Episode 173 - SE+ for So Many Months
Pinball: Coverage focuses on Stern's Home Team for Insider Connected, Pinball Brothers denoting Queen Pinball may come out slower than originally believed, Chicago Gaming Company struggling on what...
Highlights
- Chicago Gaming Company is considering shipping SE Plus machines without toppers, then sending toppers separately to customers.
- Multimorphic is approximately two months behind on shipping estimates due to staffing challenges.
- A new Multimorphic P3 order placed today would take approximately one year to ship.
- Pinball Brothers initially suggested Queen Pinball would be available for play in September but now targeting October's Pinball Expo as realistic expectation.
- Multimorphic raised wages to $17/hour (up from $15/hour previously advertised) to address hiring challenges.
- Stern Pinball's Godzilla game received code updates last week as part of broader LCD game updates.
- Chicago Gaming Company's Cactus Canyon Remake LE orders have been waiting nearly a year without shipping due to topper component delays.
Notable quotes
“And honestly, I'm sure a lot of people are really appreciating it because, at least for me, I'd always just log back into the site. I mean, I have my phone with me, but I don't usually have Stern Pinball on my main load screen.”
“So you pay as much as an LE. Yes. And then you get an SE. Yes. And maybe someday you get the topper to get your SE Plus. It costs as much as the LE.”
“Like they very much recognize that they're running into a problem with not getting any SE Plus and LEs out. And as you know, this is pinball, the hype doesn't last forever.”
“I don't understand what it is about this topper that's making it so difficult to get... What's in these toppers? Do they have the graphics cards? The same ones that were used for crypto mining or something?”
“I mean, I have a storage shed. Or, hey, I have a you-store-it rental place that I can keep 15 machines in.”
“A year to get a P3 order isn't going to do them favors to get more P3 orders. No. But maybe they shouldn't be taking more P3 orders.”
“I'm hopeful that with their hiring issues, they can get back on track with where they wanted to be. It has been a rough time to hire people across the board.”
“I'm not surprised at this. I was actually surprised that they seemed more inflation-resistant than the other manufacturers for a while.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- EVO· event
- Pinball Expo· event
- Cactus Canyon Remake· game
- Fall Guys· game
- Godzilla· game
- Queen Pinball· game
- Toy Story· game
- Pinside· media
- The Pinball Show· media
- The Super Awesome Pinball Show· media
- 403 Club· organization
- Nap's Arcade· organization
- Pizza West· organization
- Dennis· person
- Gary Stern· person
- Tony· person
- Weird Al Yankovic· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Insider Connected· product
- Multimorphic P3· product
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