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Table Talk: Williams Pinball
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<blockquote data-quote="zmcvay" data-source="post: 289377" data-attributes="member: 4746"><p>No. They are not doing this as a service to get your tables for free. They are doing this to guide you to special offers and premium coinage to fleece a smaller group of people and make a larger amount of money off them than the people who would have just paid them a straight fee for the tables. </p><p></p><p>I'm looking at a "special offer" on the app to get Attack from Mars at 4 stars for 800 coins. Doing the conversion that's $20. For one table. And that's assuming four stars is a straight unlock of all features. </p><p></p><p>I like Zen. I've been buying their tables since the original Zen Pinball on PS3. Even when I preferred the table selection on TPA I always supported getting whatever new original table packs they released. I've been impressed with their level of attention to the product, and the polish they've applied to it. I've been very appreciative of the upgrades between platforms they've provided. </p><p></p><p>But I look at the store function in Williams Pinball, with its wall of special offers with costs obscured behind premium coinage, confusing star rankings, and legendary bundles that don't even tell you in plain terms what you are buying and all I feel is anger.</p><p></p><p>Ask yourself. If this is just a way to allow people to own their tables for free, what is the point of the purchasable Zen coins with real money? Why wouldn't they just allow you to pay for the tables same as on other platforms? If you want to look at it as big spenders dropping lots of cash to subsidize your free tables, you may. But it's predatory, and I will not support any apps that use this pricing model. It is only there to confuse and disorient, and take advantage of people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zmcvay, post: 289377, member: 4746"] No. They are not doing this as a service to get your tables for free. They are doing this to guide you to special offers and premium coinage to fleece a smaller group of people and make a larger amount of money off them than the people who would have just paid them a straight fee for the tables. I'm looking at a "special offer" on the app to get Attack from Mars at 4 stars for 800 coins. Doing the conversion that's $20. For one table. And that's assuming four stars is a straight unlock of all features. I like Zen. I've been buying their tables since the original Zen Pinball on PS3. Even when I preferred the table selection on TPA I always supported getting whatever new original table packs they released. I've been impressed with their level of attention to the product, and the polish they've applied to it. I've been very appreciative of the upgrades between platforms they've provided. But I look at the store function in Williams Pinball, with its wall of special offers with costs obscured behind premium coinage, confusing star rankings, and legendary bundles that don't even tell you in plain terms what you are buying and all I feel is anger. Ask yourself. If this is just a way to allow people to own their tables for free, what is the point of the purchasable Zen coins with real money? Why wouldn't they just allow you to pay for the tables same as on other platforms? If you want to look at it as big spenders dropping lots of cash to subsidize your free tables, you may. But it's predatory, and I will not support any apps that use this pricing model. It is only there to confuse and disorient, and take advantage of people. [/QUOTE]
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