Sorry but this deserves it's own thread. We've hit a new low.

Stern just released the official topper for Jurassic Park and is charging $600. Worst part - not only does it look cheap BUT they are advertising a special mode ONLY achieved through the purchase of this topper. Apparently it's tied to the topper itself.

Wow - w---t----f. That door holding in our fear of DLC has just been kicked down.

REP (for attached pic): user Join_The_Cirqus post #5172 on the JP club thread. Also on kaneda's website.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/jurassic-park-stern-2019-owners-club-welcome-to-jurassic-park/page/105#post-5681132

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special mode has to be code related. If not, then it's false advertising on top of it! Either way, it's absolutely terrible.

I know there are a ton of suckers out there buying Elvira SE 15k, SW toppers - for the love of god.....don't buy this BS.

The right answer is it's easy to skip on period b/c it's complete bull___! 6-9k purchase and you have to spend MORE for a mode?

I can already tell we're doomed. haha

wow - it's already sold out.

You just can't blame stern if it's sells this fast. Bunch of suckers....

The worst part is if they cut off pinbrowser b/c of this.

It's embarrassing. Stern says how dumb are these people...... Oh wow they're REALLY dumb bc we just sold out!

It's not even about the overpriced topper as much as it's the fact Stern thinks they can now hide modes behind the DLC. And the mode can suck (which it does) but that's not the point. Stern is trying to change the rules and the blind just keep on taking it. Now that others have bought it like zombies, now we're messaging to stern it's ok to do this BS which is a terrible message and that's why it's annoying.

And people who bought this thing are so oblivious to common sense that they boast about buying it. Well congratulations. You're officially a Stern sucker.

Get your, "I'm a Stern sucker" tshirt at flippin out pinball! Quantity is limited of course - Buy buy buy!

I would disagree that nobody cares. A lot of people agree that this is BS - in fact 83+ and counting from this thread. The majority of collectors know this is garbage but stern just needs the minority and they can continue treating those collectors like morons who bought this - that's fine. But guess what - it's not going to stop me calling out this as absolute bullshit.

Since day 1, I call them like I see them. This is no diff and I don't need stern to take this off the market to prove my point - I know there are enough dummies who will buy this. I will call them out and do what I can to spotlight what is an absolute disgrace. Period.

Coming from you that means I'm doing something right! This is the guy who loves the news media which is probably the real disgrace ; )

Topper DLC is bullshit. Very simple - even for someone that is stern army like yourself.

Yeah no shit. The point is NOT about people wasting their money on dumb shit. It’s the message that is being sent that results in stern thinking they can continue to do this and that ultimately impacts everyone. Yes the mode is terrible and yes it makes it even more foolish to spend money on it BUT stern will continue with this DLC now that fools are buying it and that will result in more modes being lost to the pay wall and I’m sure a good mode will be released and then what?

This isn’t a $60 video game. This is a 9k+ item that shouldn’t have DLC period. If they want to add modes later, they should be free considering upfront was so much to begin with. Sadly, that’s not going to be the case b/c stern sees folks willing to spend and now they’re off to the races.

What’s interesting is that we’re seeing the beginning of trends right in front of our eyes with stern. It’s now or never to speak up so I choose to call them out for the BS. Pretty simple.

DLC is all about slicing up the pie to get more later. Stern basically sliced off a mode to make this POS topper more attractive. That's how I connect the two.

How about this..... I'm not sure they even needed to offer a mode to sell this thing. Some of these responses from owners of this topper are so embarrassing and weak I'm not even sure they needed the damn mode. They might have bought it regardless bc it was limited!

Truly an embarrassment for the industry.

Wrong. Code is not an accessory.

Wrong again.

All of those examples do nothing to ADD to the core gameplay. That’s custom music and other non gameplay elements.

When you add modes to code that’s gameplay and now we’re talking about something significant. You have to know the difference although maybe I’m giving you too much credit.

Now you can be like the other stern army zombies and take it - that’s your call although it hurts the rest of it. But don’t tell me adding a mode to the code is the same as changing a music track. That’s asinine.

A mode is a mode. Regardless of how shitty it is (and yes the mode sucks just as much as the topper for 600) a mode qualifies as gameplay and that’s not an opinion but fact.

What some folks need to remember is that yes this topper sucks, the mode sucks, the people pumping this to sell it (buy buy buy) suck, the stern army who is loyal and say it’s just a topper only and not DLC suck (b/c they’re greased by stern and they know it) BUT if there is one thing stern does it’s refine to make the most money possible and they will eventually release a DLC mode that actually is good and folks will say wtf. Well guess what - this is the beginning of it. It’s poison to this industry and I’ll make sure to be on the record, like the 100+ people who did the same. Peace.