Quoted from fastpinball:You can get your BOM under 5k. But honestly factoring in programming, design and engineering work, as well credit card processing fees and other small costs that add up, a smaller run game priced under 6k game is a money losing venture.
Then when having your game manufactured by an outside company there is also the cost of having the game assembled and handled. Each game assembled could easily start at $700-$800 each. So add that in also.
This part of the equation is always left out when people guess what a pinball "should" cost. They want to pay for the parts, but nothing else.
There's got to be meat on the bone to run any sort of healthy business.
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Middletown, DE
