I thought I read somewhere on this thread that someone said KISS owners have waited a year for code update but that is not true at all.
Why, because Stern announced KISS Pinball on May 7 2015.
I remember it well cause that was my 45th Birthday.
So if the game was announced on 7 May and games weren't shipped out for 8 to 12 weeks min past the May date, that means Aussie buyers must have been getting their pins around July & August 2015 as a bare minimum. I thought it was actually much closer to Xmas for most buyers which means the wait time for code is even less !
Since it is only Feb 2016, that means it's only been 6 months max since Stern could have delivered Aussie machines & then started looking at new code updates.
So if my math is correct, it's been 6 months only maximum for people wanting the final code updates.
Add in all the other production lines going at Stern with so many other titles plus the factory move etc, and Stern is prob on target to release code soon.
So it hasn't been a year for code at all.
Hang in there LE owners, it can't be long now.
Also, like ACDC LE models, the Kiss LE models will surely climb in price so it will pay to be a bit more patient.
Does all that make sense regarding dates.
It was a thread on the Stern FB page which was quite long and many KISS buyers were able to vent before it was tidied up and only had positive comments remain ( we don't want newbies to know Stern don't ship games with complete code !). If I remember correctly, the owner stated he
PAID for the game 12 months ago, not
received the game.
I received mine at the start of October, and reported the sound issue the next day. I was told that Stern knew about it and it would be fixed in the next code update. The next code update was to enable the horrible and expensive topper and to enable the bill validator. Technically, my game is still under warranty as the "code update" will fix my issue.I'm "one day" into my warranty.
I've been watching the Stern FB page daily and viewing comments such as "KISS update before Christmas", and now their constant "coming soon" is posted before the FB is tidied up (again). Even aussie Operators have been posting comments they are removing machines from site as they are incomplete and people can't play them. If Stern put as much effort in their coding as they do on FB censorship, then KISS may have had 10 updates by now !
There absolutely no way Stern can keep making up excuses. They need to hire more people or fire the inept coders to start off with. How many iPhone apps are released every day ? The amount of sales they have lost is inexcusable - and I see this "first hand" often.
