I think something to remember is for as strong as the pinball industry has gotten over the last few years, no pinball company is in a financial position to survive a total flop.

People think otherwise but if stern came out with one game no one bought they’d li kg let be on the verge of collapse. If any of the other company’s did... it would be a foregone conclusion.

So no company can test a current pop artists machine.

They need to know it’s tried and true and has the pinball audience. I would put the foo fighters in this category. I believe that machine would sell every bit as well as a Metallica or AC/DC if done right.

For that reason it won’t happen.

Plus if you consider licensing. What’s the cost of obtaining licensing for a classic rock band vs licensing for someone who played the Super Bowl a month ago? And if your R&D costs are triple in that scenario you likely need to sell 4 times the machines to see a successful game. So way more risk. Same return.

And for Daft Punk, many of their best songs feature other artists. So while I don’t believe it would sell, I do think their music would fit well with pinball but licensing is probably a lot for them also due to all those artists being part of the process.

We’d likely see a better chance of a daft punk song being integrated in to a non licensed them than a themed game of their own.

Except if a license cost you 3 times any other license how do you cut bait and stop making a game you’re in the red on.

Agree with you on one thing. They do understand their market. Which is why there won’t be a weeknd pinball.

Agreed

I was in high school in the 90’s. Who the hell is Deadmau5? That’s a band??

I’ll add to that. I also worked in the radio business in the 90’s - 2014. And yet I still don’t know who this is.

I’m willing to bet my collection... that there will not be a Deadmau5 pinball machine. Ever.

Despite the fact the 4 people who listen to them think their pinball machine would be a smash.

(Update. I googled. Not only is this a band I’ve never heard of. They’re from Canada. Don’t get me wrong. I’m from Canada. But 99% of Canadian music... even if it’s great... has never broken in to the states. So your market just got 100’s of millions smaller)

Can we stop this silliness now?

(Cue the ok boomer response).

Ps. Do the math. I’m not a boomer.

Awesome. Clearly I’ve been living under a music rock.

How many of those 60 million viewers can tell you what a pinball machine even looks like.

It will never happen