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The Pinball Show Ep 153: Toity, Hoity, Shucksy, & Gomie
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 45 min listen
The Pinball Show Episode 135: Toity, Hoity, Shucksy, & Gomie Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Production Updates - John Wick First Impressions & Sales - George Gomez Clears The...
Highlights
- John Wick Pro sales are being restricted to locations only until August, with a deliberate strategy to push customers toward Premium and LE models
- Lionsgate licensing restrictions prevented guns from appearing on John Wick playfield despite guns being central to the films
- Stern walked away from developing a Hunger Games pinball machine due to overly restrictive licensing
- Venom and Stranger Things are Stern's highest-earning games on location despite community criticism of Venom
- Spike 3 system will feature new CPU board, cabinet redesign, 4K LED screen, while maintaining Spike 2's node board architecture
- John Wick Pinball sales are significantly below typical Stern cornerstone release expectations
- Pricing at $13,000+ is a primary factor causing collectors to skip John Wick purchases
- Barrels of Fun manufactures maximum 18 games per week, shipped 222 Labyrinth machines to date, with 750 units sold total
- Pedretti Gaming's Funhouse 2.0 Limited Edition will be limited to 750 units at $9,999, with Classic Edition at $7,499
Notable quotes
“To me, it just really stuck out this release because the first time a hobbyist or a residential would be able to get a pro is August. We're in early May launching a game, June, July, August. That sends a message to me saying, we want people to focus on the premium in LE.”
“I think at some point there are a lot of people where a thousand more is a thousand too much.”
“It felt like a mishmash of styles, and I think the decision to go with a comic approach was very odd for movies that are not based on a comic.”
“The art was a miss for me. A miss. Swing and a miss. Yeah. It felt like a mishmash of styles... Neon Noir... Comic realism... It's not comic realism anymore.”
“I never make a buying decision on a game over art. The game can look like a dog. I mean, I own hoops. I mean, come on... But I would still buy it, regardless of what the art looks like, as long as the rules are good and the layout accommodates those rules.”
“When the pricing went up, it's not like it went up for this game. When the pricing went up, it did take a lot of people out immediately for obvious reasons.”
“I feel like someone is going to capture me and do some lashing. I feel like I'm looking over my shoulder like, what did I do?”
“Stern still to release the Venom accessories, Jaws accessories, and we'll talk about the recent interviews with George Gomez, but he's claiming within a couple of weeks we may see John Wick accessories.”
“A resounding meh for me. The layout looked competent. Probably a decently fun shooter, but I didn't see anything that felt very unique to me.”
“There are strong suggestions that not only are sales down for this particular cornerstone release, Dennis, but down so far that the entire industry may in fact crumble upon itself.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Lionsgate· company
- Pedretti Gaming· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Black Knight Sword of Rage· game
- Funhouse 2.0· game
- Hunger Games· game
- Jaws· game
- John Wick· game
- Labyrinth· game
- Venom· game
- Flippin' Out Pinball· organization
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Brian Allen· person
- Brian Savage· person
- Craig Bobby· person
- David Van Es· person
- Dennis· person
- Elliot Eisman· person
- George Gomez· person
- Joel Engelberth· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Scott Larson· person
- Spike 3· product
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