# Moving Units: '24/'25 Sales Tracker (Update #4)

**Source:** This Week in Pinball  
**Type:** article  
**Published:** 2025-10-22  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://twip.kineticist.com/p/moving-units-24-25-sales-tracker-update-4

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## Analysis

This Week in Pinball publishes the fourth update of their 2024/2025 commercial pinball sales tracker, noting slower sales velocity compared to early-year pace despite recent releases of Star Wars: Fall of the Empire and Winchester Mystery House. The tracker expects additional releases from Spooky Pinball and possibly another Stern remake before year-end.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Star Wars: Fall of the Empire was released as Stern's last cornerstone for 2024 — _Direct statement about Stern's product release schedule_
- [HIGH] Winchester Mystery House was announced as a surprise second title for Barrels of Fun in 2024/2025 — _Direct reference to Barrels of Fun release_
- [MEDIUM] Sales volume is slower than the pace set in the first part of the year — _Author's assessment based on ongoing sales tracking methodology_
- [MEDIUM] Spooky Pinball has another release expected before year-end — _Author's prediction based on industry knowledge_
- [LOW] Stern may release another remake before year-end — _Speculative statement with qualifier 'perhaps'_

### Notable Quotes

> "Since our previous update, we've seen the release of Stern's last cornerstone for the year, Star Wars: Fall of the Empire, and the surprise announcement of Barrels of Fun's second title for the year, Winchester Mystery House."
> — **This Week in Pinball (Colin/Kineticist)**, 10/22/2024 (data from 10/14/2024)
> _Confirms two major recent releases and characterizes Winchester as a 'surprise announcement'_

> "Sales volume started picking up again following slower summer months, but it's still off the pace we saw in the first part of the year."
> — **This Week in Pinball (Colin/Kineticist)**, 10/22/2024 (data from 10/14/2024)
> _Key market sentiment: seasonal recovery but below 2024 early-year baseline_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Stern Pinball | company | Released Star Wars: Fall of the Empire as their last cornerstone of 2024; potentially planning another remake release before year-end |
| Barrels of Fun | company | Announced Winchester Mystery House as a surprise second title for 2024/2025 |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Expected to release another title before year-end |
| Star Wars: Fall of the Empire | game | Stern's last cornerstone release for 2024 |
| Winchester Mystery House | game | Barrels of Fun's surprise second title announcement in 2024/2025 |
| This Week in Pinball | organization | Pinball industry news publication maintaining ongoing 2024/2025 sales tracking series |

### Topics

- **Primary:** 2024/2025 pinball sales velocity and market performance, Recent cornerstone releases (Star Wars: Fall of the Empire, Winchester Mystery House)
- **Secondary:** Seasonal market trends and summer sales slowdown, Expected year-end releases from Spooky Pinball and Stern

### Sentiment

**Neutral** (0) — Article is data-focused and analytical with no evaluative language. Tone is objective reporting on market metrics.

### Signals

- **[event_signal]** Spooky Pinball has an unreleased title expected before year-end 2024, continuing their competitive release cadence against Stern and Barrels of Fun (confidence: medium) — Author expects 'the next release from Spooky Pinball' before year-end
- **[market_signal]** Sales velocity in 2024/2025 is slower than early-year pace despite recent major releases (Star Wars, Winchester Mystery House), suggesting market saturation, seasonal decline, or consumer hesitation (confidence: high) — Direct statement: 'Sales volume started picking up again following slower summer months, but it's still off the pace we saw in the first part of the year.'
- **[announcement]** Winchester Mystery House by Barrels of Fun was announced as a surprise, indicating strategic surprise-announcement timing independent of industry expo schedule (confidence: high) — Characterized as 'surprise announcement' of Barrels of Fun's second title for the year
- **[product_strategy]** Stern appears to have positioned Star Wars: Fall of the Empire as their final cornerstone for 2024, with possible additional remake release before year-end (confidence: medium) — Stern's last cornerstone for the year' and speculative mention of 'perhaps another remake'

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## Transcript

This is the fourth update (#1, #2, #3) in our ongoing tracker series, examining units in the Market for commercial pinball machines released in 2024 and 2025. If you’re new here or forgot some of our methodology explained in the first update, I’d encourage you to revisit the post!
It’s been 49 days since our last update of this tracker (though we’re publishing on 10/22, we collected data on 10/14). Since our previous update, we’ve seen the release of Stern’s last cornerstone for the year, Star Wars: Fall of the Empire, and the surprise announcement of Barrels of Fun’s second title for the year, Winchester Mystery House.
Before the end of the year, we should still see the next release from Spooky Pinball, and perhaps another remake from Stern. I don’t think any other releases are coming this year, but someone could surprise us.
Sales volume started picking up again following slower summer months, but it’s still off the pace we saw in the first part of the year.
Time to crunch those numbers.

_(Acquisition: web_scrape, Enrichment: v1)_

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