking about one machine in one location that would be one thing, but I'm talking about hundreds of machines in the Northeast.  The numbers may be different in other areas, but on the operators boards I converse on the profits are down.

TOK:


--- Quote from: Peale on June 26, 2008, 05:13:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: TOK on June 26, 2008, 05:07:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Peale on June 26, 2008, 04:52:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: TOK on June 26, 2008, 04:42:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: Peale on June 26, 2008, 01:40:39 pm ---Sorry TOK, I didn't realize you were on route collecting from the machines.  Of course you'd know.

--- End quote ---

I'm not on a route collecting quarters.
If I want to know how Sony is doing, I don't go down to Wal Mart and ask the guy unloading Sony TV's from a truck.



--- End quote ---

Apples and oranges.  If you want to know how popular a game is, ask the guy that pulls the money from the machine.  It's a direct indicator of "popularity". 

From collecting on a route, I can see firsthand that it has gone way downhill in terms of popularity.  Going from collecting 1000 a week a golf machine to maybe a couple hundred bucks, and we're talking new machines and courses here.  At this rate they won't even pay for themselves for a long time - if ever.

So pretty please...tell me how your argument holds water.

--- End quote ---

You're telling me that because a Golden Tee machine you took tokens from is making less money in a few locations, you can extrapolate that Its Games is NOT the largest designer/producer of games in the US?

I'm pretty sure they still are. Thats how my argument holds water.
You are thinking very small.  :dunno


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No, you said that golf games are less popular; that's a far cry from "IT Games being the largest designer/producer of games in the US".  IT is still making games, no doubt.  I'm saying that golf games aren't as popular as they used to be.  And yes, less quarters in a machine are a direct indicator of popularity. 

And if I were talking about one machine in one location that would be one thing, but I'm talking about hundreds of machines in the Northeast.  The numbers may be different in other areas, but on the operators boards I converse on the profits are down.

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You're getting all confused now... YOU said golf games are less popular.
If you go back to my original comments, the ones where you thought I was referring to Tomahawk as a supplier, you'll see I said that Raw Thrills, Merit and IT were the coin op companies turning a profit.
Stern is out there, but what they say varies from month to month.


SirPeale:

Typo.  Edited.

And I'm saying that ON LOCATION these games aren't raking in what they used to.  Sure you see them in bars - what's what they were marketed toward.  But profits now vs just a couple years ago are way down.

DMala:


--- Quote from: Encryptor on June 24, 2008, 11:00:40 pm ---I recently went on a cruise on Carnival the fun ships and they had an arcade on the ship. I thought I'd share them.


Encryptor

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I was just on the Norwegian Pearl, and the arcade was maybe half that size.  They didn;t really have anything compelling, Time Crisis II was the only thing I remember specifically.

I thought it was pretty interesting that every game was bolted to the wall with metal brackets.  I guess those cabinets could get pretty dangerous on rough seas.   :dizzy:

All in all, I spent more time in the casino.   ;D

Ummon:


--- Quote from: Encryptor on June 25, 2008, 04:50:07 pm ---
Yeah there are lots of tv's everywhere in that area.


Encryptor

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But there, are they supposed to lie on the floor to watch them? You can't even call that eye-candy.

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