The Pinball Show Ep 172: Things Are Heating Up
The Pinball Show Episode 172: Things Are Heating Up Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - The 2025 Trough Jam: SO MANY NEW GAMES COMING Q2! - When Does Stern Pinball Decide To Launch? Are They In...
Highlights
- Dungeons & Dragons has been a consistent great seller, exceeding expectations despite Zach's initial low expectations
- Stern is deliberately managing inventory scarcity through vault strategies and limited production runs to maintain FOMO
- Stern's three-cornerstone strategy is actually five new products per year with remasters and studio titles added
- Canada will face reciprocal tariffs on pinball machines per trade policy documents
- Non-U.S. markets (Canada, Europe, Australia combined) likely represent double-digit percentage of total pinball sales
- Kevin Smith thought he was being brought in to voice a Jay and Silent Bob pinball machine, not D&D
- Stern Metallica Remastered Premium run is scheduled for mid-March production
- Playfield promo (free playfield with new game purchase) has returned after absence
- D&D Dragon Fix kits include replacement motor and new wiring harness
Notable quotes
“They're really starting to – they're doing well on reducing the overall pool of products. So almost as if they're preparing.”
“I think the three cornerstones is actually kind of a mirage. It's actually like five, five new products a year, but they're just blanketing them as, well, there's only three cornerstones.”
“I did. I really did. Understandable. And I'm not even going to lie. I love these people. But when it comes to the design team overall that encompasses everyone working on the game, I thought that that team is due for a hit.”
“It's going to be even worse now. That wasn't so much the case. Yes, it will be. That wasn't so much the case with Canada, though. So with Canada, it was basically on par with other than like they have a certain tax structure that made it more expensive in Canada.”
“Stern. Stern. Dennis here. Zach here. I need to know what the break – at least tell us how much of your sales percentage are U.S. versus non-U.S.”
Entities
- Aimless Pinball· company
- American Pinball· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- NAP Arcade· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws· game
- Jay and Silent Bob· game
- King Kong: Myth of Terror Island· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Kevin Smith· person
- Zach Minney· person
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