anyways im not sure if playstation and xbox really harm these things like pinball, remember Nintendo and sega and playstation were all around in every single house in the low to mid nineties and we were all playing them to death back then. its not that difference.
i have an xbox360 iphone pc's and all the simular crap that i had in the 90's when arcades were popular in the 90's and still play pinball.
The threat to pinball in the 1980s (as an example) was not poor marketing but the onslaught of Space Invaders and video arcade games.
Williams Black Knight was a critical pin in 1980. Read the last quote from Steve Ritchie in the following thread:
http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=9380.msg121527#msg121527
yer because that was all new and the only place you could play both was in an arcade with that new high tech machine sitting beside an old pinball, look at the low to mid nineties, and how many fantastic consoles were made then, every one having pc's in the house unlike the 80's were only selected few did. it was a revolution for gaming, but pinball had that resurrection at that point. its very similar to how it is now, and to be honest every one is starting to get a bit tired of the technology, these things always come around in circles imo. and plus good marketers can use the technology against its self to market pinball. whilest we are tired up with this technology that doesnt mean there is no room for anything else, the silly thing is to compare a pinball machine to the iphone, tell customers thats the market you are fighting against is iphone is a stupid move, its a totally different market,and they should seperate them selves from that sort of thinking.
if you think having pinball game on an iphone makes it the same as pinball you are wrong, if anything that helps it grow and people will want to play the real thing. its Always down to marketing, have you ever used Itunes?? its a bloody nightmare and a pile of crap yet the marketers make you think its the best thing since sliced bread. Marketing is where the problem is and part of that is making Titles that are more attractive to a new Audience
