Letters to
the editor • • •
NCMI
'Survival Seminar'
I recently attended the
ational
Coin Ma c hine In titute (N M l)". ur-
vival . cminar" in Orlando. Florida . In
attendance were 20 or o of the large t
rou te operators in the countr . repre-
. en tati ves of most of the major manu-
facturers. and attorneys repre senting
the indu tr y in major court battle s
nat ion wide. (Play Met er. ept. I. p. I) .
I in ited were repre en tative of
the tobacco indu try. \ ho are faced
with the . a me hars h laws a nd taxc as
am u ement operator .
obody had the nerve to a y at the
;'\I
I why the to bacc o indu str y and
the a mu sement game indu . tr arc now
combining to fight taxes and high
li ce n ·ing fees. I . cc nothing wrong with
the two groups getting toge ther and
helping eac h other. but to do it pub-
licly would see m not in the best interc t
of our indu try.
Wa it the urgeon general who
brought the two gro up together? The
ge nera l public ha alread y accepted
with open a rm th e high ta es impo ed
on cigarettes . o combine the two
ind u. tries is j ust to in itc further
nationwide acceptance of tate and
local games ' receipt taxes. We all
admit that cigarette a re "bad for our
hea lth." but do we accept that video
ga me are al o bad for our health?
If thi i. the ca e. then amu. ement
game . will go back to being pia ed in
m ked filled room a the y were yea rs
ago .
side from the fact ' pre se nted
s howing tha t mo t operator and ga me
manufacturers are hurting financially.
I wa imprc sed to see that the large
trcct o pera tors are. indeed , "sur-
\'ivor ." Most have been in the ga me
PLAY MffiP.. October 15. 1983
bu ines for 30 ears or more . The y
kno
how to operate a ariety of
equipment : in fact. orne never got
hea ily in ol ed in operating ideo
game.
The majorit y of operator felt that
ideo . a we know it. i dead . It ' time
to go back to basics: pool table .
shufneallc y .non- ideogame .and of
course. new technolog y game such a
Ia er disc .. With tougher law . high
licen ing fee . and lower a erage
weekly collection per game. it will
take both a mart and tough operator
to run a profitable route in the future.
or the Ia t two yea r . manufac-
ture rs ha e geared video game to the
teenage r a nd co mpletel y forgot the
adult market. Toda y i the time to go
after that adult market. those people
who have mone y to pend . dults. in
general. don't appreciate complica ted
games . It can be argued that adult
pla y video games, but ou'd ha ve to
agree that the percentage i fairl y low .
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