Live from CES 2019 - Arcade1up Booth - New Cabinets!!

RetroRalph·video·6m 47s·analyzed·Jan 9, 2019

Analysis

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TL;DR

Arcade1Up expands product line at CES 2019 with tabletop, wall-mounted, and mini countercade formats.

Summary

Retro Ralph reviews video footage from Arcade1Up's CES 2019 booth, showcasing new product categories including tabletop arcades, wall-mounted arcades (wall cades), and countercades alongside existing cabinet lines. Ralph expresses enthusiasm for the product diversity and form factors designed to appeal to different space constraints, though notes some minor design disappointments like the lack of LED marquees on tabletop units.

Key Claims

Arcade1Up is releasing tabletop arcade products at CES 2019
high confidence · Ralph directly observes footage showing tabletop arcade products on display at the CES booth
Arcade1Up is releasing countercades (mini cabinet versions) as a new product category
high confidence · Ralph clearly identifies and discusses countercades as a new Arcade1Up product shown at CES
Arcade1Up is releasing wall-mounted arcade products (wall cades)
high confidence · Ralph observes wall-mounted arcade products at the CES booth and discusses their features
The tabletop arcades lack LED-lit marquees, which Ralph sees as a missed design opportunity
high confidence · Ralph explicitly states: 'The other thing that is missing from these is there is no lit up marquee, so it's kind of a disappointment because you could easily put an LED strip and light that thing up'
Arcade1Up showed a Golden Tee cabinet with a lit-up marquee at CES
high confidence · Ralph observes: 'There's a golden tea cabinet right there which was part of the announcement with a what looks like a lit up marquee'
Arcade1Up's Mortal Kombat cabinet will include Ultimate Mortal Kombat
high confidence · Ralph states: 'The Mortal Kombat system looks awesome. I love that it's going to have Ultimate Mortal Kombat on it'
Ralph previously owned a similar tabletop arcade unit purchased from China
high confidence · Ralph says: 'I actually own one of these that I bought from China. It's not this exactly, but I have a box like that'

Notable Quotes

“I was a little underwhelmed with the initial announcement, but it looks like, you know, if you really take a look at their booth, they're really pulling out all the stops.”
Retro Ralph@ 2:52 — Indicates Ralph's sentiment shifted positively upon seeing the full CES booth display compared to initial product announcements
“These are super cool to me. They look really neat, like mini versions. Like if you cut the top half off of an Arcade1Up and shrunk it, that's what it looks like.”
Retro Ralph@ 5:14 — Ralph's description of the countercade form factor and his enthusiasm for the product design
“I'm going to have to go with these. So I don't know. These are super cool to me... I can't fit any more Arcade1Up cabinets.”
Retro Ralph@ 5:10 — Ralph humorously indicates the countercades address space constraint concerns that have limited his own collection expansion
“I think they've really kind of captured every element that you could so far. Maybe they just need to add a couple more games to the portfolio, but as far as the product and the form factor, I think they're doing a really good job.”
Retro Ralph@ 5:54 — Ralph's overall assessment praising Arcade1Up's market segmentation strategy across product form factors

Entities

Retro RalphpersonTroy TanakapersonArcade1UpcompanyCES 2019eventGolden TeegameFinal FightgameMortal Kombatgame Street FightergameKarate Champgame

Signals

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market_signal: New countercade and wall-mounted formats positioned to capture price-sensitive and space-constrained market segments currently underserved by full-size cabinet offerings
medium · Ralph suggests these products will sell well to customers with space constraints and predicts strong market adoption
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announcement: Arcade1Up officially unveiled three new product categories at CES 2019: countercades (mini cabinets), tabletop arcades, and wall-mounted arcade products (wall cades)
high · Ralph observes all three product types on display at the CES booth with commentary on their design and market positioning
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product_strategy: Arcade1Up is implementing market segmentation strategy with multiple form factors designed to address different consumer space constraints and living situations
high · Ralph states: 'they're going to have products for anyone, someone that lives in an apartment, someone lives in a house, someone that maybe has space constraints, or someone that maybe has lots of space'
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product_strategy: Tabletop arcade products lack LED-lit marquee feature that could be easily added; may be addressed in production release
medium · Ralph notes: 'The other thing that is missing from these is there is no lit up marquee... but again, these aren't the official releases, so maybe they'll decide to do that on the production release'

Topics

Arcade1Up product expansion and new form factorsprimaryCountercades (mini cabinet format)primaryTabletop arcade productsprimaryWall-mounted arcade products (wall cades)primaryCES 2019 arcade industry announcementsprimaryLED lighting design on arcade cabinetssecondarySpace-constrained arcade solutionssecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.78)— Ralph shows enthusiasm for the product diversity and form factors, particularly the countercades and wall cades. Initial skepticism about the announcement is overcome by seeing the full booth presentation. Minor criticisms (lack of LED marquees on tabletop units, Street Fighter cocktail table appeal) do not significantly diminish overall positive sentiment toward Arcade1Up's strategy and product quality.

Transcript

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Hey guys, Retro Ralph here. Thanks for joining. So I'm actually traveling for work. I'm in a hotel room in Denver, Colorado right now. And Facebook user Troy Tanaka sent out a video from CES. So I wanted to show you guys what was live at the show. Because Arcade One definitely released a bunch of really cool products. Some products that I think could be even more popular than the ones that they've already released. So anyways, sit back, relax, and let's go live to CES. Okay, so here we are, guys. Facebook user Troy Tanaka really knocked it out of the park for us. He went on the floor at CES. He's there live. And oh my gosh, guys, look at all this goodness. there's a golden tea cabinet right there which was part of the announcement with a what looks like a lit up marquee um i couldn't be more excited this looks like the whole booth set up um it looks like arcade one-up really tried to go strong wish i could have one of those twizzlers by the way i don't know if it's a red vine some people debate those back and forth but whatever it's not we're talking about today those um but it looks like they had a really good presence at the show covering all of their bases, showing some of their older cabinets, the wave one and the wave two cabinets. Excuse me. And it just looks like they went all out. So if you look to the left there you can really see it It out of the frame now but the final fight is right over there It looks great I think that going to be a pretty popular cabinet for those guys I can tell from the video but it looks like someone has the protective coating still on the overlay which would be really embarrassing So I'm hoping that maybe that's just the lighting in the video, and I'm not seeing that correctly. Scattered across the floor were these really cool stools, too, which I don't know if those are going to be for sale at some point. The Mortal Kombat system looks awesome. I love that it's going to have Ultimate Mortal Kombat on it. The other really neat thing that I thought was just kind of just off the charts and I wasn't expecting it was the tabletop arcades and the wall-mounted arcades. I think those both look really cool. And they had this part of the show. They were showcasing some other type of products they're going to be selling at some point. I'm not sure what markets they're going to sell those. Looks like the lights are there, which we've all seen before. But, you know, Tastemakers being a toy company, they're going to probably go in all aspects of the market and have all sorts of goodies for us. So I just couldn't be more excited with what we're seeing here right now. And I was a little underwhelmed with the initial announcement, but it looks like, you know, if you really take a look at their booth, they're really pulling out all the stops. So I'm really, really excited about everything that's going on. so I'm gonna let this video play out a bit here as a Facebook user Troy Tanaka's Which thank you so much for sending this video over. I think it was awesome that you did this there You can see one of the cocktail tables I don know that I a big fan of Street Fighter as a cocktail table though so hopefully that the next couple days we hear something else around that I don really think that that cool to me but maybe you guys like it so I love to hear your comments on that I don't know, I'm just not really cabinet. But I do like those bar stools. Those bar stools look really cool. I will definitely gladly buy one of those if they put those up for sale. as we pan around here you can see the box that they come in it looks like they're flat packed just like everything else so i don't know if that's a mock-up or if that's what we're gonna officially see there's the karate champ box which looks pretty cool even though i'm not the biggest fan of that game kind of felt like that game hasn't necessarily stood the test of time i know others might agree disagree but this is my favorite part of these things these um tabletop arcades look so cool. I actually own one of these that I bought from China. It's not this exactly, but I have a box like that, and this thing looks slick. It looks way nicer, although the one thing that is missing from these is there is no lit up marquee, so it's kind of a disappointment because you could easily put an LED strip and light that thing up, but anyways, well, that's neither here nor there. Guess they decided not to do that, but again, these aren't the official releases, so maybe they'll decide to do that on the production release, but anyways, Troy, thanks so much for doing this. I'm going to show a couple more pictures and a little bit more video clips, but this thing looks awesome. So the other product I'm really excited about are these countercades, or at least that's what they're calling them. These are awesome. I'm actually quite afraid that I'm not married at the moment, but I don't know how my girlfriend's going to be able to move in with me because basically my whole house is going to be filled with these So I need to kind of at least be a little bit aware of myself and maybe I need to make some space but I can fit any more arcade one-up cabinets. So I'm going to have to go with these. So I don't know. These are super cool to me. They look really neat, like mini versions. Like if you cut the top half off of an arcade one-up and shrunk it, that's what it looks like. So I just, I love these. I am going to be very interested to take one of these apart and see what kind of parts they're using. Like if they're using the same speaker and controls and stuff like that. Anyways, they look really nice. I can see they're probably going to sell a lot of these, especially for people that have space constraints. The other interesting product are these wall cades. These things are freaking cool. So I've seen these before, but I love, I'm sure the price points of these probably going to be pretty good. So again, they've come out with some really cool products. I think they've really kind of captured every element that you could so far. Maybe they just need to add a couple more games to the portfolio, but as far as the product and the form factor, I think they're doing a really good job because they're going to have products for anyone, someone that lives in an apartment, someone lives in a house, someone that maybe has space constraints, or someone that maybe has lots of space. So I'm really excited about these. I was less excited about the initial announcement, but this stuff's really cool. So I'd love to get your guys' opinion on this. So please leave a comment below. If this video was useful, please like it, please subscribe to the channel. And as always, thanks for joining guys. And we'll see you on the next one.