Women already think pinball machine prices are absurd.

I work in a building full of women who enjoy the titles I bring in, when I start talking prices they think we're insane and I have not even gotten started talking about new pins.

Making "a women's title" aimed at women hoping for boosted sales would be suicidal. There are some themes mentioned above that would appeal to a wider audience, some franchises do well.

As a maintenance director I disagree.

Women are wired different then men. All the nurses I work with I could not do their job, nor am I interested.

I work with mechanical devices and very good at it.

On the other hand I have seen female nurses unable to install batteries in a tv remote even with a diagram at the bottom of the device.

The industry is weighted heavy towards women because it is suited to their nurturing wiring.

Women generally love Game of Thrones, excellent example.

And how many would sell at $7500?

Interest yet, profitable amount of buyers no.

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Stern is free to make a My Little Pony all they like, this doesn't matter to me a wit.

I'll ignore it just like the other titles they make which don't appeal to my interests for one reason or another.

The backglass on the Bally Dolly Parton is hideous, would have been far better if they used the country Dolly on the playfield.

I understand she was in the process of "going Hollywood" regardless of that it was a mistake and looks terrible in my opinion.

The proto cabinet was better too.

My wife loves EM's with Melody and Night Rider her favorites and the only solid state she MIGHT play is Jurassic Park.

She really loves Melody, its her clear favorite.
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We do cover them up when not in use, I tried to get dark curtains but she nixed the idea.

Its based on reality and actually observing people and what they do and their interests.

Nice stawman you setup there, I'm going to burn it down for you.

1) They are a fraction of the population that owns and plays pinball, exceptions proving the rule.

2) Were not saying their interest is any less than mine for example.

Were saying far more men are interested in buying pinball machines than women.

Yes but would they cough up $7000-$10,000 to own one?

I would contend based on the women I work with in a professional building the answer would be a resounding "ARE YOU INSANE"

Sold exactly one pin to a women in four years and it was $1200 and it was so she could surprise her husband with a retirement gift.

The price/benefit ratio is just not there for MOST women.

If Keith Elwin did an amazing shooting game with great rules based on Golden Girls, would everyone refuse to buy it? What if Eric Meunier and JJP did a Beyonce pin that went even above and beyond GNR? Would people really not buy them or play them on location because they have female-centric themes? Does it really matter that much?

Yes it does.

There are a number of amazing games out there, their themes hold zero interest to me so why on earth would I buy it?

For me pin attraction can be broken down to thirds- theme, sound, playfield setup. It needs to fire on all 3 of these areas for me to even give a pin a tryout.

You also have to consider the Porsche SUV has a VW twin so there is a large sharing of risk and expenses.