The Pinball Show Ep 141: Pinball Turkey Trends
The Pinball Show Episode 141: Pinball Turkey Trends Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Market Analysis & Bold Predictions - Stern Pinball Production Schedule Updates - Unboxings - JJP Jack...
Highlights
- Stern released 22 new code updates in a single week covering majority of Spike 2 series games, potentially a world record for simultaneous updates
- Stern is moving their two-week factory inventory from early January to late December 2023
- Zach predicts 2023 was Stern Pinball's most successful year from a sales perspective in the last decade
- Dennis predicts 2024 will be a worse year for Stern sales than 2023 despite stronger new products
- Stranger Things Premium may have been bumped to 2024 due to parts delay (unconfirmed rumor)
- Godzilla Premium and Stranger Things Premium are the highest-demand games currently for Stern
- Black Knight Sword of Rage toppers are being re-manufactured and restocked by Stern
- Barrels of Fun continues making minor tweaks to Labyrinth mechs based on Chicago Expo and Houston Arcade Expo feedback
Notable quotes
“Well, you know it's a slow news cycle when we kick off the Top Stories segment with Pinball Code Update News. Unless it's the mother of all code updates, courtesy of Stern Pinball.”
“I think 2023, from a sales perspective, has been probably the most successful for Stern Pinball in the last decade.”
“2024 will be a worse year for Stern sales than 2023.”
“They are moving around the schedule a lot based on the market right now, like what is hot, what people are wanting, which is why you're seeing accessories and games pop up that you're like, oh, I didn't see that coming.”
“Supply chain constraints that I think, I think if there had not been supply chain issues, 2023 would not have exceeded 2022 or possibly 2021.”
“I think this is I think they show it possibly to the reveal in January. I'm still holding on to why. I'm still thinking that we are going to see the game at the end of December, and they're going to start building.”
“Seth, have those numbers emailed to thepinballshowatgmail.com. I love that Seth Davis came in as like a scapegoat or a punching bag.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Naps Arcade· company
- San Diego Amusements· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Big Lebowski· game
- Black Knight Sword of Rage· game
- Elvira's House of Horrors· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Godzilla· game
- James Bond· game
- Labyrinth· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Venom· game
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Lior· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Zach Minney· person
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