Episode 75 - Paper Like a Phone Book
Pinball: Discussion revolves around The Pinball Company's crowd-funding initiative, the fallout relating to Todd Tuckey and the Pinball Adventures book, a discussion on single-level games in today's pinball world, and of course 20 Questions. Video Games: Topics are Microsoft acquiring Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment, various video game award shows coming up, and Sony's decision not to attend E3 in 2019. WeFunder campaign for The Pinball Company: Crowdfunder campaign for The Pinball Company: Microsoft on acquiring Obsidian and inXile: CBS hosting The Gamer's Choice Awards: Golden Joystick Awards 2018: Sony skipping E3 in 2019: Website: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Pinball Company's $500k-$1M crowdfund for showroom expansion criticized as overvalued and strategically misguided.
Synopsis
Dennis and Tony discuss Eclectic Gamers' milestone progress toward episode 100, personal life updates, and a detailed critical analysis of The Pinball Company's WeFunder crowdfunding campaign for retail expansion. They raise serious concerns about the company's $8-10 million valuation relative to ~$500k annual profit, aggressive growth projections, lack of technician distribution planning, and whether the 1975-style showroom expansion model is viable in 2019.
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- The Pinball Company· company
- KC GameCon· event
- Jetsons· game
- Scooby-Doo· game
- CrowdFunder· organization
- Eclectic Gamers Podcast· organization
- WeFunder· organization
- Dennis· person
- Jake Danzig· person
- Tony· person
- Wayne Nyans· person
- Pinball Magazine· product