Tekken 5 arcade machine

[jajaja]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8173743562&rd=1

Does a new arcade machine realy cost this much?

[Flack]

Roughly. Looks like he's making a little profit off it.

http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/machines/dedicated_machines/Tekken_5_Full_Machine_5312.html/

[jajaja]

ok thanks :)
Damn, thats alot of money for 1 machine. Takes time before you get profit.
How much does one credit cost over in USA? 25 cent?

Here its usualy about $1.25 for each credits
I remember playing House of the Dead 2 i think. 1 credit costsed over 3 dollars!

[Flack]

Depending on the arcade and the newness of the game, I'd guess a round of Tekken 5 would run you somewhere between .50 and 1.00.

Note that that same website has a Tekken 5 kit for about half the price. With a kit, you'd just get the artwork and the game itself. That's why you see so many converted games in arcades -- the ones that don't bring in any action simply get upgraded.

http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/pcbs/kit/Tekken_5_Kit_4578.html

[jajaja]

Ye.. much cheaper. Guess people who already have an arcade machine wants to spend over $2000 just to get a new when the old works fine.

[chadtower]

They are not game systems, they are profit driven revenue generators. They are bought and sold with the expressed purpose of being placed on site at a venue and bringing in dollars. People don't buy brand new machines for their house.

[WanganRunner]

I was looking around on some of the sites of companies that provide brand new arcade machines.

An 8-person Derby Stallion setup is like $150,000.

All I want is an Afterburner 2 R360 machine, but I'll never have one..... :(

[Arcade Antics]

People don't buy brand new machines for their house.

Some people do, but not as a rule. :)

[bibowski]

Most shops rent arcade machines, they don't buy them. They usually split the profits of the machines 50/50 with whatever company they rent them from.

Also, that lets them swap the games if they don't do very well in the store.