Agree, but everyone says they want original themes, but they don’t buy them. So talk to your friends!
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Quoted from newovad:That and some of the best "original" themes were just obvious copies of actual themes. I guess that saved us from a Monty Python pin and a Caddyshack pin, to name a few.
Haha very good point!
Quoted from Rarehero:This has been debated & explained for decades, but since you’re new, here we go:
Pinball ONLY still exists as an industry today because the right hyped up themes will INSTANTLY sell games unseen/unplayed. The 80s and 90s was a different world, arcades were relevant, and you could walk into an arcade and be surprised and delighted by something non-licenses.
The arcade died, and pinball sales to home collectors became far more important. People like you cry for original themes...but then don’t buy them. Did you buy AMH, Dialed In, Houdini, and Oktoberfest? With original themes, buyers say “I’ll wait and play it first”...with a nostalgic license people love, buyers say “I WANT IT NOW”.
That’s just the reality & why it will never stop.
Hey, -I- bought DI and Houdini, and soon Oktoberfest. But the games I will never sell are the themed ones... MB, TZ, etc
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