Sure you may appreciate what Stern has put out, but there are also opinions who see the 'damage' that Stern games have caused in the form of operators quitting on buying new games. You may be happy with those games, but plenty operators were not and gave up on pinball. It will take new companies to win these over again, cause they most likely won't be interested in pinball as long as Stern keeps doing what they did so far.
Which operator is prepared to invest in a dozen pinball machines worth around $100K, in a pinball parlour which costs 5-10K per week in rent and spend $100 p.h. for technicians to service when our young are playing Angry Birds on their phones and tablets?
Times are changing and it is harsh to blame the sole pinball manufacturer on the arcade demise. What the new manufacturers are rushing for is the pot of gold associated with the growing home collector market sparked by the cashed-up retiring baby boomers.
