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Psychological effects of cabinet cannibalism?
RyoriNoTetsujin:
--- Quote from: cyork2 on July 31, 2009, 05:09:35 pm ---This may be way beyond what you would consider but... why not sell it?
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I can't sell it because, like I said, it's far from a perfect construction... It's solid, and it looks great externally (thank you all for the nice comments, by the way!!) but it would probably require a bit more work to be able to travel safely -- even in multiple pieces, as it was designed to do. If I knew/understood then what I know now about woodworking, that might be different...
There's also the legality issue (because who wants to buy a cab with no games included?)
--- Quote from: isucamper on July 31, 2009, 08:00:16 pm ---On people rather playing rock band: You can't expect people in a party atmosphere to gravitate towards your cabinet when you have rock band going on. Unless they have a nostolgic love for old arcade games, the draw of the music/rhythm genre is too much for a casual gamer to resist.
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My girlfriend and I were just discussing this, actually... it has really been the topic of the day for me. She's not much of a gamer (she enjoys it in social/party scenarios, but probably wouldn't seek it out on her own.) She has noticed that people have a hard time breaking away from the social draw even when they *are* interested in the cab. I can understand that.
She also brought up the sheer massive amount of software in the cab as being a factor. Despite having easy ways to organize by genre, special lists for "Golden Era" games and "All Time Favorites" etc., she pointed out that having 4000+ games at your fingertips can apparently be very intimidating to casuals and even a lot of "regular" gamers!
I honestly hadn't thought of that. ;D
This may be for a different topic, but does anyone have a method for simplifying the presentation such that even a casual might approach without fear? Do the shiny blingy bits (the ledwizzes, the light-up ball top handles, etc.) make a difference?
To bring this to a coda for the evening, I have to tell you this: I put the new 21" monitor on the floor next to QH, and both roommates noticed and commented on it when they saw it. When I mentioned that I was thinking about building another one (and I didn't mention this whole conversation) they didn't seem to mind the idea.
I'm going to marinade on this for a while. Thanks again to everyone who chimed in.
Beretta:
well thats a interesting theory.. about TO many games.. i can see how this could be a problem for a casual passer by.
i think the only remedy for such a problem would be to cut down the games..
or make up a list of favorite's say top 50 games.. surely 50 games will be a lot easier for people to handle..
then just keep tha favorites list up.. if someone brings up something special you could always load the full list and load the game up..
i would think 50 games could cover a lot of different areas pretty well without overloading the casual user.
dreamakuma:
I have a Lot to say about this Thread....
First off A cocktail can take up more room than a normal cab. Mainly in the width. not always though. Your friends need to appretaite the classics more Dude. Now why is the younger generation gettin badmouthed here? I'm 20 and love wizard of wor, Adore Robotron, And had to learn a huge amount of skills just to build two cabs, And I'm planning on buying a few more. Not all of us youngsters hate the classics.
Malenko:
Ask everyone what their favorite games are and compile a gamelist. Maybe get a dry erase board and post up some high scores, most people like to try and one up each other.
"John got 38,550 in pacman? I can beat that....."
you get the idea
javeryh:
I'll let you know how it goes this afternoon... I'm about to gut her. Say goodbye: