Quoted from CaptainNeo:$8500 is a lot of a machine. You can almost get 2 NIB pros for that money. When justifying purchases, I always compare costs to other pinball things, to see if that one game can compare to the fun of 2, 3 , 4 or 10 games. The standard is almost 2k more than I paid for my premium.
Yes but for $8500 you would be getting a game that has many more features then any Stern game, including premiums / LE's, and about 5-10x the code, animation and audio work.