July 18, 2008 at 10:54Friday evening - people want to relax, but I'm tired of everything: I want to help (NOT an online startup)
So ...
Today is Friday. What are you going to do after work? I asked myself this question a few months ago and realized that I could not find a suitable answer ... And the options were as follows:
And now, it would seem, there are so many alternatives, so many possibilities ... But not that: some options turned out to be boring, many required great efforts ... There was, as always, a bar, a bowling alley and a summer house (because you want to relax with friends). Naturally, no one had ordered a bar and bowling in advance, and this ball is already sitting in the liver ... And I’ll go to the country for 4 hours by traffic jams, and they promised rains ... At the moment I realized that I had money, time and desire, but there is no normal way of spending time, I was visited, in my opinion, by a rather worthy idea:
The idea, as you could already understand, was to satisfy people's needs for leisure (recreation, fun, entertainment - whatever). To date, almost everyone has heard of the Nintendo Wii. The meaning of my project is the commercial use of this console. Those. people come and play it, like bowling or billiards ... At the same time, you can play active (read - sports) games - tannis, boxes, etc .; classic games of machines - shooting galleries, races, fishing ..; long non-stressful ones - chess, cards, etc. ... You can play everything in a big company, but for “freaks” there are Zeldy and other RPGs ...
As a result, we get an almost universal product (service) that does not lend itself to seasonality ... Especially in Moscow today it’s unrealistic to get into a “clean” establishment from Thursday to Monday ... And the placement is planned in Moscow - priority in the center, but something like Sokolnikov or Frunzenskaya is possible.
A few technical points:It is planned to install 7 boxes 3 * 4 meters, fully equipped for the game (projector, console, acoustics). Minor services are pretty standard: free Wi-Fi (all consoles are also connected to the Internet for the possibility of online games and Internet surfing), a bar, a restaurant.
Copyright and licensing. I don’t want to describe the whole procedure and processes of interaction with copyright holders, but this issue has been resolved.
Nintendo can be bought for 10,000 rubles and played at home.Yes, but you can also buy a movie for 150r and watch it at home, but movie theaters are clogged ... And plus, in 70% of games it makes sense to play in a team game or compete with friends, but you don’t always want to call friends home and there is an opportunity. The third point - the games are in stores for 2000r, but here you can play any game with all the amenities and related accessories. The fee is taken for 1 hour of the game. Price varies depending on the day of the week and time of day.
You can develop this business indefinitely - from opening a representative office in various cities of the Russian Federation to creating an international network of entertainment centers. As for the moral and technical obsolescence of consoles and applications, here developers and developers come up with everything for us - new ideas and subproducts come themselves.
Who am I waiting for:
young parents with children from 3 to 9 years old (days off 10-16 hours);
students and schoolchildren aged 12-21 (weekdays 10-18 hours);
active working people aged 20-35 years (weekdays 18-22 hours);
companies of friends and acquaintances of any age (weekend 18-02 hours)
competitors and fans of Nintendo games (days of events);
legal entities (corporate events);
What I expect at the exit:
People will get the opportunity to experience a new kind of entertainment; the gaming industry will receive a venue for championships and presentations; I will get a financial result.
Would you come to such an institution? Are you ready to pay (the price per person will be about 100-200 rubles per hour, the prices for food and drink are standard Moscow) for such a vacation? What can you say about the idea as a whole, dear Habrosociety?
Update: since if there are any misunderstandings, I’ll clarify - “the price per person will be about 100-200 rubles per hour” takes into account the average number of 3-4 people (a standard group of friends) in one “box”. “Boxing” is designed for a maximum of 8-10 people.
PS This is my first habratopik, please treat with understanding.
PS I thought for a long time whether to include the topic in Startups or in Games ...
Today is Friday. What are you going to do after work? I asked myself this question a few months ago and realized that I could not find a suitable answer ... And the options were as follows:
- go to the country
- go to parents
- do household chores
- go to the bar
- go to the cinema
- go bowling (billiards, curling, etc.)
- play computer (prefix)
- invite friends
- read a book
- to sleep
And now, it would seem, there are so many alternatives, so many possibilities ... But not that: some options turned out to be boring, many required great efforts ... There was, as always, a bar, a bowling alley and a summer house (because you want to relax with friends). Naturally, no one had ordered a bar and bowling in advance, and this ball is already sitting in the liver ... And I’ll go to the country for 4 hours by traffic jams, and they promised rains ... At the moment I realized that I had money, time and desire, but there is no normal way of spending time, I was visited, in my opinion, by a rather worthy idea:
The idea, as you could already understand, was to satisfy people's needs for leisure (recreation, fun, entertainment - whatever). To date, almost everyone has heard of the Nintendo Wii. The meaning of my project is the commercial use of this console. Those. people come and play it, like bowling or billiards ... At the same time, you can play active (read - sports) games - tannis, boxes, etc .; classic games of machines - shooting galleries, races, fishing ..; long non-stressful ones - chess, cards, etc. ... You can play everything in a big company, but for “freaks” there are Zeldy and other RPGs ...
As a result, we get an almost universal product (service) that does not lend itself to seasonality ... Especially in Moscow today it’s unrealistic to get into a “clean” establishment from Thursday to Monday ... And the placement is planned in Moscow - priority in the center, but something like Sokolnikov or Frunzenskaya is possible.
A few technical points:It is planned to install 7 boxes 3 * 4 meters, fully equipped for the game (projector, console, acoustics). Minor services are pretty standard: free Wi-Fi (all consoles are also connected to the Internet for the possibility of online games and Internet surfing), a bar, a restaurant.
Copyright and licensing. I don’t want to describe the whole procedure and processes of interaction with copyright holders, but this issue has been resolved.
Nintendo can be bought for 10,000 rubles and played at home.Yes, but you can also buy a movie for 150r and watch it at home, but movie theaters are clogged ... And plus, in 70% of games it makes sense to play in a team game or compete with friends, but you don’t always want to call friends home and there is an opportunity. The third point - the games are in stores for 2000r, but here you can play any game with all the amenities and related accessories. The fee is taken for 1 hour of the game. Price varies depending on the day of the week and time of day.
You can develop this business indefinitely - from opening a representative office in various cities of the Russian Federation to creating an international network of entertainment centers. As for the moral and technical obsolescence of consoles and applications, here developers and developers come up with everything for us - new ideas and subproducts come themselves.
Who am I waiting for:
young parents with children from 3 to 9 years old (days off 10-16 hours);
students and schoolchildren aged 12-21 (weekdays 10-18 hours);
active working people aged 20-35 years (weekdays 18-22 hours);
companies of friends and acquaintances of any age (weekend 18-02 hours)
competitors and fans of Nintendo games (days of events);
legal entities (corporate events);
What I expect at the exit:
People will get the opportunity to experience a new kind of entertainment; the gaming industry will receive a venue for championships and presentations; I will get a financial result.
Would you come to such an institution? Are you ready to pay (the price per person will be about 100-200 rubles per hour, the prices for food and drink are standard Moscow) for such a vacation? What can you say about the idea as a whole, dear Habrosociety?
Update: since if there are any misunderstandings, I’ll clarify - “the price per person will be about 100-200 rubles per hour” takes into account the average number of 3-4 people (a standard group of friends) in one “box”. “Boxing” is designed for a maximum of 8-10 people.
PS This is my first habratopik, please treat with understanding.
PS I thought for a long time whether to include the topic in Startups or in Games ...