Quoted from Aurich:Man, I don't really read the new Stern threads anymore, they haven't made a game since Metallica I'm really interested in, I didn't realize the hostility levels were so high. Are they fucking up that badly?
I can remember when this thread would have been more positive...
I think some people's frustrations with Stern right now are due to paying record NIB prices and not receiving a high quality product in return. A lot of games going out are fine but there's more then usual that are not. Its hard to stomach $5k-$15k for a pinball machine of all things but when there's playfield issues, cabinet issues, orbit issues, code issues, etc and it just all becomes very frustrating. Seeing official mods for items that many believe should come with a NIB game in the first place doesn't help either.
People wouldn't mind paying the high prices as much as long as quality remained high. With prices going up there's no reason for Stern to be cutting corners on either cabinet quality, playfield quality or code support. Same goes for all manufactures who may attempt to pull the same stuff.