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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lio" data-source="post: 139155" data-attributes="member: 3222">I agree with Roo... the idea of splitting things up into different programs/apps for different themes is nothing I would like to see - of cource if they were to do it like Zen Studios where you can buy the themed app but just as well get the tables within the main app then there's no real harm done but from a dev point of view I guess it at least means a higher maintenece workload to keep everything in sync with changes across the apps.We'll see howPinball after Dark does, but I certainly hope that there will be a way to play all tables in one programm - probably Pinball after Dark should be aware of the regular TPA tables somehow and allow to play them just as well so you don't have to switch programs if you want to go from say BBB to BK2K.I would certainly be willing to pay more for higher quality or "premium" tables but I also think that there are too few to justify branching out in that direction.Maybe some more frequent but less high-profile kickstarters could help where they don't have to set up as many reward tiers, basically just giving away copies of the finished table and let people pay more than they would have to in order to help secure the license and as a result require less money to be funded.I once dreamed up a system where Farsight would just create a list with about every possible table on it with a binding "pre-order" button [like a kickstarter pledge] next to its' name so they could easily see which tables people really want and then start working on a table once a certain threshold of pre-orders has been crossed that makes the table a viable endeavour without too much of a business risk attached (say once pre-orders would cover for half of the costs involved to actually make the table).It would have a kickstarter like system where money for the pre-order would only be actually taken if and when a table goes into production, maybe 2-3 months before the table would actually be released so the money can be used to pay for licenses upfront and then start working on the table).So basically there would be a nice long list with all the tables names on it that states how many pre-orders at what price point are still reqired to make the table a feasible thing to do and we could just browse that list and place pre-orders for each and every table we'd like to see and eventually they'd get made and you still would not pay lots of money because there'd still only be one new table a month and they would just keep coming <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Personally I could easily think of 30-40 tables I'd place pre-orders on, so please let me do it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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