Quoted from vid1900:

Stern knows that even if Caravaggio himself did the art, the dozen most prolific posters on Pinside would trash it for weeks on end. "WTF is up with those European Asps???? Those are traditionally non-infestational", "Why is the art so dark?? This is going to look terrible next to my Xmen LE!"
Stern knows that even if a game had more ramps than Whitewater, the dozen most prolific posters on Pinside would trash it for weeks on end. Pinsiders who have never designed a game, and have no idea that different ramp construction materials allow the ball speed and flow to be controlled. "WTF is up with all the plastic ramps, and only one wireframe one????? Stern only cares about making a profit ! "
Stern knows that even if Brian Eddy was hired to design a game again, the dozen most prolific posters on Pinside would trash it for weeks on end. "WTF is up with the big empty playfield???? Stern cheaping out again!!!" , "I wish we could go back to full featured games like AFM".
So Stern has figured out that all they need to do is trickle out some grainy photos, shoot a quick teaser video, and post a few sentences on Facebook every week.
Pinside will keep the bitching going, and the thread at the top, for months all on it's own.

Quoted from vid1900:

Of course.
Stern would be idiots if they did not take every dollar on the table.
You guys are always trying to get more people in the hobby, more people interested in Pinball.
You guys have tripled the price of old games, and doubled the price of new ones.
Congrats.

Quoted from northvibe:

Well it sucks. But you did get the game "early" just not playable :/
However these are pains that early adopters have with any product which is another crappy part.

Quoted from herbertbsharp:

Am I the only one that would have just kept it?