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72: Can I Be Honest?
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago39 min listen
This is a very self reflecting episode so buckle up buttercup. Can I be honest? The question of the episode. What happens when you are fully honest in the world of pinball while also trying to hit...
Highlights
- Stern invited multiple podcasters and content creators to their facilities all-expenses paid but did not invite the Pinball Party Podcast host
- The home pinball market is in severe downturn with resale values declining faster than pre-COVID, making it unsustainable
- Jaws Premium by Keith Elwin is difficult to sell despite being the newest game from arguably the best pinball designer
- John Wick Pro performs better design-wise than the Premium version
- Tron Vault edition is 'pretty likely' to be released and owners should sell high-value Tron LEs soon
- Metallica is scheduled for late summer release (Spike 3 platform)
- George Gomez interview on Flipping Out Pinball YouTube touches on licensing issues including Lord of the Rings 'probably not happening'
- The exclusion from Stern's media tour reflects Stern's desire to control messaging and avoid critical voices
Notable quotes
“Can I be honest? I guess that's a rhetorical question, a theme for this episode, and maybe an ongoing theme with this podcast since its beginning.”
“no, I did not get the invite. get fucked do i um it it hurts uh that's i guess it's hard it's hard to say that you know you want to act manly or whatever or put on like nah it fucking doesn't bother me it does it bothers me that i didn't get an invite”
“I had to basically beg to sell it for eighty five hundred dollars uh basically a brand new game a thousand dollars less a week later because that's how i roll um jesus the um that is it is a house of cards it is a bunch of dominoes this market and everything right now is bad.”
“either I just be like an advertising arm for everyone. Everything's great! Go get these mods! Go get... Everything's great! Oh, Galactic Tame Forest! Great game! I mean, a couple things would be better, but yeah, go buy it! You know, come on. I can't do that stuff.”
“I don't know. I want to love it so much, but there's just so many things stacked against it right now.”
“the pro looks better than the premium there's my tldr don't buy the premium because if you can't get even close to close to only 500 less than what you buy for a Jaws. John Wick is not going to do it.”
“when you get the dedicated ones that want it for what you're doing, those numbers don't change, and they'll be with you through thick and thin.”
“I need that progress. And really, just a 180 turn of like, ah, shit.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Party Podcast· content
- Funhouse (Chicago Gaming Company)· game
- Iron Maiden (Stern)· game
- Jaws (Stern)· game
- John Wick (Stern)· game
- Jurassic Park (Stern)· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Medieval Madness (Chicago Gaming Company)· game
- Metallica (Spike 3)· game
- Tron Legacy (Stern)· game
- Flipping Out Pinball· organization
- Pinball Network· organization
- George Gomez· person
- Joel Engelberth· person
- Kaneda (pinball media personality)· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Pinside· platform
- Insider Connected (Stern)· product
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