Thread 719901036

How does /v/ feel about freeplay barcades?
I.e. you pay like ten dollars once upon entry, but you can play as much as you want and they'll sell you beer and liquor?

I really don't care if it's a free play situation or I have to throw down 10-20 for the evening. I don't think this would be a dealbreaker for most people who would even be into this kind of thing.
I actually still have some tokens from a local place, really gotta cash in soon.

>>719901036 (OP)
The $10 entry fee seems excessive since they're probably going to rape you on the food and drink if you can play the machines for free, but it sounds fun especially if they've got pinball machines

Took a roadtrip to Galloping Ghost with some pals. Similar concept, but no liquor license.

The biggest flaw with arcade games is they cheapshot you to extract more money, and therefore games are P2W. Free play destroys that criticism and just lets you play Alien vs Predator with your boys until you get sick of it

>>719901036 (OP)
It’s a sad state of affairs when people can’t just enjoy something inherently fun without being mildly drunk.

>>719901036 (OP)
the major issue with the concept of a barcade is 1: they don't do maintenance 2: the machines they buy are for normalniggers (american credit-feeding trash) so there is nothing actually worth playing there.

>>719901362
I talked to the local owner, he told us that before they had the entrance fee people would constantly come in without buying any drinks, hog the machines and annoy paying customers. Once he switched to a nightclub style, entry where you get a rubber stamp on your hand and you're kicked out if you don't have one, people he started making way more money.
>>719901512
I think it's mostly because freeplay arcade would not make enough money on softdrinks alone

>>719901362
Entry fee is a way of keeping out freeloaders and homeless people

>>719901432
Pay to play and pay to win are two different things.

Credit feeding does have its purpose if you're looking to stay engaged with playing and a certain focus of practice. Since literally any retard can credit feed until the end, though, there's no sense of accomplishment in paying a hundred credits to see the staff roll. If that's all that "you" care about, you're better off just watching a superplay online. At least you waste less time that way.

>>719901036 (OP)
>like ten dollars
do burgers rly

>>719901512
>playing games is fun
>getting drunk with friends is fun
>let's combine the two
Why are you anti-fun?

There's one near me but part of it is also for kids, and that does a good job of making sure nobody gets too drunk, because nobody wants to be drunk around a bunch of kids in an arcade, that's embarrassing

>>719901036 (OP)
It's a fine concept but in execution I really don't like how expensive they are.
There are four different barcades in my city. All four are owned by different people and are located in different neighborhoods.
And yet they ALL charge 20 dollars for a burger and 10 dollars for 12oz of beer, or more if it's a hip local craft.
And with those prices it turns into a whole thing instead of just going in to play on some cabinets.
We have a local pinball preservation museum that does 10 dollars for unlimited play with no strings attached. They also have some older Atari and Midway cabinets. It's the good shit.

>>719901979
>burgers are so fucking stupid about literally everything
>help I cannot mentally assume that 10% is added to the total

It's simple mathsssss bro.

We have video games at home.

>>719902201
The one in Toronto I go to just charges 4-6 CAD for a 20oz of draft and 12 CAD for a Burger

>$10
>plus tip

i thought it was a meme..burger bros im so sorry

>>719902315
I can work with those prices!
It sucks in my US city because they're all treated the same as axe throwing and gastropubs and shit. i.e. mediocre experiences that cost twice as much as they should in the name of gentrification.

>>719901362
You don't understand the kinds of fuckheads you get in these kinds of places if the games are free to play and you don't charge a door fee. Like unemployed straight edge bobby will spend 16 hours a day everyday playing and hogging one machine because you didn't price him out at the door

>>719901610
Then $10 should be credited towards drink purchases then. $10 just to walk in the door is kikery.

>>719901610
That’s my point. A straight up arcade can’t survive these days. Having cool games and pinball machines isn’t enough. That’s what is sad to me.

>>719902028
Nah, I don’t have to use alcohol as a crutch to enjoy life. If drinking was a prerequisite to me enjoying being around people or playing arcade games, I’d be have to conclude I was a hollow, depressed, cynical husk of a person whose completely lost touch with what matters in life. I pity people who need alcohol to have fun.

I have a place that's just a straight up arcade that charges 15 dollars at the door
it's full of actual japanese arcade machines and older games of all types

DUDE i just LOVE the hustle and bustle of the big city, it’s so DYNAMIC and makes me feel like i’m in one of my favourite TV SHOWS. you should totally come on down to my studio apartment, it’s got EXPOSED RED BRICK walls and 50 square feet! we can crack open a nice hoppy ipa or three and get crazy watching some cartoons on adult swim! and dude, dude, DUDE, we have GOTTA go down to the barcade- listen here, right, it’s a BAR where us ADULTS who do ADULTING can go DRINK. BUT!!!! it’s also an ARCADE like when we were kids, so we can play awesome VIDEO GAMES, without dumb kids bothering us. speaking of which megan and i have finally decided to tie the knot- literally -we’re both getting snipped tomorrow at the hospital, that way we can save money to spent more on ourselves and our FURBABIES. i’m fuckin JACKED man, i’m gonna SLAM this craft beer and pop open another one!!!

>>719902538
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>>719902831
Sounds goated. Nice place anon.

>>719901802
Don't care, had fun

>>719902538
If you think 10 bucks for a barcade is bad you should look into how bad nightclubs are for door charges

>>719901036 (OP)
Galloping Ghost is the GOAT