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I wonder if they could sell it to consumers instead of focusing on malls and places. There are certain type of Arcade that offer better experience beyond console and computer gaming.

But I guess that is too courages move for a Japanese company.

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Arcade1up is slowly filling this gap. They've already done an Outrun cabinet for example. It seems Arcade1up's quality gradually increases with each release so there is hope they might do some Sega games justice in the future.

https://arcade1up.com/products/outrun-stand-up-arcade-machin...

Wow, they've released a lot more titles lately. The one issue is size, these fit in the home a lot easier, because they're much smaller. The bottleneck seems to be LCDs; commercially reasonable 4:3 LCDs top out at 17", which is on the small end. Arcade machines commonly had (CRT) screens from 19-25".

Of course, older games often look better on CRT than LCD, but CRTs obviously aren't going to happen, unfortunately.

The new Killer Instinct Pro that is coming out is full scale instead of 3/4, and has a 19" monitor.

https://arcade1up.com/products/ki-pro

Yeah CRTs aren't realistic these days but I do think it's possible to emulate the look pretty decently with shaders at least.

I like how they even the model they got in the picture has 'arcade-style' (read: late 80's/early 90's) hair and outfit.

Not officially but you can buy an arcade machine! I own a vewlix blue diamond that I bought last year for $2300 (tax + shipping included).

If you are interested, here is a link to the guy I bought my machine from: https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/k-c-game-sale.10993/...

At least in Japan, the arcades are being transferred to another company and will remain open.

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