Quoted from jgentry:Most people are getting quoted 7600-7800. And be reasonable, there's no way The Beatles theme is not going to draw in more plays. Add in that it's simple to follow and it's just going to be a lot more appealing to casual or newer players then DI. DI is a really good game and pinball people will like it. But mom jeans and cell phones are not going to attrack plays like The Beatles will be able to. If you can afford to buy JJP pins for rout then I think you are crazy to not be interested in this game just for it's rout potential. Is it over priced, you bet. Doesn't matter if it can earn as well as a JJP pin though.
curious, do you hobby operate? just trying to frame if your opinion is based on doing it your just a WAG?
My experience after over 5 years is that this is not the case.
We REALLY need to stop with hit BS line. Stern has you hook line and sinker if you think 1964 is limited in any way! Even their absolute best games only sell around 2000 games (and that is when they have PRO pricing on the base model).
Take a comparable grade A title like SW. It had 3 model and the pro, pre, le price points. It has more mass appeal for route and the generation that plays on route. It still only sold <2000 copies by all account (being VERY generous you can simply double the number accounted for on Pinside and compare to other tracking sites).
Simply put a GREAT blockbuster title for Stern with 3 price tiers of Pro, Prem, LE only sells around 2000 games. A really good one may do 2500 games over a 3 year period with multiple runs and re-runs.
1964 is not limited and esp so at 8k for the base model.