The longer you are in this hobby, the sooner you will realize that pinball companies are not Apple.

They are run by old men who still think that AOL is the internet (and that's only because Prodigy got shut down).

Many high end audio companies are the same way. No manuals online, website gets updated months after product has been introduced, no pictures of rear panels, no videos of complex alignment procedures....we call it MBOM (marketing by old men).

Considering none of the new games you are thinking are done, it makes sense.. They may be 80%+ on mechanical and artwork and may even give initial impression they are complete, but without good software, they are really just 250 lb paperweights.

LOL

Posts like this make me miss the old days. Back in the day (pre-internet), there was no information. You just showed up at the arcade and bam, a new game was there. And you know what? We liked it like that. Surprises like that are awesome.

One of the best days of my pinball life was the day High Speed showed up at Golfland. Because of extenuating circumstances at the time, the loud cop radio audio I heard when I first walked in scared the hell out of me. I thought I was busted. Turned out a pretty good game showed up at the arcade that day. No cops. A couple of decades later I got to know the dude who designed it and told him about that day. He very much enjoyed the story.

No shit, if someone could develop and great product and have some decent marketing they could kill it, problem is none of them have the whole package, its mind blowing. You don't need to be Apple, just have enough common sense to compete like your life depended on it?

Another thing is - some people dont go on the internet - I've met people that havent heard of certain companies at shows - they only buy goodies at shows and nowhere else...

There were no fancy ramps on our games, The games had no ramps and We liked it.
We didn't have Multiballs in our games, The games only had one ball and we liked it.
We didn't have fancy DMDs and LCD screens, The games had scoring reels and we liked it.

I like being an old fark.

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