Pinball FX Players Criticize The Game's Expensive Microtransactions And New Pricing Model
Zen Studios debuted its fourth pinball game this week--now going simply by Pinball FX--and revealed a new pricing structure that has drawn criticism from longtime fans of the series.
Whereas Pinball FX3 allowed players to import previously purchased tables from Pinball FX2 into their library, the latest game in the series will require its players to repurchase any of the 99 tables they had acquired.
Another point of contention with fans is the Pinball Pass, which costs the same as an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate monthly subscription--or Sony's second-highest tier of PlayStation Plus Premium--and provides access to «most» of the tables in the Pinball FX library, minus premium tables like the Indiana Jones setup.
Pinball FX will officially launch in Early Access on the Epic Games Store, where the base game will be free and will offer access to two free tables, which will change every day. Several game modes will be locked behind a paywall, and acquiring new tables will require either purchasing ticket bundles or subscribing to the Pinball Pass.
Prices will vary per table, depending on whether they've been recently added, licensed tables, or older original creations created by Zen Studios. As for how much each ticket bundle costs, pricing starts at $10 for 100 tickets and goes up to $100 for 1,00 tickets. As spotted by VGC, pricing for tables works out to the following amounts:
The exception to this pricing structure is the newly released Indiana Jones table, which costs $15--significantly more than the usual licensed table--and currently can't be bought with tickets. Fans have criticized the new pricing model, with one user on Reddit having calculated that the cost to purchase all of the tables that Pinball FX will launch--36
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