Should Polyphony Digital make an arcade game?

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While watching people play the out-dated, poor looking, and phony racing arcade games at a pizza parlor, I thought "What if PD made a Gran Turismo Arcade game?" Realistically, they would have only around 5 tracks and 15 cars or so, but would have the same graphics and physics as the PS3 game we all know and love.

Which tracks do you think would be best fitting for such an arcade game? Which cars? The most important question however would be: How much would you be willing to pay for a 3-5 lap race on a normal track? (not a long track like the ring) I would probably pay $0.50 a race a few times. $1 and I would complain and probably only race once with a few friends if at all.

So what do we think? Good idea? Bad idea?
 
Not worth it if you don't have friends to race with. It would be better if it's similar to the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Series, with customization and upgrades.
 
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While watching people play the out-dated, poor looking, and phony racing arcade games at a pizza parlor, I thought "What if PD made a Gran Turismo Arcade game?" Realistically, they would have only around 5 tracks and 15 cars or so, but would have the same graphics and physics as the PS3 game we all know and love.

Which tracks do you think would be best fitting for such an arcade game? Which cars? The most important question however would be: How much would you be willing to pay for a 3-5 lap race on a normal track? (not a long track like the ring) I would probably pay $0.50 a race a few times. $1 and I would complain and probably only race once with a few friends if at all.

So what do we think? Good idea? Bad idea?
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I was actually talking about this at release. My local game shop has a small arcade with a classic nascar 4p set up. While picking up GT, i had a quick chat to him and asked why something like this wouldn't be possible. He replied "It's possible, but the demand for this kind of thing just isn't enough to justify the cost of two PS3's, two wheels, two copies of GT5 and the price of power & internet." I continued to think about it all the 40km drive home and while it isn't justifiable in a town of 2000 (like mine) it really could work in the city.

OK, so now you've got me really thinking about it. I decided to work out exactly how much it would cost an enthusiast to set up something like this, assuming he was buying everything brand new...
PS3 $400
GT5 $57
G27 $465
TV $235

Total= $1157 x 2
=$2314

Plus the power, wheelstands and internet, this really is a bit far out of my local game mans reach... but i persist, this isn't that expensive for an inner city arcade!
 
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I swear I was watching it with my sister, but if I remember correctly there was a Gran Turismo arcade type stand in the movie "Birthday Girl" with Nicole Kidman.
 
They do.. well I do anyways.. I still play MT3 from time to time.. :)

Regarding this idea, I honestly was thinking this exact thought last friday when I went to the arcade with my friend x)
Realistically, the price would have to be the same old $1/1play and when someone challenges you and you win, then you get to continue to play until either you finish racing against the computer or when someone challenges you..
 
Many years ago I was at Jillian's in Nashville, TN (Jillian's is a bar/arcade chain) and the had 8 PS2s linked together, each with it's own wheel, cockpit and big screen TV running GT3. It was a really cool setup and was a blast to race against my friends when I was there. I think it was $1.00 per race.
 
At Mercedes World they had a kind of arcade set up there, you could only race the SLS on the Nurburgring, though this was before GT5 came out. The set up was in a kind of pod thing with a HD TV, Steering Wheel & pedals and a race seat, and there were a few of these pod things next to each other. I think you can actually buy them from Sony?
 
I think it's a really good idea, might earn PD a few more dollars too.


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I don't think enough people use arcades (at least in the US) to justify the cost of producing machines. They're a pretty expensive venture from what I've seen.
 
Arcade games? What are those?

In all seriousness, yeah...I don't think it would be the smartest idea, in terms of being a sound financial investment. They just don't have the popularity as they did 10 years ago, what with the latest and greatest consoles and games being relatively inexpensive nowadays.

Although, part of me does want to have access to a good racing game when I happen to be stuck waiting at a movie theatre or pizza parlour or something...then again, people are usually playing games or texting on their cellphones, etc. to kill that time.
 
MrDinosaw94
Plus the power, wheelstands and internet, this really is a bit far out of my local game mans reach... but i persist, this isn't that expensive for an inner city arcade!
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could I just ask why internet would be needed?
Surely if two playstations are going to be used vs each other, they could just do this via LAN party?
 
Should Polyphony Digital make an arcade game?

Nobody is going to play an arcade game where the AI opponents get left behind after the first corner, and all you are doing is driving around by yourself.
 
british-sniper9
could I just ask why internet would be needed?
Surely if two playstations are going to be used vs each other, they could just do this via LAN party?
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Why do you need two PS3's? Surely there is a way to split the split screen output between two screens.
 
Should Polyphony Digital make an arcade game?
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Of course not, the market is crowded with arcade games. There are 10 times more arcade racing games out there than serious racing games....no need to have another one.
 
And by the time PD got it to market, no-one would be playing video games at all...

We'll either have direct mind to mind gaming, or be sitting in a post-apocalyptic world with no electricity :sly:
 
For a second there, I thought you were talking about unrealistic style games because their first game was just that and sucessful and they never went back.
 
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And by the time PD got it to market, no-one would be playing video games at all...

We'll either have direct mind to mind gaming, or be sitting in a post-apocalyptic world with no electricity :sly:
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+1 :lol:

Seriously - NO.

PD needs to spend time working on addressing all the issues in the incomplete "The Real PS3 Crashing Simulator" before they design something for an arcade environment.

Peace...
 

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