Is it true that people still meet and play video games in the

People use them for gay sex meetups.

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>>17208098

Rhythm game fag here
Yes it's super true.
the main reason at least for rhythm games is that most if not all games are straight up forced to be arcade-only since very few recent/better games are ported to home consoles and PC. In fact, some of the new PC game versions of popular titles (beatmania INFINITAS and the upcoming sound voltex port) are actually MORE expensive than arcades, making those worth it more

I started smoking recently; I would like to smoke in a Japanese arcade.

>>17208077
It is still the best way to play certain types of game. Rhythm games, fighting games, racing games, etc.

Japs go to the arcades to meet up with the girls at the dance machines.
Arcades are located at places which guarantee high traffic so that they don't go in the negative.
Nips treat arcades as a competitive place (which is almost a paradox considering they are anti-social as fuck), where they have arcade "culture". (Like standing in a row while scrub finishes playing with his one(1) credit, then next guy comes, it forces you to git good and coincidentally, you invest yourself in the game which makes it more likely for you to play it again).
You have a huge choice of games. Fighters, shmups, light gun games, racing games, crane games, rythm games, etc. You just can't compete with this type of a game with a smartphone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAP0qBgg-ks
In the video above you can see variety of arcade games + it is worth watching it for touhou washing machine.

>>17208077
For fighting games offline is always better than online and it's much easier to go to an arcade and play there than it is to organize a meetup yourself. Plus it's a good place to smoke.

>>17209266
Not a single CAVE game. Good job IGN.

>>17208707
>>17209324
Smoking is bad for you

>>17208077
Population density, walking distance, convenience. Simple stuff that actually has nothing to do with video games. Arcades are still prevalent all over Asia not just Japan because of them.

>>17208077
This is why I hate console and PC gaming. Arcades were a place to engage with your hobby while being forced to socialize. A mix between healthy and unhealthy. Nowadays we just resort to calling people fags and niggers in our lonesome.

Probably something to do with wanting to spend in-person time with friends while participating in a mutual hobby, the same reason Warhammer, DND etc is still around despite being playable on a PC. Also the obligation of continuing to meet up with friends for that hobby. Having played Warhammer in the past you get a sense of community for your local store and the people that frequent it.

I imagine this sort of happens anywhere that has engagement on a 'regular' level such as designer second hand clothing stores in Japan.

>>17210115
Too bad table top gaming is literally the realm of the neckbeard. I'm already imagining the smell of sweat and cheetos permeating the room.

>>17210121
I was fairly lucky with my local game store which had very few neckbeard types. Maybe one, who happened to be an employee, but that was about all - the group of people I was good friends with though shared the sentiment. Most of the playerbase were minors, about 12-16 or so.