Here’s the Ticket!
The Top 60 Redemption & Merchandiser Combined List is put together from actual collections from games owned and operated by Alpha-Omega Amusements at two locations so I know that the data is correct and is not changed in any way. The purpose of the List is for you to see where your current games place or rank and see where other games that you do not have would rank in your facility.
Analysis of Top 60 Redemption & Merchandise Combined
These are best of the games that have had steady top earnings over the past several months and those that are new and appear to have potential:
Wizard of Oz 6 Pl (Elaut) is the current #1 ranking game but held the #1 ranking for 4 straight weeks during the period. During most weeks it usually earns slightly more than Monster Drop Extreme but during 2 of the 4 weeks it earned ‘double’ that of Monster Drop Extreme partly because the Wizard of Oz has 6 player positions and where the Monster Drop Extreme bonus is during a particular week. Wizard of Oz is my overall #1 pick.
Monster Drop Extreme (Benchmark) has the #2 ranking for the period. The main reason for its extremely high revenues during the past few weeks is that the bonus jackpot climbed all the way to the maximum which is very unusual. Many additional players wanted to see if they could win the jackpot bonus. When a jackpot is won play goes down but is still high enough to maintain the #2 ranking for each week.
Whack N Win (ICE) has been in the Top 10 every week during the past 4 months, steadily climbing from #10 to #8 and to #6. With all of the excitement over the Ticket Candy Crane and the Knock It Off, Whack N Win is a TRR Top Pick of a New Game to Buy. The ticket payout % is right on target averaging 29% over the period. We made this game slightly easier two months ago, increasing the ticket payout from 25% to 29% and this has worked perfectly.
Candy Crane with Tickets is still a phenomenon earning combined rankings of #6, #6, #7, #10 over the 4 week period (#8 ranking overall) & a merchandiser ranking of #1, #1, #2, #3, averaging over $1037/week over the period and #2 merchandiser. As reported in the previous TRR #22, #23, and #25, this simple merchandiser with a very high hit frequency and very low maximum prize value of $1.13 proves that players can be attracted to small size cabinet low tech games. The Ticket Candy Crane has seen some of its revenues decline as the Knock It Off entered the competition. This is to be expected.
Knock It Off Rotary 4 Pl (Elaut) has moved up to the #5 combined rank this past week (10-17) and the #1 merchandiser rank with earnings of $1895, just $3 short of our 2nd Big Bass Wheel. KIO has steadily moved up from #11 to #9 to #5 over the 4 week period. Its revenues have tripled over the past 12 weeks by using actual redemption tickets in circular bundles in place of ticket vouchers inside of round clear dishes. TRR has written this method up this in Breaking News section of TRR #25 and TRR #26.
Color Match (LAI) is another amazing game that has had a steady high ranking during the period as the #5 merchandiser ranking, and beating #4 I-Cube in two of the four weeks. We are working hard to figure out the best Win % settings that have ranged from a low of 13% to a high of 44%. The average win % over each 4 week period has been 34%. If we did not have the Candy Ticket Crane and Knock It Off Rotary, Color Match would be the #2 or #3 ranking merchandiser, only beat out by Mega Stacker, which is out of production.
Pinatas (LAI) is doing very well- #1 in the children’s game category. Over the past two months we have been working at increasing the ticket payout % and Pinatas has ranked as high as #24 overall, exceptional for a children’s game especially with all of the new test games it has to compete with.
Candy Crush (Adrenaline)-At the time of this report we only had this new app game for 1 full week and 2 days. The first full week it ranked #15 overall and we are working on trying different price/play points. We started out at $1.50 and we will need some software changes to lower the price to $1 and zero in on a 30% ticket payout. Watch for the next TRR to track this game.
Fishbowl Frenzy (Team Play)—We had been testing the only prototype Fishbowl Frenzy in secret for several months upon Team Play’s and Betson’s request and this game often ranked in the Top 10 even with changes being made on the fly from week to week. Fishbowl Frenzy ranked #10 on 8-15, #9 on 8-22, #8 on 8-29, and #7 on 9-5 and then it was shipped to London for EAS. I called it ‘Prototype TBA’ and many readers were wondering what this game was. This is a new technology game with a special transmissive high definition LCD that shows 3D animated dropping balls. Production will start in October and many of us will get to see it at IAAPA. This is a great game!!!!
