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Very torn about Farsight as a company (sort of rant but also a question, confused)
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<blockquote data-quote="superdan" data-source="post: 254023" data-attributes="member: 5169"><p><em>"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times</em>." Tale of two cities.</p><p>*keep in mind I do acknowledge farsight makes great video versions of licensed pinball games and they are fun and entertaining as heck to play. This is not the issue.*</p><p>I can sum up my feelings about farsight in one word...frustrated.</p><p> I'm frustrated that they had, and have, the ability to blow this out of the water, to bring pinball to millions, not just thousands...but instead, have a limited business model of one to two new games a month, stale tourney at the end of the month, rinse, repeat...at the expense of everything else. And it's too bad because the games are so fricking great (at least, most of them). This model will ensure that their growth will be limited and appeal to a small market.</p><p>They have been unable (rather unwilling) to bring daily tourneys with prizes, managed leagues, qualifiers for live or online tournaments, bracket challenges, live multiplayer games with chat, the list goes on. Could even do these things with a monthly charge with different levels. I would gladly sign up. But no.</p><p>These would require a shift of resources, perhaps a different business paradigm, or additional departments, but so what? </p><p>I started on farsight pinball arcade with 105% of myself...even started a short-runned podcast about it called the pin-bar cavern, had a logo, t-shirts made, tried to start a tournament called the score goal tournament that didn't get off the ground for many reasons...but I don't want to digress.</p><p>The point is, I realize farsight is stuck in this model, at least for now or in the last 4 years...and my time is better spent on other activities and projects that at least are more responsive. I still enjoy pinball arcade and play it quite a bit, but it's such a shame that they don't slow down their creation of new games and start improving the playing experience both socially and interactively. In the meantime...it is what it is <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> but I will keep hoping.</p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="superdan, post: 254023, member: 5169"] [I]"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times[/I]." Tale of two cities. *keep in mind I do acknowledge farsight makes great video versions of licensed pinball games and they are fun and entertaining as heck to play. This is not the issue.* I can sum up my feelings about farsight in one word...frustrated. I'm frustrated that they had, and have, the ability to blow this out of the water, to bring pinball to millions, not just thousands...but instead, have a limited business model of one to two new games a month, stale tourney at the end of the month, rinse, repeat...at the expense of everything else. And it's too bad because the games are so fricking great (at least, most of them). This model will ensure that their growth will be limited and appeal to a small market. They have been unable (rather unwilling) to bring daily tourneys with prizes, managed leagues, qualifiers for live or online tournaments, bracket challenges, live multiplayer games with chat, the list goes on. Could even do these things with a monthly charge with different levels. I would gladly sign up. But no. These would require a shift of resources, perhaps a different business paradigm, or additional departments, but so what? I started on farsight pinball arcade with 105% of myself...even started a short-runned podcast about it called the pin-bar cavern, had a logo, t-shirts made, tried to start a tournament called the score goal tournament that didn't get off the ground for many reasons...but I don't want to digress. The point is, I realize farsight is stuck in this model, at least for now or in the last 4 years...and my time is better spent on other activities and projects that at least are more responsive. I still enjoy pinball arcade and play it quite a bit, but it's such a shame that they don't slow down their creation of new games and start improving the playing experience both socially and interactively. In the meantime...it is what it is :) but I will keep hoping. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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