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<blockquote data-quote="Sean DonCarlos" data-source="post: 4554" data-attributes="member: 152"><p>It's been out for less than a month on the 360. There was an initial rush of downloads from all us pinball-crazy people, then there will probably be a more low-key yet sustained stream of downloads for a while. Some people may be waiting until more bugs are ironed out, some may be waiting for their favorite table to become available as DLC before buying, some others may not be looking for a pinball game right now and will discover TPA later. (I didn't find out about the Williams Collection until three years after its release.)</p><p></p><p>The other thing is FarSight knows how many copies of their previous pinball games have sold, and how those sales were distributed over time. It's not quite the same - retail discs obviously follow a different sales channel than digital distribution - but they have at least an idea of what demand is likely to be.</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty certain FarSight would not have committed to all these different platforms (and years of DLC) right off the bat if they didn't expect to get return on their investment. If they were uncertain, they would have floated a "test" TPA on (probably) iOS devices and if demand was good, <em>then</em> they'd start up on the other platforms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sean DonCarlos, post: 4554, member: 152"] It's been out for less than a month on the 360. There was an initial rush of downloads from all us pinball-crazy people, then there will probably be a more low-key yet sustained stream of downloads for a while. Some people may be waiting until more bugs are ironed out, some may be waiting for their favorite table to become available as DLC before buying, some others may not be looking for a pinball game right now and will discover TPA later. (I didn't find out about the Williams Collection until three years after its release.) The other thing is FarSight knows how many copies of their previous pinball games have sold, and how those sales were distributed over time. It's not quite the same - retail discs obviously follow a different sales channel than digital distribution - but they have at least an idea of what demand is likely to be. I'm pretty certain FarSight would not have committed to all these different platforms (and years of DLC) right off the bat if they didn't expect to get return on their investment. If they were uncertain, they would have floated a "test" TPA on (probably) iOS devices and if demand was good, [I]then[/I] they'd start up on the other platforms. [/QUOTE]
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