seneca_22
[09] Warrior
So we had a gamers lounge open up here in Santa Fe. The guy has 21 screens, 18 32" LCD's networked for FPS's, 2 65" DLP TV's and a projector. He has 360's on every screen, and one of the DLP's also has a XBox 1 and Wii, with no PS3's. He said it was more cost efficient to get 360's, they cost less, and pretty much any good multiplayer game on PS3 is also on 360. We've hosted tournaments there and brought our own PS3's.
When I go there, there's just a small handful of people there, maybe like 3-5, sometimes 8 people at most. I've seen these kind of things in Kansas City KS, Lawrence KS, and in Albuquerque. People just don't want to pay for something they can do at other people's houses. Even if there's a bunch of networked HD screens and comfy chairs.
So how do you make a business like that successful? The ones I've seen had pay for play games, be it console or PC. PC only establishments seem to stay in business, but the console ones die out after a while. I don't want this place to die out, so how do we get more people to come and play, or what else needs to be offered so that there's something else generating income for the business.
All he has is pay for play, and sells drinks and snacks. It's a nice set up, but I've always felt there needs to more than just pay for play for it to stay open. Sell used games, music, and movies and peripherals. Maybe some Anime, or anime posters, toys, etc.
Do any of you have something like this in your area? How does it manage to stay open, or keep people coming in to pay to play? I'm not quite sure how business is going for this guy, I'm just going off of what I see when I go over there and it doesn't look good. He's open 6 days a week for almost 12 hours a day and he's the only one that works there right now.
When I go there, there's just a small handful of people there, maybe like 3-5, sometimes 8 people at most. I've seen these kind of things in Kansas City KS, Lawrence KS, and in Albuquerque. People just don't want to pay for something they can do at other people's houses. Even if there's a bunch of networked HD screens and comfy chairs.
So how do you make a business like that successful? The ones I've seen had pay for play games, be it console or PC. PC only establishments seem to stay in business, but the console ones die out after a while. I don't want this place to die out, so how do we get more people to come and play, or what else needs to be offered so that there's something else generating income for the business.
All he has is pay for play, and sells drinks and snacks. It's a nice set up, but I've always felt there needs to more than just pay for play for it to stay open. Sell used games, music, and movies and peripherals. Maybe some Anime, or anime posters, toys, etc.
Do any of you have something like this in your area? How does it manage to stay open, or keep people coming in to pay to play? I'm not quite sure how business is going for this guy, I'm just going off of what I see when I go over there and it doesn't look good. He's open 6 days a week for almost 12 hours a day and he's the only one that works there right now.