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<blockquote data-quote="invitro" data-source="post: 220825" data-attributes="member: 446"><p>They drove WMS pinball out of business with this strategy from 1995-1999. I think? I actually don't know why WMS failed while Sega succeeded, but I think it's because Sega said only two things matter: "coolness" of license, and price. I think WMS made a horrible mistake with Pinball 2000 also, but they were probably doomed before that.</p><p></p><p>I think Stern knows what they're doing, and that most people who are massive fans of the TV show will not care about the art. Again, the GoT is no worse than standard Stern art, and such art has worked for Sega/Stern for a very long time now.</p><p></p><p>I don't think you're at all exaggerating the role art plays in pinball. Art is super important to whether I think a table is a good one. But I think you're exaggerating the role art plays in the <em>sales </em>aspect of pinball. It is depressing, but artistic quality of nearly everything - movies, music, books - has declined to almost zero in the last 20 years, with not much effect on sales. It's a general cultural trend, I think. Hopefully art will eventually make a comeback.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="invitro, post: 220825, member: 446"] They drove WMS pinball out of business with this strategy from 1995-1999. I think? I actually don't know why WMS failed while Sega succeeded, but I think it's because Sega said only two things matter: "coolness" of license, and price. I think WMS made a horrible mistake with Pinball 2000 also, but they were probably doomed before that. I think Stern knows what they're doing, and that most people who are massive fans of the TV show will not care about the art. Again, the GoT is no worse than standard Stern art, and such art has worked for Sega/Stern for a very long time now. I don't think you're at all exaggerating the role art plays in pinball. Art is super important to whether I think a table is a good one. But I think you're exaggerating the role art plays in the [I]sales [/I]aspect of pinball. It is depressing, but artistic quality of nearly everything - movies, music, books - has declined to almost zero in the last 20 years, with not much effect on sales. It's a general cultural trend, I think. Hopefully art will eventually make a comeback. [/QUOTE]
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