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Quoted from iceman44:The analogy is Stern has Michael Jordan, Lebron James and Tim Duncan on the same team and then keeps them on the bench for 1/2 of the game
Time to go next level and stop mailing in the BOM
The question you can’t answer with confidence is if that would lead to actual higher returns.
Case in point... Dialed in was that “unleash the beast” project... and it didn’t lead to runaway sales.
TZ was too... and it wasn’t the market success.
Quoted from Elvishasleft:They were selling to operators when there was no home market.... Gary will always think Ops are "the business" because he is old school.
Gary rightful believes without location pinball there is no “next generation of buyers”
If oins are only in basements- there is no (or a greatly reduced) feeder network for growing new buyers
Quoted from Psw757:I wrote those comments and it’s true.
If your are going to go through the trouble of putting the hot rail in the se why not the real full color hot rail? It isn’t any more difficult and the lights are cheap as shit.
It’s an intentional differentiator - doubtful it is anything about costs.
Quoted from Squizz:I don't' know, but I feel that 3 machines ( pro, Premium and LE) are a waste of time and cost's!
Nothing more than a Ca$h grab....
Much like the earlier days when it was only the one machine of it's type, LOTR,POTC,IM,RBION etc...
Costing would be cheaper, No 3 art works for cabinets, and playfields,plastics, also only 1 code to produce which means we all end up getting more on a playfield at a cheaper cost.
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Quoted from snaroff:In terms of BOM, I have no complaints with Beatles or Star Wars. People who rag on Beatles for being stark are wrong and the hyperdrive in Star Wars is the coolest mech Stern has ever done (under utilizing by the software, but that's another issue).
Nascar did it better
Quoted from woody76:I have to totally disagree with you on dialed in. If you just go off pinside owners alone Dialed in is hanging in there with some of the most recent best sellers.
Yet... JJP wasn't pumping them out, nor is availability at Distributors a problem still years later. It's time to accept it... it was a soft seller.. especially considering it was PL's big return with 'no strings attached'.
I love the game... sales didn't.
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