Japan's five-story mega-arcade (!) closes

[VectorX]

Ran across this story the other month in regards to a five-story arcade (!) in Japan (Anata no Warehouse) that closed down recently.

The decor was mostly crap but the rest of it looked pretty killer (again, five STORIES? Daaaamn).

kotaku.com/the-final-days-of-japans-most-incredible-arcade-1839860694

[limitzer0]

Man, there is something about Japanese neon signs that I love... Maybe I watched Akira too many times as a kid.

[wyldephang]

That's terrible to hear. It seems arcade gaming is becoming more niche every year.

[VectorX]

^It's still thriving in Japan though, I think. But yeah, there isn't a whole lot going on there that you can't get with home/portable stuff anyway (except for certain linked games in an arcade physically in one place), especially since some of those games get ported to the arcade as it is (like Crossy Road).