Episode 50: Is Stern Pinball a victim of its own success?

“The smaller companies don't have the overhead that Stern has. They don't have the big manufacturing facility Stern has. They don't have all the employees that Stern has to pay... they can take some lesser margins.”

“The reason why they're at where they're at is because they have to have a predictable... It has to be repeatable... these games need to be built on a broader scale because they're making so many more of them than everybody else.”

“I truly believe that people don't – like the people at Stern aren't trying to do anything like, oh, I'm going to build you a cheaper product and charge you more. I don't think that's it.”

“People love these Stern machines. They love them... They like the way the games play. They like the way they're coded. They feel like they're really smooth... So what is this like value conversation that's in the community?”

“It feels like stern is the leader and people who used to root for them are rooting against them now and i don't know why you'd root against them because i just feel like they've done so much great for the hobby”