Quoted from toyotaboy:

Imagine all the costs saved by not having to ship parts to jersey since most of the parts are in Chicago? Not to mention they don't have to fly designers out to jersey everytime a game is about to go on the production line. This move only makes sense.

Quoted from toyotaboy:

what parts, the boards? I'm talking about off the shelf pinball parts like flipper mechs, posts, playfield glass, coin doors, legs, lockdown bars. Unless you're homepin, I'm guessing most of that comes from pinball life.

Quoted from toyotaboy:

For those that somehow think Stern is going to contract manufacture JJP games, think about that for a moment. Look what heavy metal costs ($8200 for star wars home pin with new art and graphics). If you're stern, the best way to kill off your competition is to raise the prices on the games they are making for you. Ask any company that OEM's a product out to some other company, it sucks. They basically control your prices now and can raise them as much as they want. My company is going through this right now so guess what we're doing, we're designing our own version for less money with better quality.