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Pinball is booming in America, thanks to nostalgia and canny marketing

From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 17 04:51:39 2023

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/14/pinball-is-booming-in-america-thanks-to-nostalgia-and-canny-marketing
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From frg@21:1/5 to Ant on Thu May 18 12:41:10 2023

Ant wrote:

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.

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