Pinball Magazine & Pinball News November 2020 recap PINcast
We're back! Yes, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News are back with their monthly PINcast Pinball Industry News podcast looking back at all the key events in the pinball...
Highlights
- A $6,000 US pinball machine costs approximately €8,000-8,500 ($8,500 USD) in Europe before the tariff due to existing taxes and shipping
- The 25% EU tariff adds roughly $1,700 to a $6,000 machine, making it approximately $10,000 total in Europe
- 40-50% of pinball games from major manufacturers are exported, with approximately 25% of exports going to Europe
- Deep Root's cached website showed a base price of $4,999 for the arcade model with a $549/year subscription requirement for updates and DLC
- Deep Root mentioned a four-phase manufacturing program increasing production over 3-4 months
- The Star Wars comic art pin is priced approximately $1,000-1,500 more than the pro version
- The tariff has been ongoing for years related to Boeing/Airbus subsidies dispute with WTO approval for US to impose counter-tariffs on EU goods like wine and cheese
Notable quotes
“basically a 6,000 dollar pinball machine is like a 10,000 dollar game in euro”
“I think there's a lot more to go in there yet but there was some good news”
“Here we're talking about a $5,000 pinball machine, and you still have to pay extra to play the game with the best feature possible.”
“This is an always-on machine... a pinball machine does use quite a lot more power than a flat-screen TV”
“I'm still wondering how many of these games they actually will be making and selling because the price point is basically like for a thousand more you get the real deal”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Homepin· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- European Union· organization
- Antoinette Johnson· person
- Blueberry Johnson· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jonathan Houston· person
- Martin· person
- Randy Martinez· person
- Robert Mueller· person
- Stephen Bowden· person
- Guns N' Roses· product
- Retro-Atomic Zombie Adventureland· product
- Star Wars comic art pin· product
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