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

This Week in Pinball·article·analyzed·Oct 22, 2025

Analysis

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TL;DR

TWIP sales tracker update #4 shows slower 2024/2025 market pace post-summer.

Summary

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

Star Wars: Fall of the Empire was released as Stern's last cornerstone for 2024
high confidence · Direct statement about Stern's product release schedule
Winchester Mystery House was announced as a surprise second title for Barrels of Fun in 2024/2025
high confidence · Direct reference to Barrels of Fun release
Sales volume is slower than the pace set in the first part of the year
medium confidence · Author's assessment based on ongoing sales tracking methodology
Spooky Pinball has another release expected before year-end
medium confidence · Author's prediction based on industry knowledge
Stern may release another remake before year-end
low confidence · 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

Stern PinballcompanyBarrels of FuncompanySpooky PinballcompanyStar Wars: Fall of the Empiregame Winchester Mystery Housegame This Week in Pinballorganization

Signals

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event_signal: Spooky Pinball has an unreleased title expected before year-end 2024, continuing their competitive release cadence against Stern and Barrels of Fun
medium · Author expects 'the next release from Spooky Pinball' before year-end
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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
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.'
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announcement: Winchester Mystery House by Barrels of Fun was announced as a surprise, indicating strategic surprise-announcement timing independent of industry expo schedule
high · Characterized as 'surprise announcement' of Barrels of Fun's second title for the year
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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
medium · Stern's last cornerstone for the year' and speculative mention of 'perhaps another remake'

Topics

2024/2025 pinball sales velocity and market performanceprimaryRecent cornerstone releases (Star Wars: Fall of the Empire, Winchester Mystery House)primarySeasonal market trends and summer sales slowdownsecondaryExpected year-end releases from Spooky Pinball and Sternsecondary

Sentiment

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

Transcript

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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.