Quoted from FatPanda:Waiting for "A Hard Day's Night for Stern" thread...
I'd start one if I wasn't laughing so hard ... 
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Quoted from robotron:last one i played the batmobile flew off, the spinning disc flew off. what else? the flapping plastic flew off.
the code really sucked. joker just kept looping and looping. so 2 years later its a great game?
In a word, yes.
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Quoted from vid1900:Why does everyone not want Stern to make some good money?
For every LOTRs there is a WOF.
For every AC/DC there is a WWE
For every Ironmaden there is a KISS
Stern has to make some money, or the next game that bombs could end them.
If Stern waited any longer to release The Beatles (they've had the license for 2 years), any remaining fans would be too old (or, let's face it, too dead) to buy it.
Beatles is going to make WWE look like a best seller ...
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Played one on Thursday. I enjoyed it far more than I expected to. But no way would I pay anywhere near Stern’s prices. $4k-$5k? Maybe. But you just have to love the Beatles more than life itself to pay more - the value just isn’t there. I’ll gladly play it on location though.
Quoted from cottonm4:Somebody really needs to start a thread called "The Beatles $4K Crowd".
Me? It is not in my budget and I can't afford it. But I'd sure like to have one. I'd like to have a new Corvette, too, but it is not in my budget and I can't afford it. But i'd sure like to have one.
Its not about being cheap or being able to afford the game. I’ve bought some very expensive games NIB (Batman 66 LE) and have no problem paying top dollar for high end restorations or CQ quality games.
Beatles is a nice game but horribly overpriced for what it is. And that’s too bad. Because if it was priced more in line for what it is, I think it would sell pretty well. At current prices, it’s doomed to WWE-like sales levels.
Quoted from pinmister:Supply and demand will determine future pricing on this title. Seems to me the majority of people who have actually played it-actually like it. We all agree it is not an $8000 game-beating a dead horse, but it seems like $6000-$6500 and people are ok with that? We are talking about $1500 price difference? Anyway I do hope they do not sell well and Stern authorizes distributors to lower map pricing-because I would be interested if the price was reasonable.
I can’t imagine Stern would ever allow a MAP reduction. Maybe “buy a gold and get $2k off another title”. Game play is surprisingly fun but the art package and animations remind me of a Saturday morning cartoon.
Hilton’s WAG above is reasonable and thought out. I have talked to a number of collectors I know where money is generally not an issue and that I expected would be in the target market including one Beatles super fan. Not one of them has played the game and they all said some variation of “it’s priced too high for what it is”.
I think Stern knew these were going to be a tough sell when they came up with the 10 pack distributor idea which essentially incentivized dealers to buy more golds than they otherwise would have been interested in.
The Beatles situation is sad because it may hamper further retro redesigns using the excuse they don’t sell well while not admitting that the failure was due to the pricing model and not the game itself.
Quoted from jamesdeloris:People keep talking about The Beatles Gold costing $8,000. I bought mine in early December for $7,800. I assume with a little checking around one can be had for around $7,600. By the way we love it.
$200 isn’t going to make a difference. $2000 might.
Quoted from Psw757:Distributors were not required to buy a 10 pack to sell golds.
I didn’t say that they were. But that concept clearly was designed as an incentive to sell golds by including the lottery tickets of the other models.
As for “selling as expected” that doesn’t provide any useful insight. If they expected low sales and got low sales that’s selling as expected. Good to hear it’s bring some new blood in. But you wonder if some of those new folks don’t look at other new games and say “hey - this one over here has ramps and costs a whole lot less”
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