5 Dec
2003
5 Dec
'03
5:56 a.m.
Its ridiculous price gouging, the cost to put such a
unit together is
under
$400. Midway has been doing this same thing for a
while with its Ms Pac
Man/Galaga units, Atari has a Missile Command/Millipede/Centipede machine
out there and one thing that article doesn't mention is just like the
Midway
machine, the Taito unit is also a dual machine with
both Space Invaders
and
Qix together...
These are already available in the US, Frontgate has them for $3495 each,
you can also find them through Amazon.com and Walmart.com as well... all
way overpriced.
Curt
Companies need to make a profit, they more they can squeeze out of a
customer the better. These units are for arcades I assume, where the
operator will make the money back and hopefully then some from kids with
pockets full of cash. Not many home users would spend $400 let alone $3495
for a cabinet with just 1 or 2 games in it.
I would pump a few quarters into a pacman machine if I ran into one
somewhere just because I played quite a few games on them when they were
originally released (more quarters then I care to think about).