Stern has already been executing planning for the immediate future regarding a their current business and manufacturing models.
This is sometimes referred to as the "short term profit methodology".
It went into practice in 2010.
Production changes have significantly changed since 2012.

They will not bankrupt, they will downsize accordingly, making less than 1-2 titles a year if necessary, and not make the mistakes again they made from 2007-2009, which almost caused Stern's potential closure.
What has not been completely considered is the further loss of operators, and overly heavy reliance of the home market.
They continue to evaluate the market constantly.
They must.
Expect many more changes.
Potential buyers would benefit from same observations of the changes, as most are negative.

Primary distributors, dealers, and other surviving manufacturers are trying to ride the same wave as long as possible.
If experienced, already know what can and will happen in around the next 2-5 years.
Otherwise, they will not be in business.
Distributors have no reason to advise potential buyers any recompense of the quality being received for the prices being charged, as it would hurt sales.
Star Wars is almost as bad as BM66, based on what is being received, but people cannot see continued changes, as they were not involved even as little as five years ago.

If people prefer a simpler visual model, count the number of legitimate manufacturers that are still making pinball machines today in this photo. There is a reason some companies are excluded, as they never were legitimate in the first place, and old collectors already knew.
This is not even a full "who's who" list of everyone.
A small bit of research will reward those greatly with an understanding pinball manufacturing history
This same research promotes knowledge regarding decision making in consideration when buying NIB machines.

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