Different games.

I'm a little confused though. Are you going to buy a JJP POTC if you're told GNR "isn't as good"? Or are you just looking to buy a GNR as long as it's considered as good (or better) than a POTC?

GnR were most popular band in the 1980s and Pirates of the Caribbean is a Disneyland ride from the 1960s, but the game reminds me nothing of that.

I'd wait and save my money until they come out with something relevant.

Like...tik-tok?

If I knew the answer, then I could charge $13K for a game.

One you can buy the other you can’t, sorry don’t understand the question? Completely different games.

I didn't see him mention a budget. Except that GnR is cheaper.

Billy Eilish, Lego, NCIS, Tesla, N95 masks?

I guess it comes down to who you cater to. If I had invented Lego, I'd probably have my own personal Legoland.

What is relevance?? If it does not entertain, I can understand that, but relevance... Nope.. What is relevant for one is irrelevant for others. BTW JJP put it out there... they stated that 500 GNR CE games 12.5K each sold out in under 2 hours... Guess that is relevant.. Wouldn't you say?

One thing you have to hand it to JJP is that all their games play very different. I think they are all good in a unique way, while I haven't played GNR yet I've played all the others and to each their own.

I'm just having a little fun with o-din.

Relevance primarily only matters with licenses, which I don't think are necessary for pinball machines to begin with.

Pinball collectors are also primarily men in their 40s to 70s with disposable incomes, so many licenses that would be relevant to them aren't necessarily the latest things out there to begin with. In the end, you have to cater to your audience...specifically those with money who are actually buying machines. For JJP, this is clearly the home collector, which pushes the envelop of the pinball demographics even further.

I think the answer is to keep themes as they are, but add in more "broad appeal" titles. These machines would help grow pinball and bring in a younger audience. Lego and Toy story would certainly be awesome choices. I would also argue that a few of these have recently been made as well (stranger things, avengers, TMNT). The trouble remains, however, that:

A) most younger people simply can't afford them anyway

and

B) location pinball is currently suffering, and has been in a long-time downturn

JJP POTC is a hard act to follow. I just had to make a choice between these two games and went with Pirates. I'll be eager to see more opinions on how these games stack up against eachother as the dust settles.

I can't wait for the chance to play GNR, which I would have had expo not been canceled! I was fortunate enough to see Pirates when it was unveiled and play it. So I knew then that it would be my one and only NIB. As I typically buy used pins.
I can say that I would not sell my Pirates unless the price was right of course. But GNR does look like fun. That being said I enjoy the side art on the LE more then the CE.

I can only take so much fun in a day, and I was certainly running out of gas last night. Trying to pull a rabbit out of my ass one more time seemed futile at best.

Carry on...