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A free-to-play model that I feel could actually work for pinball.
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<blockquote data-quote="mystman12" data-source="post: 291294" data-attributes="member: 2487"><p>With the release of the Williams Pinball app on mobile, I was pretty disappointed. I have the game on PC and Switch so I'm not really missing out on anything, but I would have bought a few packs to have on my phone had Zen just made them available for a fair price. I still can't get over how bad the current model is though. Three currencies, insane amounts of grinding, packs of zen coins that you can only buy in strange amounts that don't line up with the prices of what you can exchange them for, it's all classic free-to-play mobile garbage, and it doesn't mix well with pinball.</p><p></p><p>The thing is, I feel like there <strong>is</strong> a way to make free-to-play pinball work, and that would be by tapping into what pinball was designed for in the first place: Buying credits. Would it not be cool if the Williams app allowed you to buy packs of credits, and then spend those to play any game of your choosing until you run out? They could even make it so you can earn credits from replays and matches, or spend credits to get continues on games that support that. And of course, if you wanted, you could still buy individual machines out right to get free play and other features.</p><p></p><p>It probably wouldn't make as much money, but I think it would still be a really cool, somewhat authentic even, free-to-play model, and I'm surprised that no one (At least as far as I know) has tried it yet. If that was how Williams Pinball worked I'd probably have bought a few tables and bought a few packs of credits, which is more than I've given Zen through the current Williams app, but that's just me. Would anyone else like to see a pinball game try something like this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mystman12, post: 291294, member: 2487"] With the release of the Williams Pinball app on mobile, I was pretty disappointed. I have the game on PC and Switch so I'm not really missing out on anything, but I would have bought a few packs to have on my phone had Zen just made them available for a fair price. I still can't get over how bad the current model is though. Three currencies, insane amounts of grinding, packs of zen coins that you can only buy in strange amounts that don't line up with the prices of what you can exchange them for, it's all classic free-to-play mobile garbage, and it doesn't mix well with pinball. The thing is, I feel like there [B]is[/B] a way to make free-to-play pinball work, and that would be by tapping into what pinball was designed for in the first place: Buying credits. Would it not be cool if the Williams app allowed you to buy packs of credits, and then spend those to play any game of your choosing until you run out? They could even make it so you can earn credits from replays and matches, or spend credits to get continues on games that support that. And of course, if you wanted, you could still buy individual machines out right to get free play and other features. It probably wouldn't make as much money, but I think it would still be a really cool, somewhat authentic even, free-to-play model, and I'm surprised that no one (At least as far as I know) has tried it yet. If that was how Williams Pinball worked I'd probably have bought a few tables and bought a few packs of credits, which is more than I've given Zen through the current Williams app, but that's just me. Would anyone else like to see a pinball game try something like this? [/QUOTE]
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