Street Fighter IV Arcade Machine in Europe.

[mjordan79]

Hi all!
I'm wondering when (and if) the Street Fighter IV arcade machine will be available here in Europe. I live in Italy and here the arcade scene seems to be pretty dead. We have arcades but the majority of them have really old games (still running their businesses on Street Fighter II, Puzzle Bobble and The House of the Dead) .... So my question is: will the SFIV arcade machine be available in Europe anytime soon? Any chance for Italy distribution?

There are two main reasons the arcade market is not alive anymore, here:
1) Home distribution: everyone own an home console to play games.
2) Expensive prices for arcade machines: "Insert 2 coins to play" is a business that doesn't work anymore here. No one is going to pay "2 coins" (read 1€) to play a game for 1 time.

[E]

At least you have Street Fighter II... Here in UK, Fighting games in Arcades are pretty rare as they are usually racing or light guns otherwise non screen games like Air Hockey.

Problem is that, not many people are interested enough in the Arcade Machines and also, think how much it costs to keep the machines running for a day?

[Darkof]

At least you have Street Fighter II... Here in UK, Fighting games in Arcades are pretty rare as they are usually racing or light guns otherwise non screen games like Air Hockey.

Problem is that, not many people are interested enough in the Arcade Machines and also, think how much it costs to keep the machines running for a day?

Where the song goes: "video kill the radiostar", videogame killed the arcade.