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* This is the reason why Creator/WilliamsElectronics closed its pinball division and exited UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s entirely. The company entered the gambling and video lottery markets in 1991, and the profitability of that division soon overwhelmed all other decisions by company executives. In 1998, even though the arcade VideoGame division was still doing well, unsatisfied shareholders pressured Williams to spin off the arcade division as Creator/MidwayGames. The pinball business fared even worse; even though the company just finished the groundbreaking new "Pinball 2000" platform, executives rushed the release of ''Pinball/StarWarsEpisodeI'', then forced the closure of the pinball division merely [[MoneyDearBoy because the game broke even]].
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* This is the reason why Creator/WilliamsElectronics closed its pinball division and exited UsefulNotes/{{Arcade MediaNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s entirely. The company entered the gambling and video lottery markets in 1991, and the profitability of that division soon overwhelmed all other decisions by company executives. In 1998, even though the arcade VideoGame division was still doing well, unsatisfied shareholders pressured Williams to spin off the arcade division as Creator/MidwayGames. The pinball business fared even worse; even though the company just finished the groundbreaking new "Pinball 2000" platform, executives rushed the release of ''Pinball/StarWarsEpisodeI'', then forced the closure of the pinball division merely [[MoneyDearBoy because the game broke even]].
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You'd better listen to the suits [[ExecutiveMeddling and do what they say]] unless you want your pinball machine business to read "TILT".
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