The whole tier approach is awful in my opinion. Its simply a way for pinball manufacturers to motivate higher prices.

I would love if they stopped this silliness and kept doing what manufacturers did before 2000, one title - one version, simple as that. I realize they won't change back (because money) but one can always dream.

Another silly thing is the tier naming. Calling the "basic/standard" version Pro is simply an attempt to make it sound better than it is. Premium should be named Pro. If they called them Standard, Pro and CE/LE that would at least make more sense.

If one have to choose in this tier hell, I would agree the premium is often the sweetspot between (high) price and features.