Yeah but 100 yen is about equal to $.80.

DM's cymbal on the right is totally broken. No response to ANY hits. Had to play on auto-cymbal today... and the left side of DM's coin slot is jamming still; had to whack it a few times to get my quarters back as well as registered.

Not that much cheaper.  Considering some places charge 200 for the big bulky special controller games (i.e. all you ever see at US arcades anymore), it averages out.

Also, I bet anyone in America would think you're insane for charging that much to play a "traditional" joystick/button game.  Most people think 50 cents is pushing it for those types.

Well that's some places.  I was using my experience, which was that I could pay 100 yen ($.80) and get 4 normal stages or 2 bonus stages +extra stage=about 10 minutes of play, when in Japan.
Really, $.75 for 4 stages versus $.80 for 5 stages (including extra, excluding encore); that's what I call value.

And $.80 is $.20 cheaper than $1, which means in comparison to the 100yen=$1 comparison you gave I would get every 5th game free.  That can make a difference.

Granted, I don't really think about it too much.
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As for the American mentality of what is a fair price to charge, well video game consoles are also cheaper in America than in Japan, and video games for those consoles as well, is my experience.  So there is a developed market price in Japan for gaming that is higher than in America.  There are many reasons for this I am certain; not least of which the higher cost of living there.

I will agree with you that the price of Bemani is comparable (or cheaper) in Japan at some places.  At Namco Land, I got 4 stages + possible extra on PNM Adventure, or 3 stages + ex on IIDX GOLD for 100 yen.

When you consider that they charge 100 yen or more for everything though (I think I saw one candy cab that was 50 yen my entire time there), my trips to Tokyo arcades were much more expensive per hour.  Also can't forget about those medal games, which eat up yen like nothing else.

Video game consoles are not cheaper in Japan.  For example, the Wii is 25,000 yen, which is well under $250.  Similarly, 100 Wii points cost less over there than here.  I believe the PS3 also uses the 100 yen to $1 price point, which would make it cheaper than its American counterpart as well.

the drummania worked really well today.

Ah, my bad I wasn't thinking there.  Yes I will admit the hardware is cheaper (at least this generation), though part of that is intentional to drive sales (ie XBawks).  Hadn't thought of the virtual console aspects.  But I can confidently say the software is more expensive.

I will be at Acme from 2 to ~4ish today.

Clear 100secKitchenBattle Hyper gogogo!

the first player coin slot for itg is kinda messed up. stole 3 coins from me

I went to Tukwila/Seattle for a weekend on a family trip.
The hotel I stayed at happened to be right across from Acme.

I stopped by around 8 or 9 on Monday.
Dude, you guys are hardcore players, I managed to get good scores (for myself) but not able to get any scores on.

My tag is DRS!  The only song I got a score on was Lemmings on The Run, doubles hard.  Otherwise, i did r21.

i have some decent scores on double expert.  Determinator, soapy bubble, temple of boom, and energizer (hard)

what's funny is that a vast majority of the single hard/expert high scores are from last year, haha

Well, the new Bemani isn't [soon], it's a nice DrumMania 10th mix, and GuitarFreaks 11th mix, blah blah...

Before it was a GF9/DM8, so technically the GF11/DM10 is new[er] than those.

I think what he meant is that the new(er) Bemani is no longer forthcoming, but it's there now, so this thread's name is a bit of a misnomer.

How did this thread become the new Acme thread anyway?  Since the new Bemani is now there, this thread's served its purpose.  Besides, do you guys like posting in a thread that has the original post that it does, instead of, um, actual information about Acme?  This may confuse what few newcomers we get here.

Any word on Supernova 2? E-Amuse would be for the win.

ITG2 right coin slot is eating everything you put in, without giving credits. And I don't like HOW LOUD POP'N IN BACK IN THE CORNER, AND YOU HAVE TO YELL TO TALK TO PEOPLE.

It's really odd; ACME's machines seem to have some bad coin slot issues.  Maybe Narrows has problems, I just never hear about those.

And yeah, PopN music is a bit loud.

no it isn't. just don't stand by it.

Acme GF had some coinslot problems too.

Also I totally agree with Davyn.

I move that every single game be put on mute.

I move that godai be put on mute.  Seriously, it seems like every post of his these days that's not a gaming accomplishment is a sarcastic suggestion whenever anyone posts anything he doesn't agree with.

The pop'n volume is fine, it seems to be fairly contained back there.

DM's snare is getting weak again, but more importantly the screen is extremely glitchy and flickers.

Dude, you guys need to get a DMX machine.

you probably couldn't hear the SN's music... jk i don't know how loud pop'n is

that game is for goth kids, people who wear cat ears, and for people that like to hit stuff