The gaming industry is aroung 6 billion dollors and its growing anually.
i am not a game developer nor a software professional , but a game enthusiast.
the gaming industry in the world is a gr8 oppurtunity and also has a lotta money. i want to get new ideas on how to start a gaming business , like having game centres in cities , organizing competetion ., and finding the best gamer.

I would like suggestions on what are the requirements to start a gaming centre , jus like internet parlours,

regards
mabhishekjhawar

Do you mean card games like Magic the Gathering or multi-player computer games?
If you mean card games, you should check out the game stores in your area and see if they already have game parties. If so, you could ask about what would go into hosting another one. If not, they might be able to help you find out if it is something that might be worthwhile with how many gamers are in the area.
If you're talking about computer games, check Google to see if there are already LAN parties in your area and attend one of them. If there aren't any, check online multiplayer forums and see if there are a lot of gamers in your area. If so you might be able to set up a LAN party with them.

If there are not a lot of gamers in your area, you'll probably be limited to online game parties.

Good luck.

hi, I want to start a MMORPG and have found a open source MMORPG engine called Elysium in one of the forum posts. However, I would like suggestions on popular open source MMORPG engines to be used and how to set up and run a site on MMORPG.

Hi robozozzens,
i am not talking about these , but similar to these .,
i want to know how to start a gaming centers where people can come and play games , like counterstrike, warcraft, and lot of other games. also what is the requirement for all these., currently the gaming industry is booming in india, and children for schools, colleges hangout in gaming par;lours to play games.
i have thought of this concept , but the ideas is appreciated.
i need to know what is the best location to have such gaming parlours and also requirements and marketing strategy,

So you mean you want to make like an arcade, but for online games?

If you want something like that, pretty much all you have to do is have an area with computers with the games you're offering installed on them. You should get pretty fast ones, so if any new games come out that you would want to offer, and their requirements are really high, you won't have to buy all new computers or anything.

For WoW and games like that, it would be difficult to figure out how to charge, because people have to have accounts for that, and some of them make you pay monthly. You could either make their accounts free and charge them by the hour they play, or you could just make them pay a little more for the account, so you still make some profit. I don't think it's really smart to make them get free accounts, though, because if they just go and play at your center for an hour, and they leave, they would be able to install the game at home, and you would end up paying for their account from then on.

The hardest part would be getting the equipment to start up and figuring out a good system for how to charge them.

For a place to start it up, it depends on where you live. That's probably going to be one of the hardest decisions.

Good luck, though!

Wow, with you guys asking what sort of gaming genre mabhishekjhawar is heading about goes to show that he hasn't made his stand clear right at the start in the first post, so can i request you, mabhishekjhawar , to do some edit and make it abit clearer? Thanks.

By the way, the gaming industry is indeed growing, however, it is very risky to invest as you'd never know, the governments are overly concerned about health policies where one would strain his or her eyes glaring or staringat the screen over hours, and even forgoing sleep. Secondly, people would be reluctant to excercise often just to keep more time to 'level' in games or 'train to be pro'.

If it's about card games, arcades, i would refer them as yet another in-door recreational activity where no sweat glands are produce, except for some games lol. Maybe DDR=Dance Dance Revolution?

Well, just my 2-cents worth.

if you guys are so serious bout involving in gaming business i suggest take a visit at gamedev.net . it's not only bout developing a game but it shows the current events/upcoming events and you will find that their articles are helpful.

I personally think this isn't a very lucrative way to make money. If people play WoW, they usually play for many hours at a time, and with the amount of money you would have to charge them, they wouldn't go to you. You need at least a certain amount of money to keep the place open, and to buy the equipment, bills etc... and I dont think you would get enough to stay afloat.

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