All the failed boutique pinball companies have made Gary Stern and most of JJP,s efforts look rather intelligent and successfull.
Gary Stern is still the KING of Pinball and deserves his spot at the top and his decades of success have now been brought into perspective.
I think 80 percent of the boutiques have and will continue to fail sadly for many reasons. Money, experience, lack of staff and the list goes on.
Perhaps everyone else's failures have made Stern up their pricing cause they have NO competition.