Some great points and ideas:
especially finance and the jukebox thing. When the AC/DC first came out in Feb (first batch of 12 units) I went down and had a few games and said to Norbet exactly that while in attract mode it should be able to play songs like a jukebox - he loved the idea and said he would tell Gary directly but it must have fallen on deaf ears. But also to build on it with a usb plug and play any music is a great idea.
like you said about a camera maybe just in LE's could have a camera - could be alot of fun
The wifi link could be used for their own research for the machine to automatically send a report once a month back to Stern / JJP to see - how many games are played, the settings (easy, medium and hard), what version software is being used, ball drains, performance of games played (ramp shots, vuks etc) and then once a year send a email to that person asking playfield wear etc to determine wear against game performance use. They could use it as a valuable tool for future development, even a location reference to see where all the machines are living (marketing tool to determine blind spots or changing trends of game concentrations to assist in promoting pins). Also like you guys said to compete against a mate (another state / country) with the same settings or if a game had the 2 mode setup like alien / guard or cops / robbers - you and a mate you play against each other if that is possible ????
What about a score display that projects on to the glass or playfield like a car onto the front window in some cars.
I think one of the problems with innovation is the risk of failure as it could shut down their business if they invest so much and get nothing back due to lack of sales with the worst case closure.
It would be awesome if Jack or Gary could follow this and possibly use some of the ideas.
