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A hashtag for Japanese people who obviously have too much money.
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or they have bad spending habits!
Although who knows, maybe that stuff is cheaper to obtain when youre in Japan
Although who knows, maybe that stuff is cheaper to obtain when youre in Japan
This is the first money flex that actually worked on me.
Forget cars and watches, ya got a shoot-em-up room?
Forget cars and watches, ya got a shoot-em-up room?
Man I hope so. I wonder if anyone has any insight into whether it is cheaper.
Obviously photoshopped, everyone knows Japanese apartments are slightly smaller in size than an arcade cabinet.
I wish it was but it really ain't shits so damn expensive, and with "Anata no Warehouse" closing I'm sure the auctions going for their machines will be through the roof.
Clearly these people are so rich that they just own a vacant apartment building.
i'm not woke on the arcade resell racket (much less the japanese one) but i'd assume most arcade owners want to get most of that off their hands quick for a not so insane price
not that whoever owns that isn't a baller but it is feasible if that's really your thing i guess
not that whoever owns that isn't a baller but it is feasible if that's really your thing i guess
Lived in Japan for years and never met anyone with enough money or a large enough home for that. I'd love to own a few arcade cabs one day. That's beautiful.
Having bought arcade parts from Japan over the past couple of years to put together a small machine that I could never dream of affording to import otherwise, I can absolutely assure you that arcade cabinets are NOT noticeably cheaper to buy and arcade owners are quite happy to hold onto them until they get a good price. Like yeah, you can pick up tatty, yellowed, smoke ruined Astro City shells for not much but anything desirable, in good condition or still classified as "current" will cost you a pretty penny (especially that Darius Burst EX, holy shit I don't want to know how much they paid for that monster).
Definitely cheaper since there is no freight shipping involved.
Urm, those are not the domain of rich people, there are lots of small home arcades in Japan that operate as an out of home biz while the owner has an actual job and the second one again is a paying arcade you can use while having your car fixxed.
You don't have to be rich to say you live in an arcade, come o--
--wait I was joking, you mean these people really DO live in an arcade?
--wait I was joking, you mean these people really DO live in an arcade?
Yes, most have inherited an actual home in a city like Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka or wherever and grew up in the 90s and decided to dedicate the garage or one room to what they loved growing up. Again, most of these people have an actual job and run their mini arcade as a side biz.
Some even hold tournaments dedicated to certain niche games like Twinkle Star Sprites or Fighting Vipers 2.
Example, you all know about the Beat Tribe cup right?
It started out as a Virtua Fighter tournament in a basement called Community Basement Beat Tribe.
The tournament got famous and what started as a personal arcade in a basement still exists but is now called Game Newton Oyama in Tokyo, small crowded and AWESOME.
It started out as a Virtua Fighter tournament in a basement called Community Basement Beat Tribe.
The tournament got famous and what started as a personal arcade in a basement still exists but is now called Game Newton Oyama in Tokyo, small crowded and AWESOME.
That's certainly impressive. How much do those machines sell for anyways?
Buying a life-sized figure of your waifu, and showing off your doll collection is an even bigger flex.
Buying a life-sized figure of your waifu, and showing off your doll collection is an even bigger flex.
It's been a personal dream of mine to own a candy cabinet I can mod out to put in a console, Raspberry Pi, and/or a PC strictly for gaming & emulation inside, with additional output ports so I can either broadcast to a nearby T or set up for streaming.
But I don't have that kind of budget. Or the room, for that matter.
But I don't have that kind of budget. Or the room, for that matter.
Hah. Yeah. Seriously.
I'll settle with getting any Time Crisis arcade cabinet, lmao. :P
I feel like if I was rich, I would do this and then immediately regret when I remember that I don't like arcade games.
