Now that you've taken stock of 2006 and of what 2007 may hold, it's our turn. We want to know specifically what works for you about RePlay. What sections do you read each month? What articles and columns have assisted you in conducting business?
Don't by shy: Give us your honest opinion about what works for you, what doesn't and, most importantly, what you would like to see in our pages or approach.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
My opinion, honestly is that REPLAY panders to certain manufacturers, placing thier games higher on earnings lists than they deserve or giving them better reviews or coverage than others.
I do however, read the Operators Input, and all of the idustry news that is published, I just don't put any stock in the hype or stories on specific games that Replay seems to endorse.
The polls are not accurate. It seems that there are not enough responses to gauge accurately what the operators are thinking. My Golden Tees are earning huge money yet the game never reaches the top and sometimes doesn't even make the list. Please report as to how many responses this survey is based upon. Maybe it can be a web poll
Your "news" section doubles as an obituary. Its as depressing as your overall view of this "dying" industry you try to sell magazines to.
How about some real in depth reporting on trends and forecasting?
Why not create some stories yourself instead of re wording press releases?
I think the problem with the polls is that enough people aren't filling them out...I've been filling them out as long as I've been a subscriber, but I rarely find anyone else who does....
It's not a big deal guys: once a month you spend 2 minutes filling it out.
Also, an online poll would be great...start with those of us that do fill out the poll, give us an access code or whatever and get us started. Then as people want to access the results (and add to them), check 'em out and add 'em.
That would also give us the ability to add games that aren't on the list--if enough of us do that, you know what should be there. It would also allow us to (possibly) move games to the correct list. If Cyclone and Wheel of Fortune are quick-coin games why is a Solar Spin (which has the same basic game play) a Novelty?
It would also make Ingrid happier: having the computer do all the tabulating without having to flip through all the forms manually.
Doug Berry
Fantasy World Arcade
Trade magazine charts are very familiar to me. I created the charts at RePlay, designed the accounting methodology and helped select the operating companies that get the monthly voting ballots that determine the rankings of the most-played games.
Recently, there’s been some discussion about the possible influence that magazine advertising has on the charts. Let me make my response so clear that it just might put this notion to bed. Apart from the ethical issue, there is one arguably bigger thing that stops anyone at my magazine from fooling with the charts: it’s bad business. Consider. You move one game. . .one game. . .into a position it doesn’t deserve because an advertiser begs you to, and you are now at the mercy of that person’s sense of confidence. Right! Now, he tells three people “you can get to the chart”, they tell three, and. . . do I need to finish the sentence? It’s like ripping a feather pillow apart in a windstorm. Do that and then try to put those feathers back. A corrupted chart is a worthless chart, and that should be a no-brainer. In the simplest possible terms, we strictly follow the operator ballots to the point that it’s really the computer that does our charts as much as the people who feed the data into it. Oh, yes: we’re also honest.
If there’s anything wrong with RePlay’s charts it’s that they’re a tad dated because they’re always showing a snapshot of what happened in game play the previous month. But we still know they’re helpful to readers, which is why we go through the time and expense to do them.
Eddie Adlum, RePlay Publisher
Post a Comment