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Quoted from Wanimal:I understand that and I can grasp that LOL, but why celebrate raising prices while CONSTANTLY cutting corners?
Because a lot of folks don’t care about quality of materials and any attention to detail. Over the last half decade, Stern games feel more like toys than commercial gaming equipment.
And I’m certainly guilty of padding their coffers.
Quoted from calsheimer:I don't get it. this is how business works? almost everything costs more over time.
Does the overall quality of the product become exponentially shittier over time as well?
That’s the case with Stern pinball machines.
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It’s amazing all the people who engage in this same ritual every year when stern raised prices $100, which is as inevitable as Tax Day. A dumb outrage thread which immediately becomes a rolling stern grievance thread going back 33 years of alleged pinball crimes.
Don’t you people ever get sick of this useless endeavor?
Find a new hobby. Does the peace corps still exist?</Clearly, Stern can handle it.
Quoted from PanzerFreak:There are some big pro's to Stern's made 15+ years ago. Direct printed cabinets versus cheap decals, the head being made entirely out of wood versus sheet metal + wood, a proper lock down bar mech, proper head latch, higher playfield quality, and features not being limited to only premium / LE games.
I'll agree that Stern's themes, code, and fun factor are generally all better then what they were 15-20 years ago. However, the quality isn't what it once was, features once included on the standard game are now only on premium / LE models, and there's been a wealth of cost cutting features (above) and price increases along the way.
Stern is making some incredibly fun titles but the point myself and others are trying to make is that they are not worth the price considering what you get with the quality being offered. Hell if money was no option I would buy every game they put out. For $6k - $9k+ for a pinball machine of all things playfield quality should be among the best in the industry...not the worst.
Yep.
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