The Pinball Show Ep 140: Is The Sky Falling In Pinball?
The Pinball Show Episode 140: Is The Sky Falling In Pinball? Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Dennis B-Day Giveaways - Zach Is Feelin' Festive - Stern Pinball Production Game & Accessories...
Highlights
- Stern Pinball shipped seven different game titles in November alone (Foo Fighter Pros, Deadpool Pros/Premiums, Elvira Blood Red Kiss, Stranger Things Pro/Premium, Godzilla Premium)
- Stern removed minimum advertised pricing (MAP) on discontinued games: Rush Pro/Premium, Led Zeppelin Pro/Premium, TMNT Pro/Premium, and home editions (Star Wars Comic Home, Star Wars Home, Jurassic Park Home)
- Pinball Brothers offered $300 rebates per machine sold during Alien Day promotion last year
- November 2023 saw more game shipments than dealers received for the entire prior year
- Stern Pinball anticipated James Bond Premium as the last game built in 2023, with announcement but no January 2024 builds until after
Notable quotes
“November dealers would probably see more games than they have the entirety of the year.”
“Stern Pinball has dropped the floor price that dealers can advertise and sell... These were discontinued games or assumed discontinued.”
“Stern didn't reduce any prices. They're allowing us to lose money.”
“These games that you've named like Led Zeppelin, TMNT, and Rush: they are not of equal value. Led Zeppelin word is worth less than those other games. It just is because that's what the market dictates.”
“It's normal to lose money on games that you buy new, just like cars and everything else. People just need to get used to that, especially those new people who got in during the pandemic.”
“The sky is falling, the sky is falling. Like, it doesn't totally mean the sky is falling either.”
Entities
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Deadpool· game
- Elvira's Blood Red Kiss· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Godzilla· game
- Guardians of the Galaxy· game
- James Bond Premium· game
- Jurassic Park Home Edition· game
- Led Zeppelin Pro/Premium· game
- Rush Pro/Premium· game
- Star Wars Comic Home / Star Wars Home Edition· game
- Stranger Things· game
- TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Pro/Premium· game
- The Pinball Show· media
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dennis Creasale· person
- Zach Minney· person
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