Episode 1219: "Why a $27,000 Resident Evil Pinball Makes Total Sense"

World Pinball's $27K Resident Evil is "honest" but unsustainable; 2025 pinball market oversaturated and overpriced.

Synopsis

Kaneda criticizes World Pinball's $25,000–$27,000 Resident Evil pricing as simultaneously the "most honest" and "craziest" pinball price ever, arguing the steep cost reflects the brutal economics of limited-run manufacturing. He contextualizes this within a crowded 2025 release calendar (Transformers, Sonic, Fallout, Back to the Future) and discusses secondary market pricing pressure on Beetlejuice and Pokémon LEs, market saturation, and his concerns about unproven manufacturers launching flagship products with long delivery windows.

Entities

• American Pinball· company
• Chicago Gaming Company (CGC)· company
• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Multimorphic· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• World Pinball· company
• Back to the Future· game
• Beetlejuice· game
• Goonies· game
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child· game
• Pokémon· game
• Resident Evil· game
• Sonic the Hedgehog· game
• Tales of the Arabian Nights· game
• Transformers· game
• Winchester· game
• Cassian Wynn Caloris· person
• Chris Turner· person
• Gerry Stellenberg· person
• Jason Knapp· person
• Kaneda· person
• Keith Elwin· person
• Lyman Sheets· person
• Steve Ritchie· person