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Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast June 2024 recap

PodcastAnalysis updated 6d ago1 hr 16 min listenBy Martin Ayub, Jonathan Joosten
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Here we are at the half-way point of 2024, so that means it’s time to join Jonathan Joosten from Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub from Pinball News for their regular monthly look back at all the...

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Highlights

  • Stern accidentally removed Insider Connected app from Apple's App Store during iOS update, losing all reviews
  • Jaws topper priced at $999 with 3D lenticular MTI-LED billboard and RGB lighting
  • Pedretti Gaming (Funhouse remake) is currently shipping games in both classic and limited edition variants in the US
  • Multimorphic Princess Bride will start production in August with five monthly batches through December 2024; new orders will be built in early 2025
  • 94% of registered P3 machines remain with original buyers, indicating high owner satisfaction and kit upgrade adoption
  • Spooky Pinball is moving to a new facility while keeping the current one operational, creating two manufacturing lines
  • Code found in Jersey Jack Elton John update references 'Pinball Connect team' functionality, speculated to be in-house score-tracking system replacing Scorebit
  • Barrels of Fun has orders for 750+ of 1,100 planned Labyrinth machines, with 270 already built and commitment to build 500 more by end of 2024

Notable quotes

“20 years ago, wouldn't have thought they'd still be here. But, yes, [Stern has] been busy.”
Jonathan Houston
“The shark wasn't very visible because it was eating the ball. [It] needs to be prominent, but the rest of it is underneath the play field.”
Jonathan Houston
“Apparently it are tough times for pinball manufacturers as it's not as easy to sell games as during COVID.”
Martin Eban
“I prefer to take it on the positive side and say that people are happy with their purchase and wanted to buy more kits for it rather than move the whole thing on.”
Jonathan Houston
“It seems to be... the market seems to be rather slow right now. And these are all confirmations, I would almost say, that it indeed is the case.”
Martin Eban
“It gives people the chance to actually experience the game before they decide whether they want to get it... too many people have been too disappointed too many times in the past by buying something that they haven't played yet.”
Jonathan Houston
“There's lots of speculation about what that [next Jersey Jack game] will be, but it is only that at the moment, so we won't add to that.”
Martin Eban

Entities

  • American Pinball· company
  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • Euro Pinball Corp· company
  • Flippin' Out Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Multimorphic· company
  • Pedretti Gaming· company
  • Pinball Brothers· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • San Diego Comic-Con· event
  • ABBA· game
  • Funhouse (Remake)· game
  • Godzilla (70th Anniversary Edition)· game
  • Jaws· game
  • John Wick· game
  • Labyrinth· game
  • Princess Bride· game
  • Daniel Jensen· person
  • David Fix· person
  • Jonathan Houston· person
  • Martin Eban· person
  • Insider Connected· product
  • Scorebit· product

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