Lord of the Rings Kickstarter [Speculation]

[Kolchak357]

The few bucks probably aren't worth it since it will be split with Farsight. Unless they are going to sell these pins at a high price and they sell well. I hope they do it though. Lots of Stern pins I want to see and I'm getting Kickstarter fatigue.

 

[switch3flip]

In an interview from about a year ago with Director of Marketing at Stern, Jody Dankberg, he talks a little about digital pinball, their what Stern see in them, among other things. The main focus seems to lie in their current titles, but of course things could change but I think that's the main priority to begin with.

"Stern has licensed some tables to FarSight for emulation in their game (Ripley’s Believe it or Not and High Roller Casino, among others), do you see other tables from your portfolio going that direction? Have you considered doing your own video game version of your classic tables perhaps?
These virtual tables are having a significant effect on the machine market. When FarSight recreated some of our older tables, the value of those machines rose. After Ripley's, you were hard-pressed to find a used machine. It would be cool if there was a Stern Pinball app alongside our tables. I can 100-percent envision that, where it’s perhaps a one-ball preview, and maybe you have to pay for the table, or maybe it’s a full game. That can be great for a lot of reasons: One, it would be great brand awareness. Two, it’s going to be great marketing for that game, specifically, and three, it could be a great revenue source for us."

Full interview: http://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/...The-Rebirth-of-the-Pinball-Genre-(Interview)/

 

[invitro]

Full interview: http://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/...The-Rebirth-of-the-Pinball-Genre-(Interview)/

Thanks for posting this.