Originally posted by Blaine:
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It says it did 22,000 yen which is about $160.
The difference is most Japanese games cost 100 yen to play, which is more like 75 cents a play or 1/3 of what you're thinking. About 210 plays a day, which breaks down to 8.75 plays an hour average, 17.5 if we say in a 12 hour period, which would be about 3.5 minutes of play per game. That does sound awfully brief, but if we consider most of that to be 1p vs. 2p play it's well within the realms of posibility, especially if the location was open for longer than 12 hours and placed in an area with a strong fighter/neo fan base.
Just my 2.56447 Yen on the situation
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OK... first of all... .75 a play... bastards! Anyway, I hope it does well... I want it to do well. Actually I want every arcade to get a copy, lets just hope it can make it... no known SNK characters, a kind of blantant rip off Double Dragon Theme... I don't know, whats the draw, there are much prettier tag games out there (although this may play better!). I guess we have to wait and see and hope it brings in its 18 or so plays an hour... haha, I am glad to see that someone else is obssessed with numbers here... I am seeking a second degree in Math just for the hell of it...
Want to work those numbers into patterns to show higher mid day play after schools let out to lower day play as casual gamers mil over machines. hehe... anyway... I want to play it! Damnit!
-Nick