Stern have new code people from the next generation talent pool but they won't give them enough leeway to let them stretch their coding legs due to the stupid belief amongst the Stern faithful that every pin code wise has to be left in the hands of the old guard from the 1980's for them to consider buying one.
This dinosaur philosophy is one of the reasons why Stern is constantly being left behind in terms of new development and is always playing catchup with other companies regardless of whether they squeeze out another title 2-3 times a year versus one every three years.
Regarding JJP - every buyer including myself from the original 1000 LE preorderers knew from the outset there would be hiccups and delays. The difference between JJP and some of other current boutique "manufacturers" is that the former was not only approachable in terms of professionalism but kept everyone up to date with what was happening including unforeseen circumstances. And code update 6.04 for WOZ should be released in the next week or so.
A simple concept that some of these startups just cannot seem to grasp or will not accept is that an approachable personality goes a long way with those consumers who have the disposable income to purchase a NIB machine. Not everyone has the inclination or desire to truckle over some chestpuffing blowhard in fact the opposite usually rings true.
I understood the first half of your post and you totally totally lost me with the 2nd half of the post cause I could not work out what you were even talking about !
Firstly, the guess that only the old guard from the 1980,s are the only programmers allowed to do programming of code at Stern I feel is totally incorrect.
Stern have announced 4 new young programmers in the past 12 months.
Also, unless any person visits Stern direct at the factory & is told directly from management as to who does and who doesn't do the code, it's all a guess.
Sure, the big programming names are thrown about, but Stern has made it clear that it's a team of people doing code on each title, not just one person.
It would be nice to see factual posts that include more facts & more constructive info than emotional negative criticism.
In the pinball world we sold be all looking for constructive answers/soloutions versus plain old bagging.
I guess some people just love to hate & others like to support our hobby/industry's big players.
Each to their own.
