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...
Highlights
- Fathom remake from Haggis Pinball has started shipping to buyers, with first confirmed delivery to Australian customer
- Secondary market pinball prices have stabilized at current levels over the past couple months rather than continuing to rise
- New in-box pinball prices will not fall due to ongoing manufacturing cost pressures (inflation, parts availability, shipping)
- Wristwatch market prices have fallen 6-8 weeks with declines under 10-20% for most models
- Square Enix sold Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal studios to Embracer Group for approximately $300 million
- Final Fantasy XIV was essentially the only thing keeping Square Enix profitable last year, generating over $50 million in profit
- Jersey Jack Pinball's Toy Story machine is rumored for June 2022 release
- Genshin Impact has generated $3 billion in player spending on mobile versions since launch in fall 2020
Notable quotes
“Make it and people will still buy it. It doesn't matter how poor a job you do. People would still buy it.”
“The only major difference I can point to between the pinball market and the wristwatch market that I think makes a notable difference is the supply chain side. The ability to get brand new wristwatches, that's caught up now. And that's not true for pinball.”
“Final Fantasy XIV Kept Square Enix afloat...That's the only reason Square Enix didn't lose money last year.”
“Why are you taking all that Final Fantasy XIV money, which saved you from what would have been nigh on destruction...and put out that Avengers game, and its response was what we just saw, yikes. But instead of investing the money in a new Tomb Raider, Blockchain.”
“You'd expect it. In fact, you'd probably be happy it was so low. So yeah, no. I just – but because of what's going on in the economy with the inflation, like I'm not going to, I got a raise this year. It ain't going to be as much as what inflation is for the year though.”
“Just imagine all those idiots I'm going to use the word idiots who thought they were so smart because they were making money. It's easy to make money when everything goes up. Now is when your brain is put to the test. And most of these people are not very smart.”
“It works for Pinball. Don't you guys just buy theme? That's true. Square, get into Pinball. You'd have been fine.”
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
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