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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2696724" data-attributes="member: 99">There is a place at the local mall like this.  It looks like it is about half PC's and half X-Boxes.  I don't know how successful it is though.  Every time I walk by I've seen only two or three people in there.  Then again, I mostly walk by during school hours.That could be your major stumbling block.  The set you're probably going to cater to most is the kids from 8-17 and they'll be in school for most of the day.  And the younger half of that range will certainly have to be home at a "reasonable hour" so you're looking at a narrow window of time between about 3:00 and 7:00 PM during which you have to generate the lion's share of your income.The other problem that I could see is that you'd likely want to be located in a mall to maximize foot traffic and the "drop off factor" (moms who want to ditch their hyper little boys while they get some shopping done).  Mall rent can be high and they also close by 10:00 in most places.  That further limits your evening hours for the High School/College/Young Adult night-owl crowd.Then again, many of these same arguments could be made about Game Stores and some of them seem to do ok.  But I've also heard a lot of stories about razor thing profit margins in that business too.</blockquote>