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Pinball is booming in America, thanks to nostalgia and canny marketing
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Ant
May 17, 2023, 12:51:57 AM5/17/23
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frg
May 18, 2023, 6:42:31 AM5/18/23
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Ant wrote:
> https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/14/pinball-is-booming-in-america-thanks-to-nostalgia-and-canny-marketing
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Well I don't think it is nostalgia. Pinballs are simply more fun than video
games :) But stopped buying new ones after Stern SAM 2 because of not liking
locked down smt chips where you can only get replacements from Stern. Same for
the others I think.
FRG
> https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/14/pinball-is-booming-in-america-thanks-to-nostalgia-and-canny-marketing
>
Well I don't think it is nostalgia. Pinballs are simply more fun than video
games :) But stopped buying new ones after Stern SAM 2 because of not liking
locked down smt chips where you can only get replacements from Stern. Same for
the others I think.
FRG
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