True, true and true. The problem is operators are not pinball enthusiasts. It's just revenue for them. They wouldn't have a brain in their head to think that if the pin looked great they would make ten times the money.
When we were kids, a parlour, bowling alley was full of pins, then the video games came later so pinball was already entrenched as a love. Today, the videogames come first and pinball is just a novelty to kids.
Stern has not evolved to look fresh to a younger generation. LCD would have made a world of difference, But GS doesn't want to know, "its too expensive" so he is doomed to his own chosen destiny. Sadly we all go down with him.