Quoted from Whysnow:Solution is simple IMHO. Stop supporting Stern and the LE model.
Problem is it will never happen in the near future and pinball is booming and a bunch of folks are throwing $$$$ at STERN for a LE that they have not even seen a video of, nor do they have a contact of what features will be in the game.
I somewhat hope that MOPLE sucks when it comes out and the price plummets. I would feel bad for everyone that wanted an awesome game of their favorite band. I would think it is pretty funny for the flippers that hopefully get burned holding a game too long and the speculators that had planned to sell it NIB next year for 3k more. In the long term, maybe another 'TFLE' would teach a few people to stop tossing your $$$ at an unfinished product.
Not simple, so if you had a pinball company and sold 500 units in an hour, you would stop creating that product? Face it guys, Stern is having more success now than in a long time. Admit it, they are doing something right, and although we can bicker about the numbers and tinker around the edges of what they shoulda, woulda and coulda done better or do better, the tiered marketing strategy with higher quality games is working. It wasn't that long ago everybody was complaining about the one size fits all and that there should be premium machines. Wait until Stern comes out with an Uber Elite, Super LE with 50-75 units made at a price of 9-10k.....it will happen, trust me.
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