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73: Quick interview with RETROCENGO
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago31 min listen
We talk a bit about the history of Pinball...
Highlights
- Stern Pinball customer support response to Jaws airball issues was dismissive, saying problems were 'expected' and would 'slow down over time'
- Jason purchased a Premium Edition Jaws for approximately $10,000 and sold it within 2 hours after playing 4-5 games due to persistent airball issues
- Jason lost approximately $1,000 on the Jaws sale after playing 50-60 games on it and performing personal fixes
- Stern Pinball did not invite Jason to the John Wick media event despite his podcast prominence, which hurt emotionally but was addressed when Stern emailed him afterward saying they listen to every show
- Jason's previous podcast 'Can I Be Honest' discussed anger, jealousy, and frustration about Stern's selective media invitations and overall market decline
- Jersey Jack Pinball and Spooky Pinball have been significantly more generous with support, parts, and access compared to Stern
- Metallica remaster is 'very much likely' according to Jason's industry contacts, with rumors suggesting the shots and layout will remain the same
- Pinball game prices have become unsustainable for content creators to justify hobby participation, with European pricing particularly punitive due to VAT and shipping
- Kaneda's Pinball Podcast made an angry video criticizing Stern about pricing, marketing, and John Wick exclusions
- Jason left Pinball Brothers Network after approximately one year due to scheduling conflicts wanting more control and independence
Notable quotes
“I mean man uh it I'm of two minds one like I don't no one owes me anything you know so the fact that Sam Stern didn't invite me it it hurt you know if I'm honest with myself and not doing any defense or pretense or trying to like defend my feelings yeah it sucked”
“$10,000 and it's expected to not fully work correctly and that's your answer? Yeah it'll settle down. And I was just angry”
“I lost a thousand for 50 games... that's not cool. That's not sustainable was it hard to sell did you sell your Jaws yeah that was the thing”
“I mean you losing thousand it's not sustainable. My 2024 thing is maximum 10,000. I mean no game should cost more than 10,000”
“when we order games to Europe they need to be something called CE approved... they take some time cost a lot of money so they just got approved so their games are great now”
“Jersey Jack Pinball has been like the opposite with myself... they've been so generous and so forthcoming... Spooky Pinball too... they're wonderful”
“his anger was real and it was it's like from the guns stuff on John Wick to the prices to the Sam Stern marketing... it's all really a love for this hobby”
“Sam Stern did reach out to me they emailed me after the podcast... they said I've listened to every show I love it like that means enough to me”
“Metallica... the Metallica one is just yeah it's very much likely... I mean I have friends that work at some of these places so I don't want to say but”
“Spooky Pinball is a hardworking company that has awesome licenses that try really hard and they're great guys... they are improving even while things don't always hold up on location”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Fun House· game
- Jaws· game
- John Wick· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Metallica· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- Tron· game
- Pinball Brothers Network· organization
- Poor Man's Pinball Podcast· organization
- Gary Stern· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jason· person
- Jon Hey· person
- Kaneda's Pinball Podcast· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Scott Danesi· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Pinball Party Podcast· product
- Electric Bat Arcade· venue
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