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Quoted from Mbecker:Bottom line - your missing a spot in the poll for “id donate but not interested in purchasing/downpayment”.
This is a good point. Can crowdfunding in pinball be more than just pre-ordering a complete pinball machine?
I guess more of the Patreon model. Is Ben's presence and contributions worth *something* to enough people, that collectively it adds up to something meaningful for both sides of the equation.
Has there ever been a previous example of a title making a significant dent "outside pinball"? Fine, there seems to be stories of the occasional game found somewhere you wouldn't expect it, but that doesn't make a market.
In the end, pinball sells to pinball buyers. Who are buyers? Existing operators, and now pinball owner/hobbyists. I can't think of a single time a title sold outside those 2 groups in any meaningful way, even when there was an attempt at it (KISS, Mustang).
Quoted from boustrophedonic:I'd still hesitate to draw any conclusions. I mean, if I came on Pinside 2 years ago and did a poll asking how many people would prepay for a game about a cell phone, I bet you'd have gotten at least 240 "no's". And yet here we are today with a game at number 8 on the Top 100 list that's a game about a cell phone with 300 Pinside owners (myself included). Yes, unlicensed themes have an uphill climb by their very nature, but that doesn't mean that people won't buy it if it's done well.
It's possible, but without a built-in "take my money" base, you'd have to do the thing Ben doesn't want to do, which is take the game to shows for a year.
Quoted from EalaDubhSidhe:True story: I came this close to designing a Russell Crowe's Noah game.
That would have turned Heighway's fortunes around 
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