DreamTR
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It is. Most of the people from the 90s time period growing up are between 35-50. Peak earnings interest in their careers and they want to play 4 player NBA Jam, Turtles, Simpsons, MK games, Street Fighter, etc at locations with drinks. They don't have interest in the classics as much with the exception of the popular Ms Pac/Centipede/Dig Dug/Galaga/Donkey Kong/QBert top 30 type games.Yup... the question of one or another was specifically drafted to make the poll...and the follow-up thoughts interesting.
I'm loving the comments and discussion on these poll threads this week. I'm glad I have 'reply' turned on for these polls...
Besides the pin vs vid question, there are more and more comments and ancillary evidence that 90s games may be growing in popularity in general vs 80s games. I figure this is partly a generational shift... I'm sure an operator such as @DreamTR could expound.
I think it is cool to have scattered rare stuff (we do that) that rotate but the main focus these days to get everyone in would be 90s stuff and pinball.
Most of the people I would bet DO NOT frequent local arcades but have ideas of stuff they want to see. If you go to your local arcade less than once a month you are not the core audience they are looking for. The upkeep alone on the classics is illogical. Most places with classic museums (FunSpot) have other stuff to keep it afloat.
I go to a local here pretty often and support them. Easy $1500 spent there. I would say in the realm of 100x since they opened last October and I already have my own place which is a mega arcade like theirs. I think what people want other people to "have" and "see" but won't actually go there is a huge question mark IMO. For us we would have to ask everyone in Square. We tried asking people on our FB page and they ask for games that have been on the floor for many years already. Baffling.
