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Arcade / Re: Arcade Swiping and Pricing
Last post by targetrasp - Today at 04:49:59 PMseems like the quarter crunchers aren't profitable anymore. Parts are scarce, people that work on them are scarce, and inflation has just generally outpaced their revenue stream.
Places that still have lots of the more traditional machines have become more bar than arcade. They use the machines as part of the atmosphere and the machines are almost certainly a loss leader. I'm sure a proprietor with a bit of electrical knowledge can use YouTube for help fixing things themselves and farm secondhand options for parts to offset some of the loss, but I'll bet anything its still a loss. Alcohol is typically marked up 5x if you're drinking the good stuff, 3x - 4x for beer and wine.
The more standard arcades have used the near-gambling type machines for decades but now seem to almost solely rely on the crane and ticket dispensing type of games. I'm sure these are much more profitable especially with the inflated prices, short play durations, as well as the house wins type of ticket payouts.
Places that still have lots of the more traditional machines have become more bar than arcade. They use the machines as part of the atmosphere and the machines are almost certainly a loss leader. I'm sure a proprietor with a bit of electrical knowledge can use YouTube for help fixing things themselves and farm secondhand options for parts to offset some of the loss, but I'll bet anything its still a loss. Alcohol is typically marked up 5x if you're drinking the good stuff, 3x - 4x for beer and wine.
The more standard arcades have used the near-gambling type machines for decades but now seem to almost solely rely on the crane and ticket dispensing type of games. I'm sure these are much more profitable especially with the inflated prices, short play durations, as well as the house wins type of ticket payouts.
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Nintendo - Switch 2, Switch, 3DS, and Wii-U / Re: Star Fox - Nintendo Switch...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - June 05, 2026, 05:04:25 PMI couldn't say no... I pre-ordered this... extremely excited for it to come out lol 
Has anyone else checked this out?
Has anyone else checked this out?
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Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: Blaze Evercade NeoGeo Arca...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - June 05, 2026, 11:56:04 AMQuote from: retro junkie on June 04, 2026, 05:34:51 PMI put a pre order in on Saturday with Songbird Productions.Songbird is pretty interesting... they have a lot of cool stuff. It's awesome to see places like this still these days. When I was doing my old business, I wanted (and was trying to setup) to create a segment that did exactly this and what other developer / sales sites do. That would have been fun. Not sure how all the sales go for those home brewed games... or old console releases from developers. I'm curious how long some of those games sit.
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Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: Blaze Evercade NeoGeo Arca...
Last post by retro junkie - June 04, 2026, 05:34:51 PMI put a pre order in on Saturday with Songbird Productions.
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Retro Gaming and Hardware / Blaze Evercade NeoGeo Arcade 4...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - June 04, 2026, 04:59:39 PM@retro junkie made a great post on the Blaze Evercade NeoGeo Arcade 4 cart (click link). Make sure to check that topic out! The pre-order is up and this is a great release.
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Current Price: $29.99
Date: 06-26-26
Details:
If you end up purchasing, post it up! This is a great collection. Thoughts, comments, post it up!
Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/4umZVrn
Current Price: $29.99
Date: 06-26-26
Details:
- Features METAL SLUG 4, THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002, FATAL FURY SPECIAL and more!
- Full colour manual included.
- Genres included: fighting, sports, shoot 'em up and more.
- Compatible with all Evercade hardware (Handheld, Evercade VS, Evercade VS-R, Evercade EXP, Evercade EXP-R, Evercade Alpha) and Super Pocket consoles.
If you end up purchasing, post it up! This is a great collection. Thoughts, comments, post it up!
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Sony - PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 (PS3) / Re: Sony could delay PS6 relea...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - June 03, 2026, 05:25:45 PMQuote from: retro junkie on June 03, 2026, 03:45:11 PMwill all this effect the cost with $1000 becoming the norm for a game console?I REALLY want to say no to this. But... It seems like this is where it is going and by 2028 or 2029.... I see this as being very feasible. Did you see the Steam Deck price increase topic? Sounds like the Deck is going to be higher as well.
The other thing is.. back in the day, the PS3 was $599 for the 60GB model and $499 for the 20GB at launch. Those prices were extremely high for when the PS3 came out. Insane to think about, but $599 that many years ago adjusted for inflation is almost $1000. Now I don't feel most wages kept up to really compensate... but... that's the inflation figure for today
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Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: Evercade Nexus
Last post by BLUEVOODU - June 03, 2026, 05:24:28 PM@retro junkie not sure... but it is now loading. It must've been a temporary issue. The version that loaded for me only included the Banjo cart. It doesn't look like 2 carts anymore. Either way, this is pretty awesome
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Sony - PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 (PS3) / Re: Sony could delay PS6 relea...
Last post by retro junkie - June 03, 2026, 03:45:11 PMwill all this effect the cost with $1000 becoming the norm for a game console?
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Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: Evercade Nexus
Last post by retro junkie - June 03, 2026, 03:41:17 PM@BLUEVOODU
My link works for me. Not sure what the problem is...
My link works for me. Not sure what the problem is...
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Sony - PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 (PS3) / Re: Sony could delay PS6 relea...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - June 03, 2026, 02:58:25 PM@Mai Valentine --> gameplay trumps graphics. That was what was a saying used so many times over on the old Forum. It's been a long time since anyone has really stated that. I do agree, a lot of the gameplay is scripted these days. New boundaries really haven't been pushed. If you asked me though... I'm not even sure what new boundaries could be pushed after all the development since the 2000s. A lot of it is rinse and repeat... and developers don't want to take risk and potentially ruin their business