How viable is this idea?anyone with experience or knows an existing one?

I have seen this in Kampala,but not as a stand alone revenue thing,but as a value add in an upmarket hair salon i.e. while women get their hair done,the kids can play games. Or while Mzee has his gnarly toenails pedicured,the kids play games for a small feel. What you can do is talk to various venues where they feature the regular run of the mill kids entertainment (bouncing castles,swings,etc) esp on weekends,and tell them you will take your equipment there free but you need to share revenues on use (so while parents suck away at beer,kids can pay 20-50 to play such games)...then all you need do is setup up gaming centres at such places,run them yourself,share revenue with the host (since they will not charge you rent,but you help them offer something entertaining,which in turn attracts customers).


There. FREE advice.....

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

I am diving into it blindly.... I have sent in a few PS2s + games from UK... premises is available.

now all I need is the cheap tv screens (@seeker* talk to me)...

Not sure if it will work,but its worth a try.

I will also have several PS2 consoles,controllers and games to sell.....

eg 1 console + 2 controllers = 7500/-

@giddy,was abt to start the same thing sm place.wud really appreciate if we cud share infor on it.@seeker,pliz send me the details on how to get the items at juligachengoatgmaildotcom.have done the research and find it to be very lucrative.theres is one at donholm....i hear.

@JkMwatha,

How can i get the consoles.Give me details at <sentiltd@gmail.com>

@Seeker,Hebu kindly avail the same info at bravguy atgmail dot com.

Usichoke kutafuta salary

And while at it,would you please make a point of investing some social responsibility in it because there are loads of such Cafes in the West that have turned the youth into nothing but Zombies. Some of them expose under-age kids to violent games and this has evidently corrupted them immensely.
Remember what goes round comes round. Money making at the expense of our future generation is not morally right.

@seeker

Very good info and am interested.Am reachable at <sentiltd@gmail.com>.Would you know how to manage revenue collection.Since most of the time the owner will not be at the premises,is there a solution like that of cyber cafes for monitoring and logging time to avoid your employee from conning you of the revenue collected?

@ Giddy,

Most cybercafe softwares have a gaming module that work with PS2,since PS2 have an RJ-45 slot (like the one on computers/laptops for networking). You will need to have a network setup though and can make the game pre-paid so that the customer pays before playing. You can then remote log in and access the collections file as the administrator from another location.

@ispoa,would you be having the software so as to enable prepaid collection of revenue.kindly,share the infor on how to do it still.thanks