Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Movie Theaters Realizing They Don't Need To Just Show Movies; Experiment With Video Games As Well
Techdirt.: "Every time we hear movie theater owners complaining about how they can't compete with DVDs these days, we wonder why they don't recognize the advantages of having a big room with a giant screen, a good sound system and lots of (hopefully) comfy seats."
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Finally. I can't believe it's taken this long for movie theaters to pick up on this. I know a few near my house that have tournaments for certain games, but since they were locally owned, it wasn't much of a problem for them to do it. I'm surprised that it took corporate theaters this long as well though seeing as I'm sure they were rented out for local tournaments...
Absoluetly. At my high school we used to hold huge fundraisers to come to our theater and play xbox where each of the 4 screens was still twice any TV at home. I think that there is certainly a HUGE market in this type of thing. there are always people who will want to just sit and watch. They rent out theaters to watch movies, why not for parties? It wouldn't cost much and isn't difficult to hook up either.
That definitely sounds like something that audiences or game players would definitely enjoy - as well as being something else to make money. Businesses are always looking for more interesting ways to make money and gain customers or audience members, and video games in movie theaters is definitely an exciting option. The only thing I wonder about is efficiency of space. I mean - you can't fill one theater with people and have them all participating. Only a few people could play at a time - as few as even one. But it's definitely an interesting idea nonetheless!
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