Episode 167 - Final Fantasy Pinball NFTs
Note: Echo crops up from time to time during this episode. Apologies upfront. Pinball: Coverage includes Haggis's Fathom Remake finally starting to arrive to buyers, thoughts on the viability of brutal and/or roguelike pinball games, and a discussion of the current pinball market and pricing. Video Games: This segment covers Square Enix selling off studios, Genshin Impact hitting a major player spending milestone, EA moving forward with some new games and dropping the FIFA name, Bethesda delaying a couple titles, and Romero putting out a memoir. Tex Talks Battletech: The Warhammer: IGN article about Square Enix selling elements to the Embracer Group to invest in the blockchain: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Watches with Dennis YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Pinball market stabilizing while Square Enix pursues NFTs despite FFXIV success.
Synopsis
Dennis and Tony discuss pinball market pricing trends showing signs of stabilization after pandemic-era inflation, drawing parallels to the wristwatch market where prices are beginning to fall. They also cover video game industry news including Square Enix's sale of Western studios to Embracer and their pivot toward NFTs/blockchain, which they criticize as a poor strategic decision given Final Fantasy XIV's success sustaining the company.
Entities
- Crystal Dynamics· company
- Eidos Montreal· company
- Embracer Group· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Square Enix· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Deus Ex· game
- Fathom· game
- Final Fantasy XIV· game
- Genshin Impact· game
- Marvel Avengers· game
- Tomb Raider· game
- Dennis· person
- Tony· person