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Very nicely summed up L33. I just want to add a few final points.I would disagree what some people say that cabinets are 'niche'. Yes maybe it is true that full 'Virtual Cabs' are Niche - the number is probably in the low 1000s.However there are many people can play 'cabinet style' at their desk. Rotating monitors on stands or wall-mounted brackets are common-place nowadays. Second monitors on desksare also quite common. There must hundreds of thousands of people who have the equipment to play 'cabinet style' with 2 screens.The kind of people that build cabinets and publish threads on their cabinets create a lot of publicity for the software they use, and I am sure this would generate a lot of sales.Keeping people like this happy makes sense - The cab crowd are good promoters. Just look at the Cyperpin2001 videos on Youtube showing cabinet play in Pinball FX2 and TPA. One has over 10K views.Farsight may not have promised cabinet play, but I remember before TPA was even released, when asked whether they would eventually support cabinets the answer was always we hope to one day. I remember when they were desparately trying to get 1000 likes on facebook at one point - in those days they needed all the support they could get. Over the years they have been asked multiple times about cab play and they have said it is being worked on. They have even said they won't charge for it, once it is released. They have demoed it and published videos of their cab play on faceebook. They have mentioned it in newsletters and told people they bought a Virtuapin to build the cab support for. There must be many people who bought a Virtuapin or built a cabinet off this information.At the end of the day pinball gameplay is comprised of two 'playboards' for want of a better word... The Playfield and The Backglass/DMD. As so many people have 2 screens why not support two screen play? It is a pinball simulation at the end of the day, is it asking too much?
Very nicely summed up L33. I just want to add a few final points.
I would disagree what some people say that cabinets are 'niche'. Yes maybe it is true that full 'Virtual Cabs' are Niche - the number is probably in the low 1000s.
However there are many people can play 'cabinet style' at their desk. Rotating monitors on stands or wall-mounted brackets are common-place nowadays. Second monitors on desks
are also quite common. There must hundreds of thousands of people who have the equipment to play 'cabinet style' with 2 screens.
The kind of people that build cabinets and publish threads on their cabinets create a lot of publicity for the software they use, and I am sure this would generate a lot of sales.
Keeping people like this happy makes sense - The cab crowd are good promoters. Just look at the Cyperpin2001 videos on Youtube showing cabinet play in Pinball FX2 and TPA. One has over 10K views.
Farsight may not have promised cabinet play, but I remember before TPA was even released, when asked whether they would eventually support cabinets the answer was always we hope to one day. I remember when they were desparately trying to get 1000 likes on facebook at one point - in those days they needed all the support they could get. Over the years they have been asked multiple times about cab play and they have said it is being worked on. They have even said they won't charge for it, once it is released. They have demoed it and published videos of their cab play on faceebook. They have mentioned it in newsletters and told people they bought a Virtuapin to build the cab support for. There must be many people who bought a Virtuapin or built a cabinet off this information.
At the end of the day pinball gameplay is comprised of two 'playboards' for want of a better word... The Playfield and The Backglass/DMD. As so many people have 2 screens why not support two screen play? It is a pinball simulation at the end of the day, is it asking too much?
