Arcade Collecting > Pinball
Steve Ritchie Speaks (again)
FrizzleFried:
I read an interview with Gary Stern back in 2008 or 2009 where he claimed the home market represents about 10% of his new pinball sales... that the home market is more a used pinball market. He then went on about building a quality machine so that it can stand up to 2-3 years of on-location abuse and then still be in good enough condition to be made available to the "home market".
Xiaou2:
No Offense PBJ, but your pins are not the most appealing nor fun Pins.
I know many collectors who can tell you that their young ones and
young friends go gaga over pinball.
And yeah, Stern is full of Contradictions.
I will say, that Pinball on Location does have one major flaw.. and that is,
"How to Play". In the old days of pinball, the tables were made in
such a way that showed you they were meant to be shook around.
As pinball developed, they reduced the flipper spacing, and was more firm
about how much tilt used.. but adults understood the shaking, probably
from the older style pins.
Todays youth however? Not so sure. Information is out there... but
I dont know if they get it without a person showing them personally.
Then again, I see people who own pins, who dont understand who to
bump a pin properly.
This could very well be solved by an LCD in the backglass which on
occasion showed how to play in 'video' form. It could also display
advertisements for future pins, as well as sponsored adds for extra
income.
A home buyer could turn off the adds & Tutorials, and or add their own
materials to be cycled.
Xiaou2:
--- Quote ---You got an excuse for everything, don't you? I've owned plenty of 'great' games, and it's made no difference. I go for oddball games now because they're what I like.
--- End quote ---
I could find 10 quotes to your 1 of people who own Pins and the kids who enjoy
playing them.
So, there must be a reason... such as your breath smells like a sewer, the kids dont
like to hear the equal brown that you literally spout, ohh.. and theres cat piss on the rug.
--- Quote ---That's been done and nobody paid attention to it.
--- End quote ---
Umm, What? Where? Ive never seen an LCD in a pin till the new french company
came alone. The only pin that had video was the pk2s, and AKAIK, they didnt
show Flipper & Bumper tricks. Also, being that is was a small screen 'In the game',
and not on the backboard... of course people would barely pay attention. Most
especially because it was Episode 1 !!! Ugg. What a pile of crap that movie was.
I could barely stand to look at the machine just out of Hate and Disgust of the movie.
smartbomb2084:
Face it, pinball is just not popular with young people. If pinball was popular across all demographics then WILLIAMS' would still be in business pumping out pins like they now pump out slot machines. There is no current demand for pinball let alone a future one.
Xiaou2:
I say present a video on how to use 'machine bumping' to better control the ball, and
you spout out about Rules.
You insult me with your mere presence on this earth.
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