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Who is playing pinball has changed drastically since I was playing

By Pecos

4 years ago


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    #8 4 years ago

    Excellent and interesting ts. Kudos.

    I think the market isn't big enough to have themes and games only catering to ten year olds.
    Granted you can get some young people interest, but you will probebly loose home users, since dad and mom wount pay 5k+ for a pin with a for example minecraft or emoji theme.

    What i think is needed is themes that can attract and span over multipel generations.
    Stern is terrible at this. JJP did a good atempt with wizard of oz, but maybe a bit old of a movie.

    I would love to see a toy story, which has been speculations on, or maybe a monsters inc, with closets Doors to open.
    Granted, thoose two example, May Come with licensing trouble, but as a General, im certain this is The way forward.
    (wouldn't it be great if JJP got the licens for aladin, incorparating a bit of totan, and maybe a mix from The animated and new version of the movie)

    Making kids interested, also has the benefit of having future customers.

    #9 4 years ago
    Quoted from rufessor:

    I can tell you that as a parent, and a collector- I take my kids to a few local arcades and send them off with about 10 dollars in nickels- this is a “nickel cade” and although a few games really are a nickel many are 2-9+ nickels. This particular place happens to have about 12 DMD or newer games including MMr (9 nickes a game!!! Woot!!).
    My kids will burn a pound of nickels in minutes playing vegas style redemption games that reward them with 100 tickets streaming onto the ground. Then they turn in their 400-800 tickets an hour later (10-15 dollar cost plus 2.50 admission) and purchase a 50 cent plastic piece of shit.
    Luckly- I can get my daughter to play a few MMr (she loves castle multiball). But yes-
    I have the run of the 15 or so pins- I walk 10 feet to the left and I can barely move in the crush of children and idiot adults playing the vegas style redemption games. I swear to god- there are adults that will play for friggin tickets and do so “competitively” to the point they will jump innif a kid leaves a “valuable” prize in an easy to get position.
    I dont inderstand it- it pisses me off a little bit and I have to restrain myself from draggin my kids away from the garbage and “forcing” them to learn a true skill- like robotron or pinball
    To each his own- but I have true empathy for you trying to turn this into a business. I kust dont know how to get people to realize that arcade games and pinball games reward good play and are FUN! I do NOT understand the obsession with tickets. We talk about the fact that what my kids get is total garbage and they conpletely agree and will even laugh about it- but human nature loves instant gratification, and I have to admit... I have been known to load 50 nickels into a ball drop game and work to get my kids over the line for the last 300 tickets they need to get X or Y prize. So I get it- I just wish I did not get it and those games were gone.
    To old (not really but 9 its been a LOng while since I was 9) and grouchy I guess. Good luck and best wishes. I would dine at your locations and play your games. But I am only one.

    A "prize" can be many things. Just imagine a finding nemo pin, with unique animated funny and cute cutscenes on the display When you clear modes, get cutscenes etc.
    -daddy can we watch that cool nemo scene again?
    -well if you play and manage to shoot the ball into the reef.
    -daddy are there other cool scenens?
    -just play on, im sure there is more.
    I assure you, kids all over will go after wizard modes, likes there is no tomorrow.

    But i agree todays kids are conditioned to recieve rewards (prize) When they play games.
    Just a score, like pacman or lesser pinball will not do.

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