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Quoted from chuckwurt:No. It’s not easy at all.
That being said I say a premium stern costs them around 4k
After the cost of all the parts and materials there's all the other business expenses: labor & staffing, development costs, building/facility/utility costs, insurance, payroll taxes, property taxes, and so on.
There probably isn't a whole lot of meat left on the bone when you figure all that into it. So I think the material cost per game might be lower than that.
Quoted from PinballTilt:The second is consider what stern games used to cost in the late 2000's. They made enough to stay in business then, so you know a large portion of the increase since then is profit
The world was quite different 15-20 years ago. You're forgetting about 15-20 years of inflation and the increase in expenses, taxes, insurance, utilities, wages, etc.
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