One company replaces damaged or imperfect playfields and the other doesn’t. I’ll stick with the one that takes care of their customer base.

Who wants to do a pf swap on JJPOTC, raise their hand

Does that open the door for BBBr next?

One take years to ship one does not as for Wonka the reason it came out quick is POTC took such a stupidly long time

One chip's one does not

One does a money grab on every game $12,500 one does not

Excellent comment.

For the most part this thread has been civil that said post #4 was a bash Stern as was the post I quoted #46 post 40,50, and 51 were bash post that did not name the company. I defended Stern with a play on post #46 the first to bash JJP and people go now now let's stay civil folks that's BS its a day late and a dollar short

That's probably all true. As far as being a fanboy goes, I'm a Bally/Williams guy for life.

One company ships 3 pins in a year and the other takes 3 years to ship 1 game.

Kidding aside, I haven’t had much experience with JJP games. That is my fault however, as I never get out and play the newer games.

And they have both been forced into competitive pricing as well.

As an owner of both JJP and Stern games I feel the main different is the passion being poured into code on a consistent basis. JJP over delivers on code and goes the extra mile whereas Stern does not consistently. It's great Stern puts 3-5 titles out a year but it also means a majority of their games will never have the code depth (not just number of modes but also variety, quality of choreography, etc) that JJP games always have.

Build quality wise I say both are fairly even. JJP games often feel built like a tank as they are using higher quality wood for the cabinet and the entire head itself is wood versus the metal / wood combo Stern heads use.

Finally I'll say that JJP games up until Wonka have had far more in them compared to Stern games. JJP seems to be going away from the crazy loaded games starting with Wonka.

What’s the difference you ask? About 100 lbs.

Mine sit next to each other in harmony.

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And next to a DE too, nice!

Despite any objective analysis offered, it still boils down to personal preference.

Nobody can give a compelling armchair analysis to the person who is ultimately driving the vehicle, tasting the drink, or in this case buying a game, that one is better than the other. Whatever reasons are given, it is certain there are people who will list 180 degree counterarguments.

So to the OP: find the games you are interested in, look at them in person, lift the hood so to speak, play them, and you’ll have your answers