I'm glad I was proven wrong, but SG will still remain on my list as scumbag company.
Given what we've seen from Zen - could they have built everything from the ground up since the end of March (when the license presumably changed hands)? I guess maybe. If FS could manage 1 table a month with their smaller team, this is 4 tables in 5 months for a larger team.
Sorry, but I'm big fan of FarSight now since PHoFW and I don't want to buy Zen pinball now.
We’re going into full unadulterated speculation mode next podcast and that is one of the very things we’ll be touching on.
To me this validates my Wild Ass Guess speculation that the Bally/Williams license holders were fed up with Farsight's poor execution and have switched to someone they think can deliver. I prefer Farsight's physics overall, but their terrible UI, sloppy execution on platform ports and addressing bugs, and ignoring their core dedicated base did them in. Move on to a team that has a track record that shows they can deliver.
Blimey, already the 3 Solo tables, and the 2 for TPA announced so looks like you would have had plenty for a podcast even before this bombshell. Says on the FAQ on the other thread that after the initial 4 tables there will be another 4 by the end of 2018 - have Zen expanded their staff to be able to make so many so quickly? Looks like it may have been a good thing that I just missed out on buying most of the TPA tables.
it is a hurray for digital pinball situation.
Did you try the demo yet? These aren't the standard Zen physics, but something all new. It's quite simply the closest in feel to real pinball I've experienced digitally.
To me this validates my Wild Ass Guess speculation that the Bally/Williams license holders were fed up with Farsight's poor execution and have switched to someone they think can deliver. I prefer Farsight's physics overall, but their terrible UI, sloppy execution on platform ports and addressing bugs, and ignoring their core dedicated base did them in. Move on to a team that has a track record that shows they can deliver.
Farsight are dead. Everyone else will move their license to Zen as soon as they are contractually able too.
It serves Farsight right for being absolutely useless.
Farsight are dead. Everyone else will move their license to Zen as soon as they are contractually able too.
It serves Farsight right for being absolutely useless.
They haven't been useless, far from it. Were it not for them, digital pinball would not be nearly as popular as it has gotten. According to that leaked Steam info sheet, they absolutely dwarfed Zen by nearly 500,000 in the download department. And Steam is not even their most popular platform. They extended what probably was to only be a 2 season game into 8. Was it the game you hoped for? Possibly not, but they did a pretty good job with the engine they built.
Well said, SYT. There’s no denying the impact Farsight has had on the popularity of digital pinball, and pinball in general. You can be absolutely sure that the barcades, pinball shows, tournament scenes, etc. would see smaller crowds if not for Farsight, not to mention the positive effect they’ve had on the sales of real pinball machines.
You mean like the ones both of us bought because of the game sparking our desire?