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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zmcvay" data-source="post: 289499" data-attributes="member: 4746">Good points, but quality can be worth extra.  In the 90's what digital pinball there was was fun, but generally in no way comparable to the real thing.  Usually you got them in a pack for $30-40 dollars for 3-4 tables, running about $10 per table, considering that's not taking inflation into account that's already a lot by today's standards.  Then there was the Pro Pinball series, which cost the same, but only had one table attached to each purchase.  I wish I had numbers for how well it did comparatively, but it must have done well enough as they eventually made 4 tables total.  But if you really wanted more of a pinball feel at the time, nothing else was even close.The video games/movies comparison is good, but I don't feel completely applicable.  Games are starting to settle into more variable pricing, but in a good way compared to the movie example above.  $60 was pretty much the base cost for any game coming out, but now you are seeing indie games come out at $20 or lower new.  So yes, we are in a point in the games industry where you would be paying more to see the Avengers level, but it would be more like if art house flicks cost less to see then the standard rather than blockbusters costing more.But yeah, I think Zen and Farsight give great value for what you get, and I'm always happy to buy their tables, even when they don't initially look like something I'm thrilled about.</blockquote>

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