Episode 209 - 2023 Year-End Review
Pinball: We quickly go over some more pinball award stuff, talk about Planetary Pinball granting Pedretti the ability to make WMS remakes, and then do our year-end review of the manufacturers. Video...
Highlights
- 2023 saw a record number of new pinball games released
- Chicago Gaming Company has not met production targets despite excellent game quality
- Pedretti Gaming is now manufacturing Williams remakes for Planetary Pinball
- Planetary Pinball's decision to add Pedretti is driven by desire for faster remake production
- Chicago Gaming Company has another remake in development based on rumors
- Twippies ceremony will not be held in 2024; results will simply be published
- Pedretti Gaming builds machines in Italy, creating shipping disadvantages for U.S. market
- Cactus Canyon was rolled out as pre-production model at Chicago Expo in October 2021
Notable quotes
“2023 saw a lot of games this year. It's like a record. The entire time in the hobby, this was the most I've ever seen come out easily.”
“Chicago Gaming in particular has been getting called out a lot. They have been exceedingly slow when it comes to releasing and producing in particular at this point.”
“It's just, it's been a bad look for CGC. And I think that flows well into the year in review. CGC's had a bad looking year. The game looks great, but overall, they've had a rough year.”
“We're the big market and so we get what we want. Or else your company may fail.”
“If we could spread it across the year, it wouldn't be painful, but that it's two months.”
“Zach never wants to take a step backward and make something less than what it last was... anything short of a full-fledged ceremony would have been a step backwards.”
“There are new content creators that are constantly coming in to the game... there should be a lot of pretty good potential for it.”
“It's just, it's been a bad look for CGC... it's like, well, these are pre-production models that are half, they're not quite production models, but they're not prototypes anymore.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Naps Arcade· company
- Pedretti Gaming· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Planetary Pinball· company
- Chicago Expo 2021· event
- Pinball Awards· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Twippies· event
- Cactus Canyon· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Canada's Pinball Podcast· organization
- David Dennis· person
- Dennis· person
- Emoto· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Lucas Pepke· person
- Rick W.· person
- Robert G.· person
- Sid Fathom· person
- Tony· person
- Will O'Edding· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
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