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You answered your own question here:
"But in order to do that they will have to start making games that exceed what people can generally get at home with their X-boxes and PS4s"
Back in the day, when arcades ruled, there were no such distractions but things like home consoles killed the arcade.
Quoted from unigroove:Not sure if this answers your question, but it seems to me that the beercade/barcade movement seems to do well by offering something that makes them stand out against other bars. There's also the Tilt Ice Cream bars, which is basically again positioning yourself as a location with a unique combination of products. Some of the pinball museums are doing well too. There must be other examples too. I'm actually thinking of starting a series of articles in pinball Magazine about succesful ways to operate pinball in combination with something else to stand out.
Jonathan - you should have a look at a very unique place in Newcastle Australia - "Pizza & Pinball".
I don't need to explain the place further - I truly and firmly believe it is a business that could easily be franchised and have said this to the owners many times over many years.
Dad walks in with son (or not) - orders a pizza and has NOTHING to do for 15 minutes. Hey look at all these pinball machines......
Quoted from frolic:2017 version: Then they both sit down and stare at their phones for 15 minutes and don't talk to each other.
Well you would think so but that isn't what happens here. The place thrives and I can think of a dozen ways to help it along.
'Pizza & Pinball $20' (hand the customer a token when he orders) - suddenly they are playing the pinball machines and very likely putting more coin into them.
This is what happens - well it did when I visited.
Another option is to install a phone blocker - prevents "moron phone syndrome" 
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