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<blockquote data-quote="Sumez" data-source="post: 52463" data-attributes="member: 1547"><p>What the article writes sounds plausible. The appeal of video game arcades has been lost over the past 10 to 15 years, with more impressive games being all available at home through a quick download.</p><p></p><p>It's not surprising that the few arcade games you still see around nowadays are the ones that aren't feasible in the living room due to large physical parts, such as dancing games, skiing, racing cabinets, or stuff like Namco's Rapid River game, which has you sitting in a large moving raft, paddling like crazy.</p><p>Obviously, pinball fits this bill perfectly. Even through amazing simulations like TPA, computers can never completely replace the experience of controlling an entire physical world beneath the glass through only the press of two flipper buttons.</p><p></p><p>In fact, I'm surprised the popularity of pinball was ever falling. I guess, being constantly able to delve into epic, convoluted worlds through modern video games has made people dismiss the thought of a seemingly simpler game, based entirely on skill rather than progression. So most people never get across the first step of even trying out a machine when they see one.</p><p>Considering the popularity of table soccer, which is a similar concept, and seen in every single god damn bar around here, it is weird that pinball is not as widespread. Maybe if the lure of competitive play would have more people try it out, it would turn pinball into a more social game, and help rebuild its popularity.</p><p>I'm aware that all pinball games come with great 4 player competitive modes, but this isn't evident to most people. I think this is something Stern should work more towards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sumez, post: 52463, member: 1547"] What the article writes sounds plausible. The appeal of video game arcades has been lost over the past 10 to 15 years, with more impressive games being all available at home through a quick download. It's not surprising that the few arcade games you still see around nowadays are the ones that aren't feasible in the living room due to large physical parts, such as dancing games, skiing, racing cabinets, or stuff like Namco's Rapid River game, which has you sitting in a large moving raft, paddling like crazy. Obviously, pinball fits this bill perfectly. Even through amazing simulations like TPA, computers can never completely replace the experience of controlling an entire physical world beneath the glass through only the press of two flipper buttons. In fact, I'm surprised the popularity of pinball was ever falling. I guess, being constantly able to delve into epic, convoluted worlds through modern video games has made people dismiss the thought of a seemingly simpler game, based entirely on skill rather than progression. So most people never get across the first step of even trying out a machine when they see one. Considering the popularity of table soccer, which is a similar concept, and seen in every single god damn bar around here, it is weird that pinball is not as widespread. Maybe if the lure of competitive play would have more people try it out, it would turn pinball into a more social game, and help rebuild its popularity. I'm aware that all pinball games come with great 4 player competitive modes, but this isn't evident to most people. I think this is something Stern should work more towards. [/QUOTE]
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