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<blockquote data-quote="RetroDude" data-source="post: 6771" data-attributes="member: 187"><p>How has it done more good?</p><p>It's not helping the pinball manufacturers.. as they are not getting any revenue nor selling machines.</p><p>It's not helping clubs, bars, arcades and the like... as people aren't putting their coins into machines to play.</p><p></p><p>FarSight is putting out fully licensed games.</p><p>The owners of the Intellectual Property for all of these games are getting revenue, via licensing fees.</p><p>FarSight is getting revenue.</p><p></p><p>As far as I am aware, UltraPin is pretty much the only company out there that has actually licensed real games for the full-on cabinet style pinball machines.</p><p></p><p>There are some other computer games that simulate/replicate real pinball machines, but very few of them are acually licensed products.</p><p>(Microsoft Pinball Arcade comes to mind.)</p><p></p><p>Zen licenses what they release, but they aren't replicating existing machines, as far as I am aware of.</p><p></p><p>The only way I see where any of the home-brewed pinball simulations has directly helped the industry is when UltraPin used PinMame for part of their build.</p><p>Even then, the revenue for the industry was from the licensing fees, not from the development or use of PinMame.</p><p></p><p>Buying real machines helps the industry.</p><p>Playing in arcades that buy new machines helps the industry.</p><p>Buying legitimate, licensed games helps the industry.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I guess I'm one of the few folks that seems to respect copyrights and other intellectual property rights anymore.</p><p>Sad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RetroDude, post: 6771, member: 187"] How has it done more good? It's not helping the pinball manufacturers.. as they are not getting any revenue nor selling machines. It's not helping clubs, bars, arcades and the like... as people aren't putting their coins into machines to play. FarSight is putting out fully licensed games. The owners of the Intellectual Property for all of these games are getting revenue, via licensing fees. FarSight is getting revenue. As far as I am aware, UltraPin is pretty much the only company out there that has actually licensed real games for the full-on cabinet style pinball machines. There are some other computer games that simulate/replicate real pinball machines, but very few of them are acually licensed products. (Microsoft Pinball Arcade comes to mind.) Zen licenses what they release, but they aren't replicating existing machines, as far as I am aware of. The only way I see where any of the home-brewed pinball simulations has directly helped the industry is when UltraPin used PinMame for part of their build. Even then, the revenue for the industry was from the licensing fees, not from the development or use of PinMame. Buying real machines helps the industry. Playing in arcades that buy new machines helps the industry. Buying legitimate, licensed games helps the industry. I guess I'm one of the few folks that seems to respect copyrights and other intellectual property rights anymore. Sad. [/QUOTE]
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