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

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by: Ant - Wed, 17 May 2023 04:51 UTC

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by: frg - Thu, 18 May 2023 10:41 UTC

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.

FRG

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