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Ever preorder a game....and then wait and wait.... I don't care anymore?

By ovfdfireman

8 years ago


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#48 8 years ago
Quoted from Baiter:

Pre-ordering is an unfortunate side-effect of limited production runs, which every manufacturer feels compelled to do on every $#&* title. It causes stress, sometimes manufacturers lose money, sometimes customers do... It's a terrible way to do business, and it is why Pinside is full of drama.. yet people love it at the same time. Yay for pinball.

It depends on whether the scarcity is by design or production capacity. Stern has the ability to sell all their games with all the toys they were designed with (AC/DC's train and mini-playfield, TWD's crossbow and lift-up ramp), but they don't so they can keep prices down for operators and have something extra to show home buyers. I don't agree with that decision. I think that they should go all out all the time, but then again I wouldn't have to spend $7000-$7500. I only pay two bucks for three games.

OTOH, I totally understand Spooky not wanting to overextend themselves as a brand new company on any one theme. The problem is that AMH is going to end up being the new Iron Man. It's getting a reputation for being challenging, which means that home buyers and tournament players are going to flock to it once someone wishes to cycle it out for a newer game. I wouldn't be surprised if in five years, a lightly used one went for $7500. Sucks to be me, because no one is going to route such a rare game.

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