Themes are there to draw you in initially. If it has good art and rules and shoots well(mm, AFM, Totan,) then themes doesn't make a difference. It's still important to many peoples decisions. how many people said "if they make a _____ pin I would preorder without hesitation. Seems dumb but stern understands people will still buy based on theme alone. Even if it plays ok and has half finished code they will still sell.

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Ya and if apple had an I phone pin they could overcharge everyone to fix the phone screen. Seriously though everyone I know with a I phone has a broken screen. I had to make an appointment a day in advance to fix my girlfriends phone. They make so much off replacement screens it's not funny.

Theme is important to a lot of people but I'm not sure it's the most important thing. I feel like a lot of pins in the top of everyone's ratings aren't 'their' favorite themes. I'm not a fan of aliens bit AFM is awesome. TAF not so much but it's the machine that got me into pinball. Many fun favorite games have ok themes and it's not going to stop me from owning them. Wcs, RS, Totan, and I could go on...

Agree alot on this. Theme is important because it can sell even half ass games. The Magic comes when you get both together. I know someone who wanted to buy her husband a Fire! Pinball machine just because he was a fire fighter. She had no idea whether or not it was fun but theme alone sold that game to some people.