The Pinball Arcade on XBLA - Page 9

Crave published the previous Pinball Hall of Fame collections that Farsight developed, but those are a separate product from the Pinball Arcade. From what I can tell, Crave has nothing to do with the Pinball Arcade. It looks like Farsight is publishing these themselves.

Ahhh, good to know. I only play TPA on my iPad and Android phone. I already have the Williams Collection for the 360, so didn't feel the need to double dip there.

Does anyone know if there's an ETA on that? Weeks? Months? A year or more?

Two months and so far nothing.

Any new news?

PinballArcadeFans.com has compiled the list of information based on Farsight's Facebook page, and says: http://pinballarcadefans.com/showthread.php/194-Latest-NEWS-And-INFORMATION-From-FarSight-Studios-Concerning-The-Pinball-Arcade?p=45685&viewfull=1#post45685

Of course, that news was from Dec 23, though.

I can't believe how badly this pinball platform has been managed... O_o

Glad things worked out the way they did in my case. The William's Collection launched at a much cheaper price on the PS2 with a couple less titles. So I heavily played that knowing I could soon pick up the Wii version for the extra titles which I proceeded to do a few months later. All for less than the Wii release launched at.

I played both so heavily that I've yet to give the expanded Xbox 360 port anything beyond a quick look. So by the time I get around to that and invest a lot of time, I figure Pinball Arcade will be in a much better state.

Glad I'm a bit behind.

I went there to get the latest...from within the last few days or so...

Although FarSight has secured a new publisher for the Xbox 360, due to the terms set by the new publisher, FarSight is unable to make an official announcement until the new publisher gives them permission to do so. As soon as FarSight is allowed to, they will begin submitting to Microsoft.


Evidently, FarSight still has a few release issues to work through before releasing the new version of The Pinball Arcade on the Xbox 360.

All this talk about new versions of Pinball Arcade, what does that mean?

Is it a whole new look? Does it allow for two players to play against each other online?

Anyone know?

Since I only get this game on the Xbox 360 platform, I have no idea what they're talking about.


ALSO, does anyone know if Pinball Arcade will work with the new version of Xbox?

I recevied a response from a pinball friend of mine. He says...

"...apparently due to legal matters they actually can't release more tables to the Pinball Arcade for Xbox, so supposedly what they are doing is making a new Pinball Arcade for Xbox that will have all the old tables and then the new ones as well."

no way am I buying the old tables again for a "new" Pinball arcade!!! WTF are they expecting of their fans????

if you're saying that they're releasing the platform again and we'll just have 2 Pinball Arcades on our system, I can live with that. But if the second Pinball Arcade requires us to buy the base tables again, I'm going to refuse to support them. This is bad business practice. I can definitely wait until they release the platform again on the next Xbox.

alright, after reading what FarSight wrote, I feel better.

If they pull any shenanigans, I'm ready to walk. I'm willing to support pinball as a genre. But I'm not a customer that takes it in the rear no matter what.

http://pinballarcadefans.com/content.php/247-Pinball-Arcade-Fans-Would-Like-To-Wish-Everyone-And-Their-Families-A-SAFE-AND-HAPPY-NEW-YEAR!!!-Plans-For-The-Pinball-Arcade-In-2013-INSIDE!

Xbox 360 : FarSight has selected a new publisher for the Xbox 360 version of the Pinball Arcade! They are currently in the final stages of finalizing the contract and anticipate submitting this new version of the Pinball Arcade in January. FarSight has been assured that all previous purchases can and will be entitled when they re-launch.

FarSight plans to keep everyone updated as best as they can and announce when they have firm release dates. The plan is for The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation (free for kickstarter backers) to be available to purchase on day one. FarSight will collaborate with their new publisher and Microsoft to decide at what increments to release the remaining Table Add-On Packs.

Yep, no need to panic! All is good!

By the way from what I've read, the new publisher will not allow FarSight to announce estimated release dates. Evidently, that will be controlled by the new publisher.

They released "Pinball Arcade Newsletter #12.5" today, and it contained the following onformation about the XBox 360 version:

okay... now the news seems conflicting. do they have a new publisher or not? if they haven't even gotten the courts to approve the release from the previous company (and the courts take forever to do things), how far away are they from having a new publisher and a new release date? they made it seem like they're on the verge of a new release. but it seems like they're far away.

To me, based off that and what they've said earlier, they have a replacement publisher lined up and they're just waiting for some last minute red tape to be cleared away before making it official.

I hope thing's start moving smoothly one of these days. I had no doubt there were going to be plenty of problems but I can't believe we're over a year later and still talking almost exclusively about issues.

they've used up all their goodwill with me. I'll buy whatever new tables come out in the future because I support their endeavor and I enjoy the nostalgia of pinball. But I hold very little regard for their statements. Talk is cheap. They wrote that the new release of Pinball Arcade would happen in January. Last I checked, it's fast approaching March...

Actually, it's pretty expensive when you're talking about lawyers.

I don't think it's fair to blame FarSight for any of the legal issues. They are the victim even more than we are. I don't think January was a lie, it was an underestimation of just how painful all this legal stuff is.

Slightly off-topic, but am also a big PC Gamer, and I really want this product on my PC, and FarSight is having some similar difficulties on that front as well. I appreciate them being open about it. Most developers are not as in touch with their fans as FarSight.

For those interested, here is the latest on the PC version:

Personally, I think it's really silly that Steam was ever making them go through the Greenlight program. That is for indie developers. FarSight has multiple award-winning games under their belt. I think it all goes back to the publisher issue. If they had been lucky to have a successful publisher with some clout rather than some sad bankrupt one, they probably would have had no trouble getting on Steam.

Pinball FX2 is on the PC. runs great. I love it on the PC because one my monitors is in the vertical/portrait orientation which makes pinball fabulous.

I would hope it's a money issue. They saw a cheaper way to get their game to market on Steam and it just hasn't performed like they expected to reach that goal.

If Valve really forced their hand here where they had to win a popularity contest to be distributed, I don't know what to say. I hope they went this route voluntarily instead of it being their only option.

I got this Xbox tidbit from a Kickstarter related email today:

I think that wording is a bit clearer that they do already have a new publisher but they can't officially partner with them until the court approves it. So hopefully as soon as they get the legal "okay" things will happen quickly.

I wish there was a free version on PSN that you could add tables to. I have a PSN Kickstarter code for Twilight Zone, and soon Star Trek, but since I purchased it on Xbox 360 already, I can't bring myself to pay another $10 just to get those two tables that I technically already own and will be able to play on my Home Theatre once the Xbox issues are resolved. But with Star Trek being my favorite table released so far, I am actually tempted.

According to this, The Pinball Arcade has been submitted for inclusion to the Windows Marketplace. Hopefully it gets approved. Steam keeps rejecting it. I wonder that since Windows is a different platform than Xbox, that they don't have to deal with the publisher/bankruptcy issue that's plaguing the Xbox version.

http://pinballarcadefans.com/showthread.php/3542-The-Pinball-Arcade-Is-On-Its-Way-To-The-Windows-8-Marketplace!!!

It's not that Steam is rejecting it, it's that it was submitted via the Greenlight process, which needs a ton of votes that this game just isn't getting. Honestly, at this point, I'd rather a Windows 8 version anyway... both to play on my Surface devices, and because with the Windows Store, you can play on five PCs at the same time, as opposed to Steam which can't even be logged in to another computer.

it's been in the greenlight process for a long time now and each time, it gets less and less votes. it's not ever getting on Steam. To make it, you have to be mainstream and pinball only resonates for a small niche.

It also sounds like Steam might be getting rid of Greenlight in general at some point in the future, but yeah, agreed.

"The good news is that we are VERY CLOSE to getting court approval on a transfer. We wish it was happening faster (and we’re more frustrated than you- we lose money every day the new tables aren’t available on 360). But it will happen!"

This is all I need to know.