I don't know how much interest there is in this kind of information but the various industry trade magazines published yearly operator/industry surveys with a number of statistics on the coin-op industry.
I was recently reviewing the surveys from Play Meter and thought I'd publish some of the stats I found most interesting. Play Meter published its first survey in 1976.
First up - average weekly earnings per machine by machine type:
A few other categories that weren't reported regularly:
Ball Bowlers: 1976-$25
Video Phonographs: 1984-$176
Laser Disc Video games: 1984-$120
Bar Roll-Up Games: 1984-$98
Electronic Dart Games: 1984-$55, 1985-$57, 1986-$44
Kiddie Rides: 1982-$37, 1984-$50, 1985-$21, 1986-$33
Total Machines On Location
Video Games
1980: 540,000
1981: 780,000
1982: 1,375,000
1983: 1,491,359
1984: 1,095,361
Total Coin-Op Machines (includes coin-op games, kiddie rides, and jukeboxes)
1982: 1,793,000
1983: 1,876,389
1984: 1,652,324
1985: 1,500,741
1986: 1,450000
Total Coin-Op Industry Dollar Volume (in billions)
1980: 7.15
1981: 8.2
1982: 8.9
1983: 6.4
1984: 4.5
1985: 4.5
1986: 4.0
Operators' Preferred Video Game Manufacturer
1977: Atari (59%), Bally/Midway (31%), Other (10%)
1978: Atari (69%), Bally/Midway (27%), Exidy (1%), Other (3%)
1979: Bally/Midway (49%), Atari (47%), Other (4%)
1980: Atari (54%), Bally/Midway (43%), Other (3%)
Arcade Video Game Market Share
1981: Atari (30%), Bally/Midway (26%), Williams (12%), Stern (8%), Centuri (6%), Cinematronics (5%), Sega/Gremlin (4%), Taito/Taito America (2%), Exidy (2%), Other (5%)
1982: Bally/Midway (33%), Atari (23%), Williams (11%), Nintendo (10%), Taito/Taito Ameria (6%), Sega/Gremlin (6%), Stern (3%), Centuri (3%), Cinematronics (2%), Exidy (1%), Other (3%)
1983: Bally/Midway (25%), Atari (19%), Williams (12%), Nintendo (9%), Sega/Gremlin (6%), Gottlieb (6%), Taito/Taito America (5%), Centuri (4%), Stern (3%), Universal (2%), Rock-Ola (1%), Data East (1%), Other (7%)
1984 (Dedicated): Bally/Midway (21%), Atari (19%), Nintendo (19%), Konami/Centuri (7%), Gottlieb (7%), Cinematronics (6%), Williams (5%), Taito/Taito America (4%), Merit (3%), Coin-It (2%), Stern (1%), Exidy (1%), Universal (1%), Data East (1%), Konami/Interlogic (1%), Other (4%)
1984 (Conversion Kits): Universal (18%), Taito/Taito America (14%), Nintendo (13%), Bally/Midway (10%), Konami/Centuri (7%), Konami/Intelogic (7%), Atari (5%), Crown Vending (4%), Data East (3%), Stern (2%), Centuri (2%), Magic/Eagle (2%), SNK (2%), Cinematronics (1%),
Other (9%)
I was recently reviewing the surveys from Play Meter and thought I'd publish some of the stats I found most interesting. Play Meter published its first survey in 1976.
First up - average weekly earnings per machine by machine type:
| 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | |
| Video Games | 40 | 44 | 50 | 64 | 102 | 140 | 109 | 70 | 53 | 57 | 57 |
| Jukeboxes | 49 | 46 | 52 | 54 | 50 | 55 | 51 | 50 | 40 | 47 | 55 |
| Pinball | 35 | 44 | 62 | 65 | 63 | 66 | 55 | 38 | 41 | 52 | 51 |
| Pool Tables | 41 | 41 | 53 | 57 | 66 | 67 | 63 | 58 | 60 | 58 | 61 |
| Foosball | 39 | 39 | 41 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 31 | * | 26 | * | * |
| Shufleboards | 23 | 29 | 32 | 41? | * | * | * | * | 30 | 31 | * |
| Wallgames | * | 33 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 28 | * | * | * | * |
| Cocktail Tables | * | * | * | 49 | * | 115 | 97 | * | * | * | * |
| Air Cushion Games | * | * | * | 27 | 34 | 40 | 39 | * | * | * | * |
| Arcade Games | 26 | * | * | 33 | 36 | 46 | * | 59 | 55 | 55 | |
| Shuffle Alleys | 30 | 29 | 32 | 41 | 28 | 31 | 48 | * | 36 | * | * |
| Counter Games | * | * | * | * | * | 37 | 49 | * | 52 | 57 | * |
A few other categories that weren't reported regularly:
Ball Bowlers: 1976-$25
Video Phonographs: 1984-$176
Laser Disc Video games: 1984-$120
Bar Roll-Up Games: 1984-$98
Electronic Dart Games: 1984-$55, 1985-$57, 1986-$44
Kiddie Rides: 1982-$37, 1984-$50, 1985-$21, 1986-$33
Total Machines On Location
Video Games
1980: 540,000
1981: 780,000
1982: 1,375,000
1983: 1,491,359
1984: 1,095,361
Total Coin-Op Machines (includes coin-op games, kiddie rides, and jukeboxes)
1982: 1,793,000
1983: 1,876,389
1984: 1,652,324
1985: 1,500,741
1986: 1,450000
Total Coin-Op Industry Dollar Volume (in billions)
1980: 7.15
1981: 8.2
1982: 8.9
1983: 6.4
1984: 4.5
1985: 4.5
1986: 4.0
Operators' Preferred Video Game Manufacturer
1977: Atari (59%), Bally/Midway (31%), Other (10%)
1978: Atari (69%), Bally/Midway (27%), Exidy (1%), Other (3%)
1979: Bally/Midway (49%), Atari (47%), Other (4%)
1980: Atari (54%), Bally/Midway (43%), Other (3%)
Arcade Video Game Market Share
1981: Atari (30%), Bally/Midway (26%), Williams (12%), Stern (8%), Centuri (6%), Cinematronics (5%), Sega/Gremlin (4%), Taito/Taito America (2%), Exidy (2%), Other (5%)
1982: Bally/Midway (33%), Atari (23%), Williams (11%), Nintendo (10%), Taito/Taito Ameria (6%), Sega/Gremlin (6%), Stern (3%), Centuri (3%), Cinematronics (2%), Exidy (1%), Other (3%)
1983: Bally/Midway (25%), Atari (19%), Williams (12%), Nintendo (9%), Sega/Gremlin (6%), Gottlieb (6%), Taito/Taito America (5%), Centuri (4%), Stern (3%), Universal (2%), Rock-Ola (1%), Data East (1%), Other (7%)
1984 (Dedicated): Bally/Midway (21%), Atari (19%), Nintendo (19%), Konami/Centuri (7%), Gottlieb (7%), Cinematronics (6%), Williams (5%), Taito/Taito America (4%), Merit (3%), Coin-It (2%), Stern (1%), Exidy (1%), Universal (1%), Data East (1%), Konami/Interlogic (1%), Other (4%)
1984 (Conversion Kits): Universal (18%), Taito/Taito America (14%), Nintendo (13%), Bally/Midway (10%), Konami/Centuri (7%), Konami/Intelogic (7%), Atari (5%), Crown Vending (4%), Data East (3%), Stern (2%), Centuri (2%), Magic/Eagle (2%), SNK (2%), Cinematronics (1%),
Other (9%)