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STERN should think about playing the LONG game!

By iceman44

4 years ago


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    #58 4 years ago

    Stern went cheap with NBA in 2009. They were bailed out at around that time and continued on their cost saving ways. Their cheapness (build quality, lack of playfield mechanics and ruleset quality) has caught up with them & I don't think their last few titles have sold well

    If Deeproot release 10 games at reveal, with different price points, that will be available for years, which have more innovative mechanics (which are cheaper to make) and software that is continually updated for years, they will have my business, its a no brainer

    #65 4 years ago
    Quoted from sulli10:

    Let's see if DR actually follows thru on its business plan. It is one thing to state a plan its another thing to follow through over several years. Having run several business's over the years it is hard to keep doing something if you make no additional money at it. Yes the customer always wants more (me included as a customer), but the supplier needs to keep income/revenue coming in the door to pay for the help. When people talk about a companies profits they look at the BOM for the product and add up what they believe it should be and say WOW, look at all the money this suppler is making. What they forget is the money invested in capital equipment, insurance, overheads like HR, advertising, legal, accounting, building costs, electricity, inventory, taxes,IT, etc. that needs to be covered by the sale. Staying in business is all about cash flow. it is a lot harder then people give credit for.
    I hope DR makes it big. Just like I hope Stern?JJP and all the suppliers stay in business.

    If DR have 10 pins on the line which continuously improve software wise they can keep churning them out for years. No need to invent a new pin every 3 months (which would cost a lot)

    Also look at todays pin mechanics which haven't changed for decades. Flippers fine leave as is but why couldn't a sling just be a small solenoid under the plastic that directly fires at the ball - avoiding all the brackets etc that currently exist and add to costs.

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