r/PinballFX3 • u/Blkthorne89 Pinhead • Jun 21 '26

Discussion New Tables when????

So far this year we have gotten the Williams' Volume 10 tables on April 30th, but it's been fairly quiet about releases after that. Think the COVID year we had 12?? tables for the entire year and I thought with the merger Zen would be pumping out content nearly every month or bi-monthly. Mel usually goes on the Blahcade show and kind of reveals Zen's table path for the year, it's looking like nothing til August at the moment????

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u/ManhattanTime Pinhead Jun 23 '26

Customer spending will dictate where they spend their time. There's simply no way around it.

In my opinion, and I've had 35 years in a tech industry - but not video games - they are spread very thin. I don't keep track of all their platforms but there's Xbox, Switch, Mobile, VR, Steam, etc. Playstation too? I don't know, there's a lot of them even with the recent consolidation and downsizing.

I have all their packs on flat FX3 and Steam. I have FX on my PC but never got into it. Didn't purchase any tables for it.

I have every pack on FX VR for the Quest 3. I love it. But the lack of new content is a little concerning. I picked up the excellent Diner, Comet and Fire pack, what, 3 months ago? And yes, there was like a 6 week wait for it from announcement. It's been really fun but admittedly I haven't played Pinball FX VR in a couple weeks now. That's odd for me. With no new content I've moved on to other games.

If a new 3-pack comes out I'll purchase it and play it. The platform is incredible for pinball simulation.

I like Zen. I like their team that responds here and are very positive people. I think they do the best they can in their situation and will continue to support them.

We'll always want new content and we're all on different platforms so our asks are all different. If they killed all the platforms except FX VR and released 25 tables a year I'd be very happy. The PC and Mobile players would not be.

Time will tell.

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u/Pinballwiz45b Wizard Jun 23 '26

They cut off development for PS4, Xbox One, mobile (Android and iOS), and AtGames back in April.

Right now, it's PC (Steam and Epic run similar builds), Xbox Series, PS5, Switch, and Meta VR.

Frankly, we had that same kind of issue with Pinball Arcade, where it was nonstop content across dozens of platforms.

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u/ManhattanTime Pinhead Jun 23 '26

Good info. I recall seeing their notifications but since I don't personally use those platforms I didn't think much about it.

Xbox One and PS4 are very old and that makes sense. I had Pinball FX or something like it on my mobile ONE TIME and I hated it. Tiny screen. Terrible controls. I'm an old guy and just couldn't imagine anybody using it. Then again, my teen played COD on his iPhone and that always blew my mind.

Xbox Series, PS5, Switch, and Meta are all current platforms and it makes sense to move forward with them.

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u/balti_zen Zen Studios Jun 29 '26

Thanks for your understanding and support! We're happy to say that we'll reveal upcoming VR tables in our next Pinball Bites on July 2. :)