Pinball Arcade - (by FarSight) - Universal App

[Drakeer Melkhor]

Yeah I'm about to 5 stars this game.

I love pinball arcade games and they deserve kudos for this piece of software. It's amazing, really!

Someday I will have a real pinball machine in my home!

[bigrand1]

Originally Posted by psj3809

Totally agree, just left a 5/5 review, think more of us have to do it, shame those idiots leave those reviews expecting to get everything for free.

I'm not expecting the game to be free---just BUG FREE!

[famousringo]

Originally Posted by psj3809

Totally agree, just left a 5/5 review, think more of us have to do it, shame those idiots leave those reviews expecting to get everything for free.

I think they'll be okay. In a month, they'll put out a new version and these tightwad curmudgeon reviews will get swept under the rug. You should all be sure to leave your 5 star reviews then.

Plus, the next update should replace Facebook nagging with Game Centre support, so you'll have a good reason to apply that rating.

[GordLacey]

Creature from the Black Lagoon and Black Knight were announced as the next two tables. Woohoo.

[shyguy3]

Originally Posted by GordLacey

Creature from the Black Lagoon and Black Knight were announced as the next two tables. Woohoo.

I guess I'll be investing some more in this app. So far there's only two tables I haven't purchased. I'm an addict when it comes to pinball games.

[Chocolate]

I think part of the problem is that not everyone feels the same way about pinball.

I read a few pages back, and clearly the guys who are willing to pay the current prices for the tables are pinball fans. Some of you have even owned real pinball machines. You are hardcore.

That's the thing... the average iOS gamer may not see pinball sims as being that valuable. Maybe worth a dollar or two. No more.

That's where it's tricky for the devs. Keep prices high, and only the hardcore pinballers will buy it. But they also alienate the greater iOS audience. Lower the prices and maybe increase the audience, and make more money in the long run.

Me, I got this for free, and played the free table. It's cool. I would not pay the $15 or so to open all the other tables. At most, I'd pay $1 per table. And even then, I'd have to think twice. There are way too many good games for far less money on the app store.

Case in point -- yesterday I got Midway Arcade. I was very impressed with it. The emulation was great, and I liked how they designed the virtual arcade. So I ended up buying all the games. I only spent $3 and got all the arcade machines. Hard to justify $15 for Pinball Arcade in comparison.

[MeanTuna]

Originally Posted by Chocolate

I think part of the problem is that not everyone feels the same way about pinball.

I read a few pages back, and clearly the guys who are willing to pay the current prices for the tables are pinball fans. Some of you have even owned real pinball machines. You are hardcore.

That's the thing... the average iOS gamer may not see pinball sims as being that valuable. Maybe worth a dollar or two. No more.

That's where it's tricky for the devs. Keep prices high, and only the hardcore pinballers will buy it. But they also alienate the greater iOS audience. Lower the prices and maybe increase the audience, and make more money in the long run.

Me, I got this for free, and played the free table. It's cool. I would not pay the $15 or so to open all the other tables. At most, I'd pay $1 per table. And even then, I'd have to think twice. There are way too many good games for far less money on the app store.

Case in point -- yesterday I got Midway Arcade. I was very impressed with it. The emulation was great, and I liked how they designed the virtual arcade. So I ended up buying all the games. I only spent $3 and got all the arcade machines. Hard to justify $15 for Pinball Arcade in comparison.

Jeez, cmon dude if you think its too expensive then dont get it but when you say that at most would pay a buck for table and even then you dont know you're showing the precise reason that apps like these shouldnt be as dirt cheap as other apps, because people that like these kind of games will get them at this price.

Its silly to ask for everything to be a dollar, these are not fantasy pinball machines. Whether you consider yourself hardcore or not doesnt change the fact that these machines are based on real physical machines whose licenses cost money to get.

The simple fact is that lowering the price would probably hurt them, as is the case with most specialized "expensive" apps or games because the people whose directed at will buy it even if it costs more than a candy bar.

[Chocolate]

Originally Posted by MeanTuna

Jeez, cmon dude if you think its too expensive then dont get it but when you say that at most would pay a buck for table and even then you dont know you're showing the precise reason that apps like these shouldnt be as dirt cheap as other apps, because people that like these kind of games will get them at this price.

Its silly to ask for everything to be a dollar, these are not fantasy pinball machines. Whether you consider yourself hardcore or not doesnt change the fact that these machines are based on real physical machines whose licenses cost money to get.

Also, value is a vague concept. Ultimately, things are worth what we think/feel they are worth. A pinball sim may be worth $15 to some people, but only $1 to others. And some might not buy it at any price, because they just don't like pinball. Finding the sweet spot in the marketplace which nets the most income is the trick.

The simple fact is that lowering the price would probably hurt them, as is the case with most specialized "expensive" apps or games because the people whose directed at will buy it even if it costs more than a candy bar.

I did not say they SHOULD lower the table prices, I simply explained WHY I think the feedback has been so negative when the app went free.

Pinball fans may pay the current prices. The majority of iOS gamers probably will not. But there are way more iOS gamers than pinball fans.

[serienmörder]

I played the battle of the kingdom only two times until now
and i have a question about it. At the second time i played it,
i shot all six targets (catapult, left loop, left ramp, castle lock,
right ramp and right loop), after that the trolls came up so
that i can't hit the caste correctly and i lost the battle of the
kingdom. Is this normal? The instructions didn't tell anything
about shooting the trolls in the battle, only the six targets and
than the castle.



Creature from the black lagoon as the next table is cool,
the black knight i don't know until now, but i will buy and
try it.

[DeanKeith]

Originally Posted by serienmörder

I played the battle of the kingdom only two times until now
and i have a question about it. At the second time i played it,
i shot all six targets (catapult, left loop, left ramp, castle lock,
right ramp and right loop), after that the trolls came up so
that i can't hit the caste correctly and i lost the battle of the
kingdom. Is this normal? The instructions didn't tell anything
about shooting the trolls in the battle, only the six targets and
than the castle.

This is a guess... so if anyone knows the correct answer and this is not it, feel free to correct me:

Most of these tables can "stack" bonuses. So you could have multiple goals running at the same time. So I am guessing that you had the "Battle of the Kingdom" and "Shoot The Trolls" bonuses running concurrently, which in most cases would be a good thing, but since the Trolls were in the way, it turned out to be bad.