Arcade:
The limitations of arcade machines:
The arcade games are big machines not something that someone will really have in there house unless they are a collector. This is since they take up a lot of room and are really expensive.
People do not go just to arcades anymore they only go to waste time when waiting for something. Since consoles have become much bigger and you are able to play the arcade games on consoles people will not go out to play at the arcade with there friends..
Some young children may not be tall enough to reach. If there is a really small child that wants to play then they may not be able to reach the controls or the pedals on a racing game.
Have to put money in the in order to play. This could put people off …show more content…
Console:
The limitations are that some people's friends try and pressure them into getting different consoles this could be some saying for playstation and some saying for xbox. Also as soon as a new console comes out the games will not long after stop coming out for the old console.
The limitations of a console
People getting pressured to get a certain console. Since some people like playing playstation and some xbox friends will sometimes pressurise them into getting the same console as them so that they can play together online.
The consoles are expensive to buy and one you have bought the console then have to buy the games which are also really expensive and can easily end up costing double the cost of the console when buying multiple games.
If breaks a pain to repair as consoles are not easy to repair and most of the time if they break you need to buy a new console or send it of to someone else to repair and that ends up costing loads.
The features of a console
Can play with friends online which means they do not have to leave there house to play with