I don't think thats a positive consolation prize.

Can we talk about what a massive fail Stern has made on the announcement? They change over thier FB Banner to the SW logo, and post an episode of the Star Wars Show which you need to sit through , or scan thru (not easily done on mobile) to find any word of it (for all of a 20 second spot). No where on their site do they reference it, and their twitter just directs back to the aforementioned FB page. Not even a proper press release!

Interestingly enough, THIS thread contains more information then what Stern has officially posted themselves.

Who's running things over there in marketing anyways?!

I mean, maybe chalk it up to the premature release of the SWS episode on them, but then thats something that should be communicated, Didn't this same thing happen with Aerosmith in Donny's book?

Lazy.

Marketing and communications is what i do for a living. This is just bad form. Where do i apply?...

HOLY CRAP!!!!!

I was doing some digging on the Stern website and i JUST found a new high res picture of the Pro's playfield!!

http://www.goo.gl/h2wqjG

Its 2017, You missed the 4th zero.

Haha, downvote my post all you want, but according to google analytics i fooled over 200 of you with that link

As a marketing professional myself, i completely agree. Stern has a seriously bad marketing problem across the board. a huge ton of this negitivity could have been avoided with a carefully thought out launch, generation of hype, and proper initial content.

Its not that they've "made a shitty game that upset fanboys and pinheads" but they've allowed their product to be released to the eyes of the masses on someone else's terms. Proper marketing could have built hype, focused on the positive and cool parts that made the development team so excited to work on this, rather then phoning it in.

Stern: If any of you are reading this, (and i know some of you are). You have a SERIOUS marketing issue, starting at the top. Might be time to look into that now if you want to stay competitive in the long term.

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A mix of some some random bits bright orange and the rest basic gray to match the snow speeders in the movie. Pick a couple: Orange coin door?, buttons, maybe something else crazy like orange back legs or something. Maybe orange grills. Then the rest grey.

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