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Message: <blockquote data-quote="laughing_lunatic" data-source="post: 23966" data-attributes="member: 597">First off, I donated. I donated to both TZ and this. Why ? Because we're stuck between a rock and a hard place. We want the tables. We can't do it ourselves. We rely on FS to do it. They won't do it if we don't give them enough money.However, to say that without the Kickstarter, the table wouldn't be commercially viable, is doubtful. Has no-one in the FarSight organization ever considered the concept of the loss leader ? Best example, GENIUS example was Nintendo in the mid 80's when they gave away, arguably the best game ever released for the NES, Super Mario Bros, with the system. Create a killer app, make people buy the system, once they have the system, they'll buy more games etc. Now FS have all of us, obviously, and countless thousands not on this forum, but consider this: how many Trekkies, dress-up at weekends Trekkies, casual Trekkies and Star Warsies that are also kind of Trekkies, would become aware of this and froth at the mouth at being able to play it, purely because it's Star Trek ? There's more than one target audience here, us Pin Heads but also those who want ANYTHING related to Star Trek. These people are SERIOUS about their devotion. And then, have to buy not only the DLC but the original program to play it on ? And then tell other Trekkies, many of whom will think about trying other tables ? It's a calculated risk, yes, but for $45k, make the investment. They are, after all, in their own words (emphasis is mine):... FarSight has developed many best-selling franchises, such as Game Party, Sega Sports’ NFL games for the Genesis, NCAA college football games for EA, Backyard Sports for Atari, PlayTV for Radica/Mattel, and the Pinball Hall of Fame for Crave. Our NCAA '99 game won an Editor’s Choice award from PC Gamer magazine and was honored as runner-up Sports Game of the Year at the Game Developers Conference in 1999. Our PlayTV Madden Football toy was nominated for Electronic Entertainment Toy of the Year in 2004 by the Toy Industry Association of America. Scarface became a PSP Greatest Hits title in 2007. To date, the Game Party franchise for the Wii and Kinect has sold over 6 million units. Our Williams pinball collection ranks in the top 20 games of all time on the Wii on both Game Rankings and Metacritic. Our games have been published by EA, Sierra, Konami, THQ, Midway, Atari, Crave, Warner Brothers, Mattel, 505 Games, and Virgin - just to name a few.Given this, I just don't buy it that, with their multi-million best selling games and swish fancy offices, they can't stretch to $45k. Don't get me wrong, fair play to them. I wish I could find a way to get random people to pay my bills for me. I'd do it in a heartbeat and think nothing of it. I predict another Kickstarter in a few months, and why not ? It's free money.</blockquote>

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