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Grand Theft Auto: Jodhpur: Cool pictures of Indian street gaming
10:06 AM on 11.13.2008, Jim Sterling 18 comments

Grand Theft Auto: Jodhpur: Cool pictures of Indian street gaming photo
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The Destructoid tips line was given a neat little story concerning two bloggers who are currently documenting their adventures in India. The post of interest contains pictures of "street gaming" in Jodhpur, where children pay to play Grand Theft Auto and Tekken in the street. It's quite a cool sight.

According to the story, kids put down two-rupees for a chance to play at this store, something which is obviously popular with this engrossed little crowd. It's not exactly the arcade, but it does the trick, yes?

I wonder what our glorious rating boards would make of kids publicly playing GTA though.  

[Thanks, Dave]


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Drack48 at 11/13/2008 10:13
I just saw Slumdog Millionare last night and this scene looks straight out of it
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Infinite Obscurity at 11/13/2008 10:16
Also, this reminds me of a place I've been to in Spanish harlem. They had various consoles set up with locks on them so that you had to pay like $1 for an hour of gameplay. They had a pretty good selection too, including quite a few import games. I remember playing some of those import DBZ games for PS1 there back in the day.
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unangbangkay at 11/13/2008 10:20
Back in Manila there are places like that in malls, similar to LAN cafes, but with consoles (sometimes in addition to their computers.

I once saw one with 6 360s, 3 were playing Gears, 1 was playing Army of Two, and the other two were playing the RRoD. I asked the proprietor when he planned to get new 360s or fix them, and he said he didn't know, as the warranty doesn't hold overseas, and the consoles themselves had red-ringed only that day. Ouch.
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Primo at 11/13/2008 10:26
@unangbangkay

Which malls in Manila? Or is the majority? I remember seeing some LAN cafes in Manila and even Palawan but that's awesome they have 360s now.
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Spectreman at 11/13/2008 10:26
* This is typical english/white vision. Probably there are plenty of places clean and modern, but what is show in civilized world are the images from poor places.
Like an indian tourist in USA, take picutures from children in the interior of Ohio and telling "this is USA playing GTA".
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unangbangkay at 11/13/2008 10:30
@Primo

They're in the minority, for the most part, most LAN cafes make a lot more money from PC games. The one I'm referring to may already be closed, as I haven't been back to Manila since March.
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KMCC at 11/13/2008 10:42
Spectreman:

I understand what you're saying, it's like the "National Geographic effect", but I still think it's cool to see people playing games on the street like that, no matter where it is occurring.

But yeah, to someone who isn't very aware, yeah, it can give that "poor/exotic other" impression to an entire region. I see your point, but I don't think it was intent here.
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exodus1925 at 11/13/2008 11:04
Awesome. Those kids are so lucky! In a way.
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Terror Player at 11/13/2008 11:15
Corruption of the innocent, who cares?? This is a city where rupees exist!! RUPEES!!!
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Holyetheline at 11/13/2008 11:27
Looks like the kids are being monitored by a mature adult though... haha
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trunxkam45 at 11/13/2008 12:04
Yea SNK emulated consoles are big in India. My cousin from ND was telling me about stuff like that.
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mix at 11/13/2008 13:00
That is pretty neat, like a little arcade!
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Too Much Coffee Man at 11/13/2008 17:03
2 rupees = 4 cents

Cost of PS3 in india = 40,000 rupees ($800 USD)

20,000 play sessions to pay off the PS3.

5 minute play sessions. about 1700 hours before store owner breaks even.

will the PS3 last 1700 hours before dieing?

Seems like it's more of a community charity to the kids than a business. So props to the old guy.
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braulio09 at 11/13/2008 17:32
i doubt it's 2 rupees. probably 50 - 100 from what I've seen.

Also, that kind of renting happens in Mexico, too. 2 Wiis, 2 360s, 2 PS3s, charge 1 buck for every 20 mins of playing. It's actually were I used to do my new-gen gaming before I learned the magic of saving up.
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SyntaxError at 11/13/2008 20:06
@unangbangkay:
Where is this mall you're talking about? I've only seen PS2's in Circuit City(s) all over. Either that, or I don't get out much.
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MotoRobo at 11/13/2008 20:31
Wired had a story a while back about a guy in Africa who hung his cell phone from a wall to turn it into a payphone and used the profit for a tv&Playstation the kids pay to play. Yay trade.
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