A new app on the way from Stern and Farsight

[Snorzel]

Im sure it will be loaded with Chicago Coin EMs

 

[Kaibun]

I hope they're working on the app simultaneously with the other versions, I don't wanna wait an unreasonably long time until this comes to PC.

 

[mpad]

I speculate that the pc is still their main development platform (for convenience).

 

[francis247uk]

Great writeup on Pinball News: http://www.pinballnews.com/news/sternfarsight.html

 

[TNT]

I assume at some point we will see a Stern Pinball Arcade subforum?

 

[TNT]

Not really a surprise here. However this was released before the big announcement.

"Stern will start shipping the Game of Thrones pinball machines from September 15, 2015. However, with the starting price tag of $5,995 for the machine, this latest piece of merchandise is only for the die hard Game of Thrones fans. Although, there will be a digital version of it expected soon."


http://www.inquisitr.com/2414965/stern-pinball-releases-its-game-of-thrones-pinball-machine/

 

[Jeff Strong]

Side note: There's also a rumor that a Jimi pin might be one of Stern's next machines. If that's true, I'm gonna be over the moon!

 

[TNT]

Does Stern have a fan board?

 

[Jeff Strong]

Does Stern have a fan board?

Don't think so, but here's the thread from pinside:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/so-whats-sterns-next-game/page/7

 

[Dedpop]

Side note: There's also a rumor that a Jimi pin might be one of Stern's next machines. If that's true, I'm gonna be over the moon!

Please, enough with the good news !

 

[TNT]

Don't think so, but here's the thread from pinside:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/so-whats-sterns-next-game/page/7

Cool. Thanks.

Wow. A lot of folks over there not too impressed with GoT.

 

[pm1109]

Cool. Thanks.

Wow. A lot of folks over there not too impressed with GoT.

Can't exactly blame them.

 

[invitro]

"Although, there will be a digital version of it expected soon."

Wowee! I wish I could tell for sure that that news (and it is news, I think) comes from Stern and not the article author.

A source for this article says: "Created by Stern Pinball, the machines are expected to start overseas shipping on Sept. 15 and will soon have a digital counterpart." The article date is 2015-09-11.
http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Game-Thrones-Pinball-Machine-38341442#photo-38341442

 

[invitro]

Stern sez: "Prepare yourselves, live game-play video of Game of Thrones pinball is coming! Make sure to tune in Monday at... [FONT=Arial, sans-serif][/FONT]http://fb.me/7zjYVFLZn[FONT=Arial, sans-serif][/FONT] "

The time is 4pm CDT.

https://twitter.com/sternpinballinc
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153624756929244
http://www.twitch.tv/dead_flip

 

[wolfson]

Side note: There's also a rumor that a Jimi pin might be one of Stern's next machines. If that's true, I'm gonna be over the moon!

nice one forya Jeff,[`m pleased !!!

 

[jaredmorgs]

Availability will be announced at the end of fall, according to the press release. You can paint that to be "soon" if you use a broad enough brush.

 

[lio]

I'm really looking forward to this!
And I really wonder how they want to pull it off with the pricing etc.
With Stern probably seeing this mainly as a way to promote the physical game and to raise interest (for people to buy the game or to go out and seek a real table) I guess they will try to work out some free-2-play or token based model (I too hate tokens but I fear they might think it could be a good idea and for their purpose it might actually work).
Maybe they will have in-app purchases where 10 credits cost as much as 1 credit in the real world (so 10-15 for 1$ or so) in addition to free tokens you get over time or by clicking sponsored ads or whatever - I just really hope that they will offer an option to unlock the full table to free play / unlimited credits without ads for a reasonable price - say 11.99$ for Pro, 13.99$ for Premium and 15.99$ for LE and a discount pack containing all versions for say 35.99$.
I don't think we will see a "full unlock" for 3-5 dollars because Stern will not want this to be a cheap substitue for their real games.
I know times have changed and a lot of players consider anything that costs more than a few dollars (on mobile platforms anyway) to be too expensive - especially those with "it's just a pinball table" mindset that complain about 2.99$ for a ZEN Pinball FX2 table but personally I purchased all Pro Pinball games for ~50 bucks each back in the 90's and did not consider them overpriced at that time... so if the quality is right I'm willing to pay a premium price.
I just hope they don't mess this up... the idea is great and I'd love to get to play more modern Stern games that way but I wonder how this will work out in the end.

 

[canuck]

NO NO NO tokens. Farsight tried that with Ghostbusters...was a dud. I don't care if each table is $15. Let me buy it once and be done with it.

 

[Epsilon]

NO NO NO tokens. Farsight tried that with Ghostbusters...was a dud. I don't care if each table is $15. Let me buy it once and be done with it.

So much yes to this.

 

[TNT]

It will be interesting to see when more details are announced how long or how many tables the SPA agreement is for.