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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 288350" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>I've mentioned this in a few different threads and the podcast, but I'll reiterate it here...</p><p></p><p>Zen had a large customer base prior to Williams being added that only liked 'fantasy pinball' and found the idea of TPA boring. I saw many a post stating as much on their Facebook page when the WMS license announcement dropped. On the flip side, there were a lot of TPA players that never bothered with FX2 or FX3 because they hated the 'fantasy pinball' and the physics that went with it. Those people probably bought a pack or 2 at some point and never bothered with the platform again until the WMS announcement. There exists a 3rd group, the one I'm part of, that just enjoys digital pinball and had no problem with Zen originals and loves recreations of real tables.</p><p></p><p>Zen wanted to honor first and foremost their original customer base. By only doing the DMD tables, which most closely represent what they were already doing with their originals, they are able to ease that base into the world of these classic machines. It worked too, as another look into Facebook posts had people admitting they were against the idea of WMS in Zen, but having played them, they are warming up to them quite nicely and indeed don't find them boring.</p><p></p><p>Zen also wanted to please the new influx of users to their platform that were coming over from TPA and into FX3 purely for the WMS license. They know the DMD tables are the most popular and easiest to sell, and they were rewarded with sales numbers much larger than they expected. I've seen posts by Zen haters that after experiencing what they did with WMS and enjoying how well Zen did it, especially the enhancements that they thought they'd hate, that they've since given some of the latest originals a chance and are now liking those too.</p><p></p><p>So it's sorta a small miracle what Zen has done, bringing together two groups that were very hesitant. Now that they are in everyone's good graces and the non licensed DMD gravy train is 2 packs away from being complete, they can move on to alpha numerics. TPA still did half that collection already, but we might finally see some 'new to digital' tables in 2020. And that right there is something to think about too. In one year Zen will have released 19 DMD tables at the very least. It took multiple years for TPA to get that far. Year 2 of Zen should be just as exciting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 288350, member: 134"] I've mentioned this in a few different threads and the podcast, but I'll reiterate it here... Zen had a large customer base prior to Williams being added that only liked 'fantasy pinball' and found the idea of TPA boring. I saw many a post stating as much on their Facebook page when the WMS license announcement dropped. On the flip side, there were a lot of TPA players that never bothered with FX2 or FX3 because they hated the 'fantasy pinball' and the physics that went with it. Those people probably bought a pack or 2 at some point and never bothered with the platform again until the WMS announcement. There exists a 3rd group, the one I'm part of, that just enjoys digital pinball and had no problem with Zen originals and loves recreations of real tables. Zen wanted to honor first and foremost their original customer base. By only doing the DMD tables, which most closely represent what they were already doing with their originals, they are able to ease that base into the world of these classic machines. It worked too, as another look into Facebook posts had people admitting they were against the idea of WMS in Zen, but having played them, they are warming up to them quite nicely and indeed don't find them boring. Zen also wanted to please the new influx of users to their platform that were coming over from TPA and into FX3 purely for the WMS license. They know the DMD tables are the most popular and easiest to sell, and they were rewarded with sales numbers much larger than they expected. I've seen posts by Zen haters that after experiencing what they did with WMS and enjoying how well Zen did it, especially the enhancements that they thought they'd hate, that they've since given some of the latest originals a chance and are now liking those too. So it's sorta a small miracle what Zen has done, bringing together two groups that were very hesitant. Now that they are in everyone's good graces and the non licensed DMD gravy train is 2 packs away from being complete, they can move on to alpha numerics. TPA still did half that collection already, but we might finally see some 'new to digital' tables in 2020. And that right there is something to think about too. In one year Zen will have released 19 DMD tables at the very least. It took multiple years for TPA to get that far. Year 2 of Zen should be just as exciting. [/QUOTE]
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