Statistics can be strange, looking at it a different way makes them look more impressive as 8 out of the top 30 are Sterns.

It is also true that 8 out of the top 50 are Sterns

Hardly surprising as there is no other competition at the moment.

I disagree. It takes about 10 years for the those who are playing them on site now to want to re-visit their past.
In the 1980's the classics were Fireball and Tommy
In the Early 90's the classics were games like Fathom and Centaur
In the late 90's everyone wanted T2, Creature and AFM (edit: sorry I meant TAF not AFM)
by the time you hit 2008 everyone wants MM, CV and CC

but only time will tell for sure.

Stop messing with my brain.....

Yep JB was involved in all my favourite DE games G&R, JP, SW, Frankenstein etc. Then he was at Sega and Stern during their "black years". It's good to see him get rewarded with some decent themes and resources at last.

That is a major issue, bring back cows! I think there is a seperate post there.

Yes but the production costs have changed e.g. the price of metals like copper. If B/W were making games not they may not be the same as in the past or may be significantly more expensive.