Letters to
the editor • • •
3. Digital Innovators, Inc.
4. Innovative Management
Consultants
5. Micro Computer Sales
6. Validata
Linda P. Stein
Office Manager
Brick Road Inc.
San Diego, California
[Ed . Note : Here are the companies
included in the August 15 story.]
CAME Software Systems, Inc.
5200 Newberry Rd. , Suite P-6
Distributors' future
VVe have been an arcade operator
for a long period. VVe have bee n read-
ing with great interest "Distributors
discuss market , industry's future" and
"Dramatic changes face operators."
(See Play Meter , September I, pp. 41,
44.) VVe have begun to distribute used
videos, parts , and PC boards.
The distributing market has slowed
down in Japan . The reasons why the
business has slowed down?
I. Diversity of market;
2. Manufacturer, distributor, oper-
ator, respectively diminish its
features ;
3 . A. theory that all good things
eventuall y end ; and
4. Recession
But we hope the future of distrib-
utors is not the same . Diversity of
market will proceed more. "Industry
shakeout"- it will cut across all indus-
try lines: operators, distributors, and
manufacturers .
" VVhat kind of changes should we
expect?" The Number One change will
be a shakeout. A.nd the Number Two
will probably be growth. VVhy pro-
bably?· Game copiers have hurt the
industry more in Japan than USA.
Kingo Kurabayashi
Sinsei Industry Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Gainesville , FL 32607
904 / 375-8580
CIO Systems/ Software
12535 Seal Beach Blvd .
Sea l Beach, CA 90740
213 / 493-2478
Digital Innovators, Inc.
463 S. VVashington Ave.
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
20 I I 968-0200
Innovative Management
Consultants
Audio Visual
Amusements
Offering the finest
new and used
equipment
REPRESENTING LEADING FACTORIES
• SALES, PARTS, SERVICE •
ARCADE PLANNING
SPECIALISTS
Every new and used video
in stock at all times
YOU'VE TRIED THE REST,
NOW TRY THE BEST
WE'RE EAGER TO SERVE
Software solutions
I a m inquiring about your article titled
"Software Systems For The Operator"
in the August 15 issue of Play Meter. I
would like to know the addresses
and / or phone numbers of the follow-
ing companies outlined in your article:
I. CAME Software Systems, Inc.
2. CIO Systems / Software
PLAY MITER. December 1. 1982
1809 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
(314) 421-5100
For further information , call Pete Entringer
(collect)
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