| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/17/2009 1:01:44 PM | | I haven't seen an arcade game in probably 10 years.Arcade games have always been way ahead of home consoles.I was just wondering if the 360/PS3 have finally surpassed the arcade games in graphics,complexity,etc... Especially with the availability of HDTV's and surround sound systems. | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/17/2009 1:13:16 PM | I believe that to be the case for quite a few years now. I predicted it to happen eventually and now good arcades are hard to find. And if you find an arcade, they will be filled with things that are more physically intereactive like that dancing game for example, and skee ball.
Another nail in the coffin of the Arcades is the growing popularity of online play. Just a sign of the times. | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/17/2009 3:16:42 PM | | Well, I've been a gamer since I was close on 5, and honestly, I cant remember ever going to an arcade in my life, I think your prediction came true many many years ago..... | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/17/2009 3:57:06 PM | | Welcome to the late '90s. Arcades died off years ago. Now I only see them as part of something else. Either in an amusement park or a place that also offers putt-putt, go-carts, laser tag, etc. DDR was the last arcade game that came out that I can of which actually had any kind of following. It was years before that before there was another game. Crusin USA maybe? | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/17/2009 4:14:37 PM | | We still have some arcades here. Most of them are in malls but they still have some old-time games like Pac Man and Galaga. We also have a place called Nickel World where all the games cost a nickel and they have all sorts of older games. | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/17/2009 8:46:00 PM | I think it depends on the games. Not many arcades around where I live, but there are big ones along the US coast and in Japan. I think fighting games are still one of the biggest draws.
Home gaming appeal probably comes from the ability to conveniently save progress, allowing for much longer and involved games. However, most popular fighting games are still in the arcade for a year before being released on home systems. The home version will look the same graphic wise, but have added features like character unlocks and additional modes because of the ability to save progress. | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/18/2009 1:02:41 PM | | It happened a long time ago. Why go put money in a machine to play when you can play at home anytime you want? Now with consoles and high end PCs developers are able to develop games that are immersive, addictive, and interactive. Not to mention the online multiplayer component. | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/21/2009 8:50:18 AM | | Arcades seem to be a dying breed. The two closest that I can think of are a Dave & Busters and a Nathans (which might be shutting down sometime in the near future as is) and both are still a ways off. I know a few years back I read an article about Bushnell trying to "re-invent" the arcade and bring back the social element of it but I never heard anything else since. | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/21/2009 10:32:58 AM | Arcades seem to have gone the way of the buffalo along with CD stores. And most of the arcade games left now are lame anyway. It's all stuff like Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution. Basically the same stuff people play at home.
Sign of the times, I guess. I'd rather play the classics like Punch Out and Ninja Gaiden and even the original Mortal Kombat. | |
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| Have consoles surpassed arcades?
Posted: 9/21/2009 3:54:42 PM | | Arcades can't financially compete with consoles in terms of availability. Sure, games like Time Crisis are fun, but the lifeblood of arcades in the emergence of the console wars has always been fighting games. This wasn't such a financial strain on arcades when the options were either Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, with the occasional Virtua Fighter through in. Now its just too costly to keep up with everything. This year alone, the year of the fighters, would be a rather expensive year for arcades to keep up. Street Fighter 4, BlazBlue, KoF, and Tekken all dropped this year and MvC2 was released on virtual consoles. How is an arcade supposed to keep up with that? | |
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