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Longevity of pinball?

By 5280wzrd

9 years ago


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    “Longevity of pinball?”

    • A few more years 2-5? 15 votes
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    • 10 years or until the "Kings" are gone. 64 votes
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    • New and exciting innovations will allow pinball to live on 165 votes
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    #31 9 years ago

    I'd like to see competitive pinball online thrive more - I think there is so much potential here to engage younger audiences.

    I've been following the surprisingly extensive coverage of the rise of e-gaming in the NY Times the last year or so (for example: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/technology/esports-explosion-brings-opportunity-riches-for-video-gamers.html):

    The contestants were gunning for a big piece of the $11 million in total prize money, the most ever at a games tournament. And the game’s developer, the Valve Corporation, moved another step closer to securing gaming’s legitimacy as a major-league spectator sport

    The roots of e-sports trace to the 1990s with the advent of fighting and shooter games like Street Fighter and Doom. Tournaments in those days were humble affairs, held in crowded hotel ballrooms in front of a few hundred people. Even the winning players often lost money after travel and hotel bills.

    “I was the guy spending $1,000 to go win $800,” said Marcus Graham, an e-sports commentator and former professional gamer who now works for Twitch...

    If pinball could get to 10% of that rise it'd be a huge boost. I see so much potential for taking pinball online to the next level. Huge hats off to the PAPA folks - I had a blast at last year's PAPA and can't wait for this year's - but I also saw so much room to make it a more accessible viewing experience for folks, both in person and online.

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