Quoted from clarkmu22:I'm in on an LE. Looking forward to it. I considered downgrading to a Pro because it's so good. I'll probably stick with the LE though. That said, no way the extra money is "worth it"
I won't spend my time trying to convince someone else my decision is a good one. Fact is, most people would think we're ALL batshit crazy for spending the type of money we do on pinball... and that includes Pros!
Enjoy your machines, Pro, Premium or LE. Pinball is a great hobby and makes us all lighter in the wallet!
I had a nice phone call with Gary Stern way back when Ghostbusters came out. I had a bad playfield. Some back and forth trying to get it resolved, and one day he picked up his phone and gave me a ring which was pretty cool. Half of the call I was in the bathroom taking a shit lol...But we went over many topics and he was a really great guy.
Long story short, one of the topics was the Pro, Premium, LE choices. The way Gary explained it was that there's "something for everyone" in the sense they built a full game with everything the designer wanted in the game and made those limited to X amount sold that caters to enthusiasts and collectors, then the Premiums for the general home consumer who wants the full game but doesn't care about the limited model / collectibility, and then the Pro which is geared towards the operator looking to have a simpler game that can become cash flow positive asap.
Those were not exactly his words, but that's how I understood them, and I'm sure it's not any surprise to many of you here.
My point is this I pop in here and it's always the same story, people arguing over which model is better, why one is not worth as much as the other, and then you have the crowd that spends time trying to somehow convince people the Pro is actually better AND cheaper. I love those guys lol
At the end of the day, based on what Gary himself thinks of the tiers, it really comes down to whatever category you're in. Because if money was no object, let's be real, every single person would choose the LE (in my opinion).