Quoted from Rarehero:Honestly, I don't think the other pinball companies consider Jpop to be competition. I really don't think they really care what he's up to.
I agree with you on this point. I am not sure that JJP or Stern and I guess PPS are really concerned about any of the boutiques at this point. I do think that if DP delivers a knockout game with TBL and they show that they can sell a significant number of games the majors may start to take notice. I don't want to rehash any old arguments about how much the pin market can bear, but it does make me wonder many players can exist peddling $8-9000 games.
Quoted from alichino:The biggest question I've always had is 'Who is doing the code?'
That is a concern for me, as well. JPOP has had a job listing for a developer on his site for some time now. This also brings up the larger question of manufacturing the games. While he has not sold a large quantity of any of his titles, even building a few hundred games seems like a pretty large task for a 2 or 3 person operation.
Nonetheless, I hope JPOP can pull it off. I think the games will be stunning if he does. Even so, they may still be only for the few.
