Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="trash80" data-source="post: 286294" data-attributes="member: 7578">Do you know how long Farsight and has been doing this? They may be changing paths to a degree due to license costs, loss of personnel and other things, but they are still a successful software developer.But I think your question opens a larger scoped discussion. Does the current market for new physical pinball machines have the user base to support five or six manufacturers. I'll guess, No. Well the same applies to the digital space.Also, you need to keep in mind that Farsight was a trailblazer and up until very recently, they were one of the yardsticks (and Barnstorm) you measured the other pinball sims to. Now, VPX and the dedicated fan creations have blown away all but the Zen WMS tables in terms of physics and presentation. And when we can count the hardcore digital pinball fans in the thousands, it can be very difficult to survive when competing against superior and free.This is why Zen must be able to do full SPIKE 2 releases as close to the physical release as possible. This isn't just about nostalgia, it is about the FUTURE.</blockquote>

Total: 790 (members: 1, guests: 789)