There will be a Snakes in Edmonton one day imo... Just because theres a competitor does not mean Snakes wont do well. Can a city have more then one cafe, bar, restaurant? A place to eat can be on every corner and do well, in a major city. Then add on the entertainment aspect... Most game cafes hold less than 100 people and theres a million people in Edmonton
Snakes is the NAME in this new sector. There are competitors in Toronto as well, yet Snakes still dominates as the #1 game cafe, per every review site i read.
I see Snakes biggest profits being made with self published games. IMO we will have a handful of games that do 9 figures per year in the future, with very strong margins, not including distribution for other peoples titles