I originally said 100 pages ago that this would all be a big risk and nicely said no way hosay to taking the risk with this guy as he was a unknown really for building pinball machines.
At the time people said he had runs on the boards because he builds redemption machines....it meant nothing then realistically and still means nothing almost 2 and a half to 3 yrs later. The whole thing has turned embarrassing to say the least and has damaged the pinball Industry IMHO.
JJP said that Stern were building games n delivering them around 2 to 5 weeks late when they were a Stern dealer, that was a big complaint from them about Stern. Well 3 weeks is nothing compared to 3 years latish, and the other gripe was that Sterns prices were too expensive, well the JJP stuff is the dearest on the planet. The two reasons to take on Stern originally became instantly flawed by design or accident. Garys business model is looking pretty sharp to me these days.
It just goes to show, sometimes its best to do things first, n talk later, than talk it up first, then do things a lot a lot a lot later.
I give the guy some browny points for having a go, but the whole business model has been a failure, left a lot of people pissed n embarrassed, and made Gary Stern and his STERN Company look a 100 times better, not to mention the machines they are producing are great, Atern produce a large number of titles, great games n so on...100 pages ago I wasn't so wrong after all initially. Someone said it would be fine, I said fair enough, you guys know this bloke, but the whole thing is one big embarrassing mess...and the next question, is the WOZ game any good, overhyped, slow, or brilliant ???...another 3 months and more answers might be floating around...then there is the question of who in Australia services the machines if u don't live near Bumper. ?????
Anyway, Stern is doing really well, and JJP are having a go......in the end, the negatives of all this I think wil give JJP a bit of a black eye for a very very long time to come. Shame really, cause anything new Pinball is great, but this one went pear shaped early n never really ever recovered, but I could be wrong......known to happen occasionally.lol
p.s - hope everyone is doing well.
