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Top Pinball Flops??

By Rick471

11 years ago


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    #2 11 years ago

    The first that comes to mind is SWE1.

    #4 11 years ago

    Because it sold so poorly compared to its projected success and was pretty much the nail in Williams' coffin.

    #21 11 years ago
    Quoted from jackofdiamonds:

    Sorry sleethering,but you need a pinball history lesson.It was a huge hit,both with ops and players.Please watch the movie "Tilt",it will explain,quite well,how big a hit it was.The real nail in the coffin was Popeye.Scott

    I've seen Tilt and that is why I thought of SWE1. Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly but I thought the point of the doc was explaining the ultimate FAILURE of Pinball 2000. SWE1 was expected to sell as well, or better than RFM, but their attempt to time the release of the game with the release of the movie was off and sales were much lower than expected, causing Williams to completely pull the plug on their pinball division.

    I was thinking more of this thread title as "flops" in the business sense, and not in the gameplay sense. Not that SWE1 is a great player, but it certainly has some fans.

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