I can't believe people are advocating being charged proper money to play a test game with threadbare rule set, random flashing inserts and according to reports quite a few mechanical bugs and software crashes. I wonder how many passers by are totally aware how unfinished the code is that they are being charged $1-$2 for. I bet a few people walked away thinking the game was a bit rubbish too.

It's not a $7k machine until the software is in a finished state and I don't agree it should be taking money yet. I'll be playing Phil's WOZ at the London Pinball Tournament later this month and as far as I know it'll be on Free Play as all these other test machines should be too.

Obviously people have the right to charge whatever they want but personally I think it's pretty rotten when the machine is in such an unfinished state.

Do other entertainment makers charge full price to play a Beta version of a video game or full price to watch a test screening of a film? No.

chocky909 : )

There is a big difference I think between publicly testing a finished product like a film or a new food and a work in progress like WOZ. I believed the reason these WOZ were put out there as test games were to to show everyone the progress, the quality of the table and to gain feedback that can be used before final production and for software development, not to grab money from naive passers by and pinheads who want to see what all the fuss is about

If my local op had a WOZ and was charging £1 a game I'd probably have a few goes but it'd leave a sour taste in my mouth. Why not wait until the game is programmed fully before making people pay? It's just crappy behaviour in my book.

Dude, you're talking nonsense.

I'm going to play on a test WOZ (on Free Play!) hopefully in a few weeks and then I'll be qualified to have an opinion in your eyes...

Yeah I feel really foolish getting a refund on a machine that made me dislike it a bit more every update I saw, spending that deposit on a LOTR and playing it to death.

I am planning on picking up a WOZ when it's actually finished if it's any good. I doubt I'll have trouble finding a machine a few months after release if so.

I hope it's good in the end, I really do.

I was just as vocal when I still had WOZ on order. I got a refund (no one in the UK was interested in taking over my preorder) because I didn't like the sound and the delays.

What you call sour grapes or an axe to grind is simply me being honest about the latest updates on a project I've been following since very early on. It's pretty pathetic that I get called a troll just because I point out things I don't like.

I really don't take it personally when WOZ owners attack my comments because they're just trying to protect their investments. But please don't lump me in with Exejet. That's really insulting.