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   Kendrick Kerwin Chua to ChairShot@mail.com   
   Re: Off Topic: Any hidden gems on Taito    
   07 Jun 07 13:20:39   
   
   From: kendrick@nospam.io   
      
   In article <1181240204.661524.243150@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,   
   dos-man 64   wrote:   
   >   
   >I doubt that this trend can continue given the outrageous prices on   
   >the recent consoles. The 360 costs over $400 over here and the PS3   
   >over $600. No arcade gamer in their right mind would pay that much   
   >money for a console just to play old games that already available on   
   >emulators. The only way they could get us to pay that much is to put a   
   >jamma slot in the funking things.   
      
   That might be true of the hardcore. But if the Xbox Live marketplace is   
   any indicator, the general public is perfectly willing to hand over   
   nickels and dimes to play old arcade hits if they can compare high scores   
   with the rest of the world. You can get anybody to give you money if they   
   feel like they're getting something new. The recent Pac Man world   
   tournament is only the tip of that particular marketing iceberg.   
      
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