That’s what I was thinking might be the case for players, alongside the fun/new factors Jordan mentions. Thanks for the reply!
Comment on What metrics did people evaluate arcade games by when they were popular?
MurrayL@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
For players, the length of play you’d likely get out of a single credit.
For owners, the amount of money a given cabinet could make, on average, per week.
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
Also, units of fun earned while watching other people play.
One nice thing about an arcade is that you can see regular people (not streamers/professionals/actors) interacting with a game, and notice subtleties that aren’t represented in a list of bullet points or a trailer video.