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Namco Blames Wii for Arcade Closures

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-blame-canada dept.

milsoRgen noted a story about Namco Bandai is shuttering between 50 and 60 arcades in Japan and blaming the success of the Wii for the closures. "A lot of the types of games that people played at an arcade can now be done at home," said company spokesman Yuji Machida. To be fair they also blame the high cost of gasoline as well.

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  1. O RLY by wampus · · Score: 4, Funny

    They blamed me personally for not upselling birthday parties when they closed the one I worked at here in the US.

    1. Re:O RLY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You probably didn't have enough flair either.

  2. Wii will survive by erick99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "What are wii going to do?" said the Japanese arcade executive to his robot pet dog.

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    1. Re:Wii will survive by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

      Later that day, the same Namco executive was heard to say, "Wii will prevail!"

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  3. Re:Good old days... by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

    The "old days" of "Virtua Fighter"? Try Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga, punk! Get off my lawn!

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  4. Re:Arcades can evolve by Kris_J · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow. Truly a story for the ages. Disney should make a movie.