Japanese Still Have A Lot Of Cool Fun Arcade Games.
I find out a interesting facts that the arcade games is still surviving by a lot inside some of the asian countries. I thought the arcade games have died a long time ago already, but now I know I was wrong. It is good to know the video games from around the world with a different culture and traditions.
Too bad that I lost my arcade trading cards that my friend gave to me a long time ago.
Is this something that most people already know that arcade games is still popular in Japan? Or was it me that I did not know it from before and I have founded too interesting by myself? To be honest do you guys know this already?
Well, I know they are huge on fighting game machines there, they get the fighting games in arcades first, like Tekken 7 and Dissdia are in there arcades now.
It’s more of a cultural thing there too. They look at it a bit differently than we do. Frankly, I wish we would adopt some more of that old fashioned Arcade spirit here.
Arcades are still a thing here (Australia/NZ). Mostly they are auxiliaries rather then the main attraction. You see traditional arcades attached to movies or restaurants. They serve to keep people entertained while they are waiting, as well as draw in loose change. There are still some dedicated arcade spaces too.
The original spirit allowed people to play games on hardware they couldn’t afford at home. That is still very much a thing, I can currently go to any number of internet cafes and play the latest video games on high spec hardware for a few bucks. And then there are places like zero latency that allow for fully immersive VR play, without the cost of buying your own VR equipment.
Prior to reading this thread I hadn’t given it much thought but thinking on it a bit it does make sense. How many titles aimed at a Japanese audience have mini-games built into them? How many of those mini-games are arcade games? Then you have manga/anime that occasionally refer to or show arcade centers.
Yeah, I think thats why the arcade is still big in Japan. Their economy hasn’t been great since the 90s, so consoles aren’t selling as well in Japan as they are in America or Europe.
That’s not really the case. Consoles sell just fine. It’s just that arcades found a place in society. They usually aren’t far from a train station, so most people are likely to pass by one on their way to school or work. It ended up being a place to hang out like karaoke parlors.
They are probably cheaper then US arcades got to be, which priced themselves out of affordability. They are also more fun and social then gaming in your living room or bedroom most of the time.
Yes. I believe it is more of a social gathering point and has more societal significance. I recall the story of serious businessmen playing Space Invaders on their lunch breaks way back when it all began. Cultural differences, my friend. We have lifted trucks and shotgun racks, they have chain smoking Tekken masters.
They were pretty popular in Greece like 10 years ago. Sadly our government at the time, after a scandal related to slot machines, tried to ban gambling related games but ended up banning all games. So all arcades closed for a couple of years or so.
Dude, that’s some serious stuff. I feel like the average person from countries outside the UK, US, Australia & New Zealand are just somehow battle hardened by age 11.
