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Quoted from PinMonk:Would make no difference. Stern would sell a ton of Spike LotRs and then return to their regularly scheduled cost reduction meetings. And people would buy them. When you're in a market with little to no competition, you can afford to cut corners. Until you can't.
I am sure Stern would sell a ton of LOTR. But why remind everyone you used to make great games with tons of features if you don’t have to. Especially LOTR. I mean it doesn’t even seem like a Stern game to me it is so good. Not to mention the BOM on LOTR wouldn’t get by the bean counters. You will never see a LOTR vault IMO.
Quoted from PinMonk:Because money. A Spike LotR will PRINT money. Sell more than a bunch of vault runs combined, instantly being the most popular vault. And it won't effect Stern's normal cost-reduction march. With the next "dream theme" license, people will go back to buying the 2020 edition stripped down Sterns. And that is irresistable to Stern.
I agree LOTR vault would print money. It is right out of the Stern playbook to put profits first. So......why haven’t they already released a LOTR vault? They know people want it and the theme is still relevant to those new to pinball. There is a reason they don’t vault LOTR or any of their best machines for that matter. What that is I am not sure but it isn’t that Stern hasn’t figured out how many LOTR vaults they could sell. They know what the people want.
Quoted from PinMonk:I think it's more the technical issue of the time to get it moved over to Spike2. It's not going to happen as a Whitestar system. Spike2 feature set is where the money is, and there's built-in cost reduction due to the board differences. When it happens, Stern will make BANK. No doubts about that. It will be the polar opposite of an Iron Man re-vault.
That makes sense. So they are only vaulting games with the Spike system. I wonder how hard it would actually be to switch from the Whitestar to Spike system. Thanks for the info.
Quoted from epthegeek:Because people like rides, and it’s a property they own.
And it is a perfect theme for a coaster......
Quoted from PinMonk:I imagine that station smelling like farts.
Disney usually pumps in pleasant scents throughout their parks and resorts so you should be safe........
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