[Arcade] Do Arcades still exist?

I remember having fun at the arcade when I was a kid, but now there aren't many around here in reasonable driving distance. There is one that I go to near here with friends and it's mainly to play DDR or House of the Dead. nuttyturnip and speculative both made pretty good points about why arcades are in small supply now. Stuff like DDR and shooters like House of the Dead just can not be replicated the same at home. No matter what kind of mat you get for DDR it will slide around unless you buy a real arcade machine. Ontop of that, you can't always be jumping around whenever you feel like it at home if you don't live out on your own.

Honestly even if I wanted to play other stuff at the arcade, they don't get new stuff in that I'd care about. Arcade fighting games are basicly dead. All you've really got left are DDR, shooters, and racers. Aside from that all you got are a bunch of old games that are all available on console by now, many of which are in cheap $20 collections.

I can understand the dissapointment in the lack of arcades, I used to love going to the arcade with my friends. The arcade we used to visit eventually shut down, but when it happened I didn't care much cause it had been a couple years since they did a very good job at getting in new games. But with the current situation not only is it just the lack of popularity, but I think that gaming companies aren't exactly supporting them as much anymore. Releasing console games is probably alot more cost effective then building arcade machines. Because honestly I wonder if it's even possible to come up with a list of a year's worth of arcade releases that is as big as a single month of console releases.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You know thinking about this, makes me realize the best arcade that's around here is probably only in business because it's attached to a golf course.

Most amazing jew boots