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29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5724 Posts
September 10 2010 13:30 GMT
#61
internet cafes sometimes act as very cheap hotels. sometimes i see people going there to sleep at night when they miss the last train.

it's not gonna work in america, probably because everyone has internet at home. people dont wanna whack off in public.
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
Cleomenes
Profile Joined May 2010
United States138 Posts
September 10 2010 13:56 GMT
#62
On September 10 2010 22:30 29 fps wrote:
it's not gonna work in america, probably because everyone has internet at home. people dont wanna whack off in public.

The true purpose of the internet revealed.
ReTr0[p.S]
Profile Joined March 2005
Argentina1590 Posts
September 10 2010 13:56 GMT
#63
It's all because of money; in many countries it's WAY cheaper to go play at a cybercafe for 2~3 bucks an hour than to have their own computers at home. In the USA is very improvable someone doesn't already have a computer at home because of how affordable they are. This will eventually happen in other countries and soon enough all cafes will be gone.
Cleomenes
Profile Joined May 2010
United States138 Posts
September 10 2010 14:11 GMT
#64
I'd imagine the key to success in an Internet Cafe is diversification. Get a little of everything. Sell comics, rent out console time, have 8 computers with good internet speeds, sell Magic the Gathering, sell Warhammer 40k, etc. Along with concession sales these should all help prevent a huge loss of income due to one product/service losing sales.

Also, rent out the tables used for MtG, 40k, D&D, etc. Don't make it expensive. Charge maybe $1/hr to use the table. Don't make it hourly, but the key is charging for the table. Too often I'd go into a game store, play 4-5 hours of 40k, and only spend $1 on a soda. That time on the table could have been used by a paying customer.

Selling alcohol on certain nights sounds like a good way to make money, I just don't know if it would be profitable after all of the government regulation. Having lock-ins for the kids could be profitable. It seems like parents will pay any price to get the kids away from them for a few hours.
TechDeft
Profile Joined August 2010
United States211 Posts
September 10 2010 14:15 GMT
#65
Whereabouts in CT are you? (Don't give me your real address) I'm in Southern WMass!
Azza
Profile Joined June 2010
China650 Posts
September 10 2010 14:35 GMT
#66
The first reply pretty much nails it on the head. I ran a small lan centre in Nottingham, England for almost three years. I wasn't the owner, but I ran the day to day business and if it wasn't for the cost of rent we would have made a decent profit as we had almost 2000+ members. The problem was that there were like only 100+ of them members who were weekly regulars.

The cost of updating the rigs caught up on us after a couple of year's and with the rent pegging you back it was really difficult. In the end the owner moved abroad and decided to close it. It basically paid for itself for 2+ years, bill + wages and it was just a lot of fun, that's it. Very hard to make a profit.
Roflhaxx
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1244 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-10 14:58:39
September 10 2010 14:56 GMT
#67
On September 10 2010 05:53 Steelflight-Rx wrote:
I'm also from new england. when i told some of my friends i was going to NYC LAN #7 (a TL meetup) they were basically just like... "wat.. ur going somewhere to play video games with other ppl? nerd alert"

its just not in our culture to view video games as a social device, unless ur bro'in out with the bros playing madden or some shit like that

Well it's not like that around here, northern europe, I go to this huge lanparty once a year and I have a couple of lan-nights at my friends house every now and then. But I think gaming is a lot more common here, but what is most important is that you are proud of who you are! If you are a gamer then you shouldnt care what other people think because you are better then they are! Important to seperate nerds from gamers.
A game where the first thing you do is scout with a “worker”. Does that make any sense? Who scouts with a “worker”? That’s like sending out the janitor to perform recon, what general would do that? Retarded game.
yups
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark116 Posts
September 11 2010 00:25 GMT
#68
Asking why you would go to an internet cafe when you have pc/internet at home is like asking why you would go to a bar when you can buy cheaper beer at the grocery store.

As others have said i think one reason is lack of population density in the states. Besides NY, Boston, Chicago and San Fransisco almost all cities in the states are less dense than europe and probably even more so than asia.
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