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Originally Posted by MMM
I am sure you have read "Arcade Mania!" about Japanese arcades.
However, I am not sure where you get the impression that "lots of girls in Japan visit arcades". The only girls I see in arcades are either getting puri-kura with friends or are killing time with a boy on a date. Actual game play is 99% male, by my rough estimates.
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Hmm, I did not know that. Although I never been to Japan (but I do want to go someday, hopefully very soon), I was under the impression that in the Japanese market girl gamers were very common in arcades. At least for certain games. I know this is anecdotal evidence, sort of, but there are lots of Japanese girls playing music games on youtube. Also from the girls I have known, they have mostly liked puzzle games.
When I open up my arcade, I'm just trying to keep the male/female ratio in check and to possibly enter the market of getting gamer girls in the US into the arcades where traditionally it's been a 100% male market (and continues to be for the most part). Is this just an impossible task? I know these days there are a lot of girls that play mmo's and fps games, so the market *is* there, it's just a matter of if it's possible to get them off their couch and into an arcade.