We can say it was a 2 stage collapse. Powerful consoles, with quicker releases... and later on better available internet was the coup de grace to arcades.
fair enough. online play was the final nail in the coffin.
Definitely agree it was the final nail.
fenderbender321 posted...
Yes but there was a point in the 90s I remember where suddenly it felt like machines went from all being 25 cents to play to like 50 cents to a dollar. That is when I stopped going.
Like, I can understand price increases over time but not double to quadruple the cost all at once.
I assumed it was to offset the declining amount of people going to arcades. Also you started seeing more expensive arcade games that they had to justify the cost for. Games like DDR, Police 911, Mocap Boxing, and Time Crisis 3.
In my experience when they moved to 1 dollar per credit that just accelerated things. ---