Well, if it's not out tomorrow morning, there's still one more Thursday (March 31st) before April fools rears it's ugly head...
And NX launch title becomes "coming soon." Deja-Vu all over again...
I too was exited about PBA on Wii-U. In fact, the press release regardng PBA as a "launch window" title on Wii-U was what initially alerted me to Pinall Arcade's existence. I had awesome fun with the Gottlieb Collection on Game Cube, although I'm a Nintendo fanboy at heart and buy all their systems, retro or new.I would assume the purchase structure will be the same or similiar to x360. 9.99 and then seasons and table pack options.
I see it this way. I am a pinball player first, gamer ditsant second. I also will pick a console and stick with it till it goes dark. I inherited a 360, but bought my Wii U. While Mario Kart 8 was a big factor, pinball apps were even bigger factor. So, I am not the typical Farsight customer. But here is what things were like when I bought my WiiU...
I bought it because Zen had been released. As much as I love pinball, either app has enough tables to keep me busy. I didn't have to have both. I had never even played PBA until they released on x360 and didn't even care because Zen had over 50 awesome tables (except V-12 lmao). But another factor in that purchase was PBA. PBA looked like a phenomenal piece of work though. How can I say it was a factor in my Wii U purchase when they had still not released it? Well, that logo never left the PBA website. Plus, the FAQ about Farsight's intent never left their site. And they had the promo vid up for years.
FF to late autumn 2015, and I had written it off. I was thoroughly disgusted with Farsight for the way the handled the Wii U release. It may have been Nintendo's fault partially also. But why did Farsight string me and others along? Why keep our hopes up shhesh? So in late December they went all out with a social media release, then a teaser video on Youtube. What had made me very angry at Farsight and vowed to never give them a dime, they earned all my respect, and then some, for sticking with their promise and working with the difficult, yet great company, Nintendo. Farsight has redeemed and now I will buy every piece of DLC for my system of choice when they finally release it.
I am not wealthy but since I play pinball almost exclusively, I can afford to buy all reasonably priced tables Zen and Farsight ever make probably until I am too old and feeble to play. (That's still many many years I hope). But I only need one or the other. So Farsight has come through and is showing their mettle with release. Point being this saga is not about the NX, or how many will buy the Wii U release. (Although I have been stumping my butt off on Miiverse, Facebook, and even Youtube trying to generate interest. I am a sales/marketing guy in real life. I am working to get Farsight as many buys as I can help with). This is now about Farsight honoring their word for like 4 years of stringing us along. I think it will help them in the long run because alot of Wii U players, Zen was their first exposure to pinball in any form, and many love it now. They never even played the real deal.
Farsight, if ya follow through you have earned my respect not only for your great product, but also your diligence in doing what you said you would do. Release what you can and make it free of bugs, and I will continue to hype your product wherever I can and I will follow it to a future console. Fail and I apologize, but I am done with ya, I will play other pinball games.
I apologize for the rant, but it is more, far more.. praise for following through than it is whining about their release delay on the Wii U.
And of course MK 8, Fast racing NEO and others. Just mostly pinball And if things do go down with a solid release on Wii U, like I said Farsight will really have shown alot of cajones and will really get alot of respect from Nintendo fans!