Episode 74 - Beatles BlizzCon
Pinball: The guys discuss the KCGameCON 2018 Pinball Championship, an article on Stern Pinball's SPIKE system over at TWIP, the upcoming Stern Beatles pin, MonkeyGate, and the notion of Bill & Ted's...
Kineticist’s take
Eclectic Gamers analyzes Stern's Beatles pinball announcement with skepticism about pricing strategy and throwback layout choice.
Synopsis
Dennis and Tony discuss the newly announced Beatles pinball machine from Stern, a limited-run (1,964 units) re-theme of the classic Sea Witch layout with cosmetic and minor mechanical upgrades. The episode covers production details (three tier editions with no gameplay differences), pricing uncertainty for premium tiers, song licensing approach, and community reception concerns about the throwback design and premium pricing strategy.
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- KC Game Con· event
- Pinball Expo· event
- Batman 66· game
- Beatles· game
- Jetsons· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Quicksilver· game
- Sea Witch· game
- Sea Witch (Stern Electronics)· game
- Stargazer· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- WWE· game
- Slam Tilt Podcast· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- This Week in Pinball Podcast· organization
- Dennis· person
- Jeff· person
- Joe Kamikawa· person
- Nick Baldridge· person
- Nick Schell· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Sharp· person
- Spike system· product