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The Pinball Show Ep 146: Is AI Trying To Purchase American Pinball?
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 37 min listen
The Pinball Show Episode 146: Is AI Trying To Purchase American Pinball? Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Dennis Takes A Winter Fall - Stern Pinball Production Updates - Stern's George Gomez...
Highlights
- Chicago Gaming Company's Pulp Fiction machines are finally beginning production at their factory, just under one year from the March 2023 announcement
- Spooky Pinball is shipping Looney Tunes and Texas Chainsaw Massacre machines within the next week or so pending final parts arrival
- Ametron (owner of American Pinball) is rumored to be shopping American Pinball for sale due to struggling sales and lower-than-expected distributor numbers on Galactic Tank Force
- George Gomez stated that DMD games are difficult to port over, and if Stern were to vault a DMD title, Tron would be an example that could work as an LE version
- George Gomez confirmed Stern has not started developing any DMD title for vaulting or revival yet
- Stern patented the stainless steel ring design that goes around magnets on updated machines like Iron Man Vault, preventing other manufacturers from using it without permission
- Spike 1 would be the easiest platform to vault due to proximity to Spike 2, while White Star games like Lord of the Rings would be 'hell' due to unavailable parts like original action figures
- Home leaderboards for Stern pinball would likely require attachment to an all-access subscription due to exponentially higher server costs compared to location leaderboards
Notable quotes
“Ametron, the company that owns American Pinball, has decided to put their struggling pinball company up for sale”
“If you want to start somewhere, you probably start there...Spike one being vaulted because it's the closest to spike two and it would be the easiest”
“Lord of the Rings White Star, it would be hell to have to do that...a lot of these parts aren't even available even if we wanted them”
“When you bring it into the home, the server cost alone for home leaderboards would just exponentially shoot way up”
“They update things that aren't working well. They'll go back to the design team and say, hey, what are we getting a lot of complaints on if we were to rerun this game?”
“I don't want to then later when they say, hey, my invoice is closed. Why can't I pay? Be like, well, you didn't pay fast enough. I sold it to somebody. It just doesn't feel right to me.”
“We welcomed trade-ins. The problem that I have is don't commit to a game. Don't commit to a game that sells out instantly, that I turn away people from buying”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Ametron· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- James Bond· game
- Jaws (50th Anniversary)· game
- Looney Tunes· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre· game
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Elizabeth Gieske· person
- George Gomez· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Madeline Benz· person
- Rebecca Hinsdale· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Zach· person
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