Quoted from Makakka:

Gary Stern a few years ago saw the weak point of the competition was titles per year so he did all he can do to release max titles per year to increase titles per year he sacrificed TMNT with the early AIQ release the main goal of that is not to make money but to crush the competition if the main goal on titles per year was to make money Stern would release less titles per year wouldn’t have released AIQ that early.

Quoted from IronMan8Bit:

I've heard 1 Pro per distributor, then LEs, then the rest of the Pro orders, then Premiums. That would span over the next 3 months.

Quoted from sk8ball:

This is why we didn't go into tremendous detail. We need to polish up the gem perks but here is the rundown...
On computer grid drop targets-
Mind gem lets you select which award you want with the action button
Reality gem hit 2/3 drop targets to collect award
Power gem collects current flashing award plus spots another
Time gem adds time to computer modes and ball savers
Soul gem collects soul gem jackpot
Space gem the action button rotates the gems to different locations
For the rest of the shots
Mind gem- use your mind to collect the shot (action button)
Reality gem- shot multiplier
Time gem adds time to computer modes and ball savers
Soul gem collects soul gem jackpot
Space gem the action button rotates the gems to different locations
Depending on how leveled up the avenger that is holding the gem also effect these perks but I will get into that on the next stream.
Again this is all frosting on the cake and has nothing to do with game progression. Simply playing the quests leads you on the path to Thanos. But needless to say the more gems you possess the easier it is to defeat him.

Quoted from RC_like_the_cola:

The Avengers Tower is the vari target. It has 3 optos and if you hit the last opto, it holds the ball a few seconds. If that shot was lit for some mode, the further up you get on the tower, the higher the value is, based on what I was hearing on stream.