How long does it take for a arcade game to pay for itself?
When I read through the thread about super hard arcade games.
I wonder now from a business stand point. How many times would a arcade cabinet have to get played a day to be self sufficient with the costs of the electricity it gobbles up a average day for a arcade (say 9am-9pm 12 hours to make it simple for you math gurus) and then tack on the average maintenance bill (nothing breaking down and this and that but more so what it takes just to make sure the machine makes it through day in day out day after day)
Now I know the idea of a arcade was the load up the place with a ton of different machines so they all kinda pool in with the money together since different people have different tastes in games.
But just say theres only game in your arcade say for example a timeless classic. Dig Dug. a quarter a game.
Say the average game lasts 5 minutes (no super high score kinda people)
and say theres a line for this game around the block so when one guys done the next steps in
thats 12 quarters (or 3 bucks) a hour
144 quarters (36 bucks) a working day
now that i think about that figure is it even possible for a game like dig dug to be self sufficient these days with inflation since its release?
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