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Ep 44: Stern Game
PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 28 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
Final Round Pinball Podcast Episode 44: Stern Game Hosts: Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins Special Guest: Zach Sharpe, Stern Pinball Director Of Marketing Stern Marketing Director Zach Sharpe discusses:...
Highlights
- Stern has thousands of games on backorder, with estimates around 10,000 or more
- Stern has implemented stricter NDA enforcement and tighter control over product information in the past year plus
- Keith Elwin will be remembered as the greatest designer in pinball, potentially more so than as a player
- Stern Connected will include achievements and engagement features accessible to both home and location players
- Price increases at Stern are driven by material costs, labor costs, employee raises, and inflation
- Godzilla was announced after the license was acquired 'quite a while ago' and knowledge was 'somewhat public'
- Zach Sharpe turned 40 years old around the time of recording
- Avengers Infinity Quest was criticized for being too complicated (a 'mindfuck') for casual players
Notable quotes
“I'd say it's kind of first world problems. I mean, I think that's a great problem to have is, you know, demand of your products... I would definitely take the former than the latter.”
“it's a vacuum over here in the Sharp household just like Benson's butt holding those poops”
“I think he will go down as the greatest designer more than the greatest pinball player, potentially, arguably.”
“He's making you millions. Dick move. Give him an LE for God's sakes.”
“there's that moment in I think it was called Starpool... he kind of just hit this bank shot. It was like a perfect pool shot that banked right into the drop target. And it was like his first shot at it.”
“as long as nothing like visual like video pictures anything leaks prematurely i'm happy with how things have been going”
“I'm not interested in internet connectivity whatsoever there's there's nothing that has been announced or that i think about that really appeals to me”
“it's just going to be fun engagement. I mean, it's not going to necessarily be tournament-centric and super serious.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avengers Infinity Quest· game
- Godzilla· game
- Led Zeppelin· game
- Star Wars· game
- The Mandalorian· game
- Final Round Pinball Podcast· organization
- Loser Kid Podcast· organization
- Stern Army· organization
- Benson· person
- Crystal· person
- Gary· person
- George· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Joe Kaminkow· person
- Johannes Ostermeyer· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ryan C· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Stern Connected· product
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