Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast May 2022 recap
There might not have been any new games launched in May, but Martin Ayub from Pinball News and Jonathan Joosten from Pinball Magazine still have plenty of exciting news from the pinball industry...
Highlights
- Stern Pinball experienced a factory flooding caused by a burst water pipe under the factory floor in the lunch area
- David Fix stated that another unnamed company (not Stern) currently holds the Sonic license after American Pinball's negotiations with Sega failed
- Stern may have a James Bond pinball game in development, with the design potentially being done from scratch by George Gomez rather than continuing Steve Ritchie's previous work
- Overseas Stern distributors have been informed of a $500 price increase on upcoming titles
- American Pinball is actively hiring and has appointed Stephen Sprauka as a new purchasing manager
- American Pinball Dream Challenge is still planned for October 2022 at Pinball Expo despite already hiring homebrewing talent like Ryan McQuaid
Notable quotes
“And they were like, that's okay. We're going to go with this other company. Thank you. And I asked one question. I said, what's the other company? And they said, we can't tell you who the other company is.”
“I feel sorry for anybody who's going to make the Sonic Spinball, that it's not Ryan. Because they have big shoes to fill.”
“It's like we have to continue to build what we love, but we have to make sure we have a pedigree or something that's going to continue us into the future.”
“I don't want to play catch-up. Like you did with Oktoberfest, for example.”
“These days we're given the other type of games you're going to be up against, which have guns and roses with all the assets they get from that.”
“Jurassic Park had no assets from whatever movie, and they created it all by themselves.”
“There's supply chain issues that are still there but we're working through those”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Sega· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Avengers· game
- Godzilla· game
- Legends of Valhalla· game
- Mandalorian· game
- Rush· game
- Sonic Spinball· game
- Pinball Magazine· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- David Fix· person
- George Gomez· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Ryan McQuaid· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Dutch Pinball Museum· venue
- Pinball Asylum· venue
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