What's a good way to get folks into your hotel? We have no clue, what with being a game blog and all, but it looks like some hotels might have found a good way to get folks in their doors: gaming. We imagine if you have something the people like and want, they'll flock to you. That must be the thinking behind some hotels in the U.S. incorporating some of the most popular games into their repertoire of activities available to patrons. Games such as Wii Sports and Guitar Hero III.
While we can't comment on whether this is a good decision from a business perspective, we can comment that this is a good decision from a customer service perspective. Now top Wii Sports bowlers and fast-fingered freaks in Guitar Hero III need not worry about getting rusty while they're attending that convention in Tuscaloosa.
[Via Joystiq]
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4-01-2008 @ 3:18PM
hvnlysoldr said...
Westin hotels are providing free rental on Wii's not the gouging $120 rentals as once reported.
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4-01-2008 @ 4:12PM
Tim Dempsey said...
We just got of a Norwegian cruise that had a Wii on a two-story high screen. Imagine being on a ship for five days without Wii Sports? http://dempseystudio.blogspot.com/2008/03/cruising-norwegian-pearl-style.html
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4-01-2008 @ 7:13PM
Author X said...
I've been to hotels with Super NES rentals (a weird pay-by-the-hour system where the controller was plugged right into the TV) through-out my childhood. And let me tell you from experience, when traveling with a kid that doesn't have said system at home, it's really hard to get them to accept that you won't be buying an hour or two.
I usually won that argument, actually :)
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4-01-2008 @ 7:22PM
jason said...
I've seen those things, but with N64's instead of a SNES.
4-04-2008 @ 1:51PM
Nate said...
The Pizza Ranch in Owatonna, MN has an upstairs seating portion, half of which is dedicated to gaming, particularly two X-Boxes set up with two-player Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero III.
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