morbidboy
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Bosslady and I sat down, talked about it, and did some math and decided that when Rusty Quarters does open in November, all games will be 25¢ per play.
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That pricing was competitive from 1978 to 1987.
FACTS:
A Hershey bar in 1982 was 30 cents.
A Hershey bar in 2011 is 95 cents.
People stood in lines to play pac-man then, too.
Nowadays, not so much. It's nostalgic, not so sure it's profitable.
You can lower prices, as needed, adjust lives/timers, but once
you're open for a while, you can't really raise prices if it's not
working out. That'll just piss off the customer following you obtain.
Just take your time and look at it from all angles. Talk to other owners.
Your player base will applaud you for pricing games at a nickel, but
won't be there for you when the rent check needs to be written.
There's people who play at my place for hours at a quarter a play. If it was fifty cents, they wouldn't do that. You make the most off the people who sit there for hours, not the curiosity seekers who pay once and leave. For those people, fifty cents would be fine... But wouldn't make you anything. I convinced a quarter is right.
there are plenty of perspectives and opinions. IT's your business, make the right choice for you.
I paid .25c to play tron
I paid .50c to play dragons lair
if I showed up and paid .25 to play dragons lair at your place it wouldn't feel right.
price them at original pricing.
part of the nostalgia
Do you realize how many "net PAID plays" you will need just to pay rent???
I'd never be able to find commercial space available for anywhere near as cheap as $700/month anywhere near me.