A Question About Gaming Cafes

[leathel]

Ok me and some friends are going to be opening a lan gaming cafe next year and wanted to get a rough idea of what kind of games people would like toplay when they went to a lan cafe with a bunch of friends/by themselves we already know to get the very popular lan games from a steam package but was wondering what else people would play.

The types of genre will probably be fps and mmorpg but we will have a console section to for sports and other console games (especially the wii)

O and also if there is a lan gaming cafe near you do you use it and how much is it per hour?

Cause in the UK we dont have many lol which was our main idea for opening a lan cafe and i havent been to many myself.

Any suggestions and games given will be very appreciated

[GrandHustle]

Counter Strike would be a nice choice, just because of this...

Some Chinese (I think this was in China, but not sure), played Counter Strike at an internet/gaming cafe for 16 hours straight. The owners tried kicking him out, and he ended up killing several people.

Though it is rated M, so you might wanna get some more user-age-friendly games. Though the mmorpgs would sort that out, I guess.

[Oisterman]

Get the Halo demo...it has a bunch of free maps, and its crazy good.

Or buy it, thats good too.

[CabooseNation]

Place one near places where teens like to hang out, like a school or shopping mall.

As for price, it's around 2 dollars per half-hour. (Don't know what that would be in UK currency.)


If you do open up, I wish you the best of luck. The internet-cafe business is very location oriented.

[firesnowball]

I was in a airport and it was $10/hour, So mabey arround $5/hour?

[Deimos]

Counter Strike would be a nice choice, just because of this...

Some Chinese (I think this was in China, but not sure), played Counter Strike at an internet/gaming cafe for 16 hours straight. The owners tried kicking him out, and he ended up killing several people.

Though it is rated M, so you might wanna get some more user-age-friendly games. Though the mmorpgs would sort that out, I guess.

what the hell? source on that story please.

[hksmrchan]

Ok, if your opening a pc cafe, id put these games in

games:
CS:S
CS:1.6
Maplestory <--this will attract alot of customers, because of maplestorys huge community, put a big sign in your window ;p
WoW
FFXI
WC3
Starcraft 2
Guild wars

programs:
AIM
YIM
MSN
Vent/teamspeak
Internet explorer lol

the internet cafe near me charges umm.. i think 2 or 3 dollars a hour, but cheap if you buy more hours at once, like..
1 hour: 3$
2 hours: 5$
etc... and dont forget drinks..and food?

[leathel]

wow thanks for all the great replys guyz i knew if i posted here id get a good response o and about the investment im not to sure how much we have in total since we are getting a loan next year plus each parents are investing 10k+ pounds into it so im sure we will have enough

we have a great location but still looking for a better one since its a round the corner type place and we want in on a main street where loads of people walk past

And about the computer specs thats the only thing that is confusing for me but my dads a computer engineer so as long as i know what parts i need for each comp i could probs get the cheap ill probably pm you to ask a good build if i lose this thread

[xXDeathzJrXx]

GET ALL GAMES.... I MEAN ALL.

I use to go to gaming cafes a lot in china with my uncle and his friends, this is how it works.

Go in and get a CARD with special PW( They ask you how old you are etc etc..)
Get a computer log in(All moded doesn't even have a XP login screen)
Find the game you want to play and install it( There is a folder with 100 game exe in it, and you don't need to restart the computer after installing the game for some reason o0)
Wait for the game to patch(takes about 5mins top.)
Play the game
When you are done go to the main desk and give the card, they will find how much time you spend base on it, pay up and then leave. It cost like 4$ an hour? very cheap. They also delete all the game on the computer after you are done.