One machine, four players
Xbox gaming café software that prices the couch, not the box
Rates set by player count on a shared console, a live timer on every station, a game library members browse from their phone, itemised GST invoices and wallets that reconcile.
Price by how many are playing
One console, one to four controllers, and a different rate for each. Set the price per player count so a squad of four is priced deliberately rather than worked out at the counter.
A library players can browse
Keep your installed titles listed and members can see what is on the machines from their own phone before they arrive, instead of asking staff to read out a list.
A timer on every station
Each Xbox carries its own running clock and accruing cost on the floor view, next to your PCs, PS5s and racing seats. One screen, whatever the hardware.
Rates in rungs, per device
An hour on a console rarely costs what an hour on a gaming PC costs. Set separate ladders per device, per day of week and per player count, plus happy-hour windows.
One bill for the couch
Session time, controllers, snacks and tax on a single itemised GST invoice, shared to WhatsApp from your own number in a tap.
Wallets and loyalty
Regulars top up once and spend down. Balances are an append-only ledger in whole paise, so a refund is a reversal rather than an edit and the month still reconciles.
A console is a seat count, not a machine count
PC floors are simple to price because one rig is one player. Consoles are not. The same Xbox earns very differently depending on whether one person is playing a campaign or four are on a football game, and pricing it as a flat per-station hourly rate means you either overcharge the solo player or leave money on the table with the group. RESPAWNA prices by player count directly: set what one costs, what two cost, what four cost, and the session records how many actually played. The invoice reflects the group that was there, and nobody at the counter is multiplying in their head at nine on a Saturday.
The library is why they came
Console customers ask what is on the machine before they ask what it costs. A rotating subscription library makes that a moving target, and a printed list on the wall goes stale within a fortnight. Keep the titles you have listed in RESPAWNA and members can browse them from the portal on their own phone, along with their wallet balance and their session history. It removes a conversation from the counter on a busy evening, and it gives a lapsed member a reason to look at their phone and notice something new.
Consoles alongside everything else
Very few Indian floors are Xbox only. The realistic venue has a wall of PCs, a couple of consoles on sofas, maybe a racing seat and increasingly a VR bay, and each of those is worth a different amount per hour. The pricing engine bills any timed station, so every device type carries its own rate ladder while the floor stays one screen. Start, pause, resume and end work identically whatever the player is sitting in front of, which is what keeps staff training down to a few minutes.
Prices freeze when the session starts
Rates change: a happy hour opens, a weekend rate kicks in, you decide on Friday that consoles are underpriced. None of that should reach a session already running. When a session starts, the price applying to that station at that moment is locked to it, so a group that sat down at seven pays what they were told at seven even if you edit the ladder at eight. It is a small guarantee and it removes the single most common argument at a gaming café counter.
Frequently asked questions
Can I charge more for four players on one console?expand_more
Yes. Rates are set per player count, so one, two, three and four players can each have their own price on the same station. The session records how many played and the invoice reflects it.
Does it manage Game Pass or the console itself?expand_more
No. RESPAWNA does not control, lock or install anything on the consoles, and it does not manage your subscriptions. It runs in a browser at the counter and handles the floor, the timers, the money and the members. You keep listing which titles are available so members can see them.
Can I run Xbox, PS5 and PCs on the same floor?expand_more
Yes, and that is the normal case. Every device type carries its own rate ladder while the whole floor sits on one live view, so an hour on a console can cost something different from an hour on a PC.
Can players see what games we have?expand_more
Yes. Your game library shows in the member portal, which players open on their own phone alongside their wallet balance and session history.
What happens if a fifth person joins halfway through?expand_more
Staff handle it at the counter as they would today. The session records the player count used for billing, and the itemised invoice at the end shows what was charged.
Are the invoices GST-ready?expand_more
Yes. Every session and POS sale produces an itemised invoice with the GST split shown separately, and the invoice register exports for your accountant.
What does it cost?expand_more
You start with a 30-day free trial and no card. Current plans and prices are on the pricing page.
Faster floors. Cleaner revenue. One screen.
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