In this exclusive Q&A with Pinball Arcade art director Jason Juneau and lead designer Bobby King, they discuss how they make tables and when we might see them on the Xbox One.
Kinglink says" Hello, I’m Kinglink and today we’re going to talk about Realism in Video games, or more simply Arcade Vs Simulation gameplay.
This is a new series I’m starting, where I take a topic and just discuss it with you. If you don’t know anything about this, that’s fine the goal is to inform and consider a topic. It’s intended to make you think, and hopefully, will enlighten you to something new."
The Pinball Arcade originally appeared on the Switch eShop last month. The thing is, it was only up for an incredibly short period. FarSight Studios had it removed due to a licensing issue. A month later, The Pinball Arcade is back up on the eShop – presumably for good.
FarSight Studios have announced that over 50 of their current tables will be pulled from the Pinball Arcade on June 30th due to a licensing deal ending.
Ok. So they might as well just take the game out of the retail and digital stores, because they are esentially killing it’s appeal by not renewing the licenses. Wow. Well, hopefully Williams and Midway do their own digital games. Id even pay $5000 plus for a full sized digital pinball machine that includes all of the classic tables. Just as long as it’s 4K. Which I think is FarSights biggest issue..
Not keeping up to date with new tables and the newer consoles and taking advantage of 4K, to help sharpen up the visuals. Which, really, would’ve just taken a resolution boost and 16xAF, maybe add some ambient occlusion to make the table some feel more three dimensional.
You should only worry about this if you've never played pinball fx. 😋
Total BS that the Xbox One is holding up table releases for the PS4 version, which launched almost a year ago. The developer signed an Xbox One first agreement with Microsoft, to release tables first on their new system. Yet, the game was released first for the PS4. Makes absolutely no sense. Ive been wondering why we havent seen season two tables release, now I know. The PS5 will be out before they release everything that has been out for last gen systems and the PC. Not to mention, bring new tables to the system.