Speaking with UK games site Kikizo this week, Sega AM2 big wig Makoto Osaki has said that the arcade market is dead beyond Japanese shores - the executive lamenting the demise of this once instrumental gaming outlet.

"Let’s not even go into the overseas market… it’s practically dead," Osaki revealed.

"The market there is entirely redemption [prize] machines now. The users in America just don’t go to arcades anymore, because they don’t see why they should invest the effort when they have games at home.

"In Japan, you’ve got arcades near train and bus stations that the vast majority of the people have to pass going to and from work, so they get a lot of traffic."

More in the full interview.

By Luke Guttridge

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