The Pinball Show Ep 187: 2025 Game Sales Data & Industry Pattern Analysis
The Pinball Show Episode 187: 2025 Game Sales Data & Industry Pattern Analysis Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Season's Shillings Holiday Giveaway Winners - The Best Pinball Of 2025: The Pinball Show Awards Winners - Stern Pinball Production Updates - New Stern Pinball Accessories - Jack Danger's Next Game? - Last Call For Dune Pinball? - Winchester Mystery House Shipping - Beetlejuice On The Line - Dutch Pinball Updates - EXCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP CONTENT: MORE 2025 Game Sales Data & Industry Pattern Analysis Remember to purchase your next pinball or arcade machine from Flip N Out Pinball! flipnoutpinball.com zach@flipnoutpinball.com email: thepinballshow@gmail.com youtube: youtube.com/@ThePinballShow instagram: @thepinballshowpodcast tik tok: @thepinballshow store: flipnoutpinball.com
Kineticist’s take
Flip N Out 2025 sales data shows non-Stern games hit 50% market share, driven by Harry Potter, Beetlejuice, and strong licenses.
Synopsis
Zach Meny of Flip N Out Pinball presents 2025 game sales data revealing a major market shift: non-Stern products grew 30%+ while Stern grew 10-13%, reducing Stern's share from ~70% to 50% of Flip N Out's unit sales for the first time. Key drivers include Harry Potter massive success, strong performances from Beetlejuice, Dune, Winchester, and other licensed titles, while Star Wars, John Wick, and other releases underperformed. Jaws 50th Anniversary saw unexpectedly strong 2025 sales despite releasing in 2024, while Godzilla remained steady. The speakers debate whether 2025 represents a permanent market correction or a temporary 'blip' driven by convergent licensing advantages for non-Stern manufacturers.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avatar· game
- Beetlejuice· game
- Dune· game
- Dungeons & Dragons· game
- Evil Dead (CE)· game
- Godzilla· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Jaws· game
- John Wick· game
- King Kong· game
- Metallica Remastered (Premium/LE)· game
- Star Wars: Fall of the Empire· game
- The Walking Dead Remastered (Premium/LE)· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Dennis· person
- Greg· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Ken· person
- Nicole· person
- Zach Meny· person