This is a different angle to the other Wizard of OZ thread which is not about production and design, but more about the impact of the machine to the end user or other interested peoples along the way....
Question - regarding the Wizard of OZ machine, because it has been so long, almost 2 years since inception, has the machines production and massive amounts of photos/production processes/updates/forum add ons/questions/ overloads of information etc, has it taken the shine away from the end result of having purchased the WOZ machine, before its even been delivered. ?
Does the machine feel old already ? before its even been released....has all the surprise been taken away because everyone has seen all of the insides of the machine, plus the specifics of LED lighting etc and even some of the audio and LCD designs/artwork etc....
With a Stern model, u get little tidbits of info, generally a rumour of the models title, but little else prior to the proper mdeia release just before the machine is fully shown for the first time etc, keeping interest very very high, and when u get to open the brand new in box machine, its all feels new, like u have never met before, and its all very captivating etc ? I find that marketing keeps u guessing, on the edge of your seat...but WOZ had a different start in life, so it was chosen to be done a very different way....rightly or wrongly...did they release too much too early...should they have kept the project secret and just started it...afterall, JJP never doubted his business model or machine from the get go...did he even need the publics approval...Stern never has and they still sell lots...
Does anyone think JJP should have done more betting on it self, designed the game to alot further down the track, got say 70 percent of everything done, then at the last 30 percent called in the public for orders/pre-orders and subsequently kept the surprise n wow factor alot higher ?
It just seems that the whole surprise factor for the WOZ model is now mostly gone, whereas the upcoming Stern Avengers model is a unknown quality with specualation abound and people are on the edge of their seats wondering what surprises and tech will be in this new Stern Avengers model ?
Maybe JJP should have kept the whole WOZ project under wraps/secrecy for so much longer since he was so sure about his product and methods etc, but it looked like he may have chosen to hedge his bets which has come at the cost of the product being released feeling like its 2 yrs old already and nothing is now hugely unknown compared to say Sterns way of marketing...which keeps u wondering, versus knowing everything already, before release...
Should JJP have done things differently....has the shine already worn off...is WOZ old news already ?
p.s - theres no right or wrong here, and its not about who is the better company, its about how people now percieve the WOZ product given there are no massive surprises left.....and its a well known topic n has been for over 2 years...Avengers is rumoured, but no one knows a thing.. I see excitement here, versus little left to the imagination with WOZ ?....
Discuss/thoughts/purchasers opinions would be good. Machine is still going to be great...but what about the anti-climax of it all now, espescially non finished base code models hitting showroom floors....did it just take too long, and do we all know too much already...even though its still along ways off being in peoples homes...
Also, what would u do if u were JJP about the next JJP model...say little, and do what Stern does and keep things well under wraps to keep the hype alot higher...
