The Pinball Show Ep 196: Hot Summer Game Releases

Hosts debate Stern's home edition strategy and American Pinball remaster rollout amid summer releases.

Synopsis

The The The Pinball Show hosts discuss summer game releases and industry trends, including Stern's strategy with Costco home editions, American Pinball remaster pipeline (Galactic Tank Force (Classic), Cirqus Voltaire), Spooky Pinball's Beetlejuice shipping progress and a charitable machine giveaway, and speculation about licensed IP remakes (Tron, Lord of the Rings, KISS, Gremlins). Key debate centers on whether Stern is pursuing a 'shittification' strategy by pivoting to lower-cost home editions and scaling back premium releases.

Entities

• American Pinball· company
• Costco· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Beetlejuice· game
• Cirqus Voltaire· game
• Galactic Tank Force· game
• Gremlins· game
• Hot Wheels· game
• Houdini· game
• KISS· game
• Lord of the Rings· game
• Pokemon· game
• Star Wars· game
• Transformers· game
• Tron· game
• The Pinball Show· media
• Amber· person
• Bug· person
• Don Garrison· person
• Luke· person
• Steven Bowden· person