Episode 205 - Hold Me Closer, Embracer Neon
Pinball: We talk about the upcoming 2023 Kansas City Pinball Championship, JJP's new game Elton John, Stern loosing the price requirements on some older titles, and CGC finally completing an official...
Highlights
- Jersey Jack Pinball released two games in a calendar year for the first time ever
- Elton John is designed by Steve Ritchie and features art by Christopher Franchi
- JJP eliminated the Limited Edition designation, renaming it Platinum Edition with no unit cap
- Elton John costs $12,000 (Platinum) and $15,000 (Collector's Edition)
- Multiple sources report Elton John plays faster than previous JJP games
- Barrels of Fun's direct-sale Labyrinth pinballs are sold out
- JJP faced distributor pricing violations and eventually permitted discounting after refusing initially
- Stern is permitting distributor discounting on older games
- JJP games historically depreciate faster than Stern games
- Elton John contains 16 Elton John songs including 'Pinball Wizard'
Notable quotes
“JJP doesn't keep secrets. They don't know how. So just start accepting that and quit trying to twist these things into Harry Potter and stuff.”
“Your biggest problem is your price. But what is your other biggest problem? Your other biggest problem is everyone thinks your games are floaty and slow and really not as Williams-like as you think they are.”
“How many of them want to pay $12,000 and then sell the game for $9,000? And that's what it will be. That's the problem.”
“I knew one distributor... they canceled the additional orders and gave up their deposit, which was not insignificant... Better to lose $20,000 than get stuck with these games.”
“When other distributors started to do the same thing, everyone was just like, watch us... JJP blinked.”
“I am more interested in Labyrinth than I am in Elton John just because of the theme and how different that game seems.”
“This layout is extremely Star Trek Spider three flipper vibes total familiarity. It shoots great.”
“Because why else would you bring in Steve Ritchie? What is your biggest problem? Well, your biggest problem is your price.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Kansas City Pinball Championship· event
- Pinball Expo· event
- Elton John· game
- Labyrinth· game
- Toy Story 4· game
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Nap Arcade· organization
- Solid State Pinball· organization
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Bill Grupp· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dennis· person
- Jason Knapp· person
- Jean-Paul DeWin· person
- Kerry Wing· person
- Nick· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person
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