Episode 178 - Let's Just Rename Everything
Pinball: We briefly talk about Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game, and then move into the manufacturing/business/development updates from Multimorphic. After that, we talk about the new version and...
Highlights
- Multimorphic's estimated lead time on new orders is 12-13 months, about the same as previous updates (roughly one year out)
- Multimorphic will release two game kits in 2023 (first-party only, not counting third-party projects)
- Spooky Pinball offers lead times as far out as 18 months from order date
- American Pinball initially promised both classic and deluxe versions of Legends of Valhalla, with deluxe shown at Expo last year
- Stern Pinball had 5,000 games backlogs by their own admission and skipped a Cornerstone release due to backlog
Notable quotes
“I'm a little unclear on exactly how many people are they honestly onboarding and getting... they're not seeming to make a dent in the time estimate.”
“If you're telling people you have to wait 18 months, you just shouldn't be selling it. You're selling too many games for what you're capable to do.”
“This is what happens when Stern stalls out their reveal in the sloppiest thing we've ever seen in the history of the hobby.”
“Stern's sloppiest reveal ever. But by a lot.”
“I do not agree with the idea of releasing a new game if you are still trying to catch up on orders of the previous game because all it seems to me is to add to backlog.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Expo· event
- Bond· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Godzilla Premium· game
- Legends of Valhalla· game
- Star Wars· game
- Weird Al· game
- Pinball Show· media
- Pinball News· organization
- Dennis· person
- Eric· person
- Jeff Keeley· person
- Roger Sharp· person
- Tony· person
- Zach· person
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