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Is It Possible to have a Profitable Pinball Company outside America?

By HighProtein

6 years ago


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    “Is It Possible to have a Profitable Pinball Company outside America?”

    • No 13 votes
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    • Yes 44 votes
      51%
    • Very Unlikely 26 votes
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    • A Chance In Hell 3 votes
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    #1 6 years ago

    Is It Possible to have a Profitable New Pinball Company outside America?

    Seriously, after Heighway pinball, Dutch Pinball and the prospective companies
    that don't even care about selling to the U.S. market (L O F'N L!),
    is there really a chance in hell of any pinball company outside of America
    to ever make a profitable business structure (let alone a game that comes out
    on time, works out of the box, etc... etc... etc...).
    I'm not trolling or bashing but come on!
    It's challenging enough for Stern, JJP and Spooky to develop, make and sell
    and distribute games in a nation with an overall very good highway system to ship games.

    Side questions...
    Why would at this point any new company try to make games in a foreign country.
    What would it take for any of these foreign pinball companies to turn things around?

    P.S...
    Derail with funny memes, etc... lol

    #9 6 years ago

    If you said "Yes" explain how...

    #11 6 years ago
    Quoted from Thrillhouse:

    With Stern expanding into Brazil I would say yes you can be profitable outside the US.

    No, Stern expanding isn't my question...
    I'm asking about a new pinball company.

    #12 6 years ago
    Quoted from pinsanity:

    By exploiting a wage system that would be incomparable in just about every other country in the Western world.

    So it doesn't take much more than that?

    #23 6 years ago
    Quoted from Chalkey:

    Anything is possible as long as people are willing to pay upwards 8K for a NIB.

    That's 8k for a NIB from a reputable company with a long and or decent reputation of already building games...

    #24 6 years ago
    Quoted from Jesterfunhouse:

    Is Quetzal Pinball considered a success? How many have they delivered?

    How many Captain Nemo were built?
    Any profit made?

    #29 6 years ago
    Quoted from Chalkey:

    Tell that to the Heighway pinball thread. The prices people are willing to pay make up for a lot of inefficiency and poor business acumen. No sign of a price ceiling. Get a good theme, charge what you want, it's possible. Rumor is Heighway is launching another title despite all the times they stumbled with Alien. If they are profitable after that game it'll be proof positive.

    Profitable shipping 10 to 20 games a month?

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