Talk:Playdium

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I'm not even sure if this page belongs here at all. It seems to commercial too me. However, since it was there and empty I did a Google search and all the relevant references seemed to point to this park in Mississauga. If we have entries for Disneyland and Disneyworld it seems fair enough to have one for [Playdium], too.

So rather than leave it empty or delete it (and leave some other link dangling) I've added the info that I was able to glean. User:JimD

It was empty because I deleted it; a previous anonymous user had simply copy/pasted the entire contents of West Edmonton Mall under this title (seems there's a Playdium there too). It's locally significant to have at least a stub on it, I suppose. Thanks for your effort! -- Hadal 03:51, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)

This article is incredibly sparse...there's no mention even of SEGA??? Scott 110 03:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bankrupt? Profits stolen?

When I was doing a search on Playdium Burnaby to see why it was closed down, there were a few articles relating to an ex-manager or ex-owner of one of the locations stealing most of the profits for himself. It's a blur right now. I'll see if I can dig it up. Anyone else heard something like this? HighEnergyProtons 12:45, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

This article could be useful if it weren't filled with so much speculation. I especially like the line that says that the Burnaby Playdium closed down due to a "failure to update the arcade machines." Thanks, Peanut Gallery -- what's the real, independently verifiable business reason? Rhombus 21:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

But that much is true. I used to work at the Edmonton location before it died, and we got a ton of requests and complaints over the lack of new games. Seems like the only machines that had regular players were the DDR cabs. Business dwindled but administration didn't give a rip. I hope a few of them got laid off for it. 68.149.27.46 02:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I used to work at Playdium Burnaby but left before the joint shut down. I can confirm 3 reasons why the place shut down: 1)One of the managers siphoned quite a bit of money. Just before I left he was in the middle of his trial, I think he settled finally out of court. 2)A drop in guests. Basically people stopped coming because the games were old. Management was dumb enough to buy the machines instead of leasing. 3)Metrotown Metropolis increased the rent for the space Playdium Burnaby occupied. The third factor was the final straw. (Tree swinging philosopher 08:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC))