If it wasnt for Stern, blokes like Johnh Borg, Steve Ritchie, George Gomez and twenty others wouldnt be designing pinballs. Its a funny thing, that in the end, Stern was the saviour, the only continuer of the pinball industry worldwide. I am looking forward to the new titles in 2013.
OK, you obviously have a very colored vision favoring Sten. That's fine. However, there are 2 sides to a coin. Your savior is also the one who limited all these talented designers in their work and in the eyes of many practically forced them to put out half finished cut down games with crappy licensed themes or crappy execution. So yes all the big names were designing games thanks to Gary, but probably not the games would want to design because your savior held them back. The only theory we can't test: what would have happened if Stern had never been there? Would other people have stepped up and started a factory? Who knows what great games that could have resulted in. If Gary is such a hero for pinball, how come most industry insiders tend to see that waaaaaay differently?
Industry ‘Insiders’, hey?
Every one who owns a business will tell you that every one else thinks they know how to run your business 10x better than you
I think printing a paper magazine in today’s wired world is a dumb idea
Rumor has it that Bally/Williams pinball division did not make any profit in its last few years
It took Gene 3 years to assemble <200 machines from an existing design
It has taken Jersey Jack more then two and a half years to get Woz to where it is now, and I do not believe his customers will get their machines this year
Stern IS building and selling games, sure, some of Garry’s decisions seem weird, but he continues to run his business
If it was easy, every one would be doing it
