Quoted from CrazyLevi:That's the only answer. None of the manufacturers are going to make cheaper machines for ops. Nobody is going to release stripped down "street level" games as that experiment already happened in 1990 and was a dismal failure.
Any newish pinball machine should be a dollar a play, simple as that. I'd probably turn off match and replay as well. No other arcade machines just give out free games.
These street level games were 1500 when new just did not have any fancy ramps but earned less than a Pinbot or High Speed. The positive very little trouble ither than broken drop targets. Hoops is even better nothing but blown lights to replace. I was scared when new as Gottlieb sent nice bags in machine to ship the boards out for service.