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<blockquote data-quote="switch3flip" data-source="post: 254989" data-attributes="member: 2036"><p>The Stern app exists pretty much only because the 3 (4 including ghostbusters) new tables, which is expected to grow with more new tables. The old TPA tables were thrown in there because they are also Stern tables, or made by Stern before they changed their name to Stern. It's a collaboration with Stern themselves and the premises are much different to regular pinball arcade. Real tables that are brand new and currently produced in factories will be released in the Stern app, it's a completely different situation on so many levels, compared to what we see in the regular pinball arcade. </p><p>For instance, do ou know what the newest table to be released IRL is in TPA? It's Harley Davidsson III, and High roller Casino. But they were released in 1999. They are 18 years old!! AC/DC came out 2012, Star trek 2013, Mustang 2014 and Ghostbusters is a couple months old!!!!</p><p></p><p>The new tables; Mustang, AC/DC, Star Trek, and soon to be released ghostbusters, are $10 each. However, they are part of bundles, similar to the seasons in TPA, Two of the new tables in each bundle. And one bundle is $20. So it doesn't really matter if you own the older tables or not, if you want to buy the new tables separately you might as well buy the bundle and get the rest for free. AC/DC and Star Trek are in one of the bundles and Mustang and Ghostbusters are another bundle. Currently Mustang is a free to play, so you can wait on purchasing that bundle until ghostbusters comes out, at least that's what I did. But don't be mistaken, the Stern app is ALL about the NEW stern tables. As more new tables are added I'm pretty sure hey will all be at least $10 each (maybe whoa nellie will be cheaper), and there are no more free previously released tables to add. Maybe flight2000, but that's about it. It will be single, or at max double table release with no set intervalls that we know of and no season bundle pre-orders or stuff like that. Maybe there will be discounts in the future for previously released tables but that's probably about it.</p><p></p><p>These 4 new tables are premium tables with heavier licensing. Premium, licensed tables have always been more expensive in regular TPA so nothing new here. In the first seasons, where you get 2 tables for $5, it's only a single table for $5 if you buy T2, Star Trek or Twilight Zone. If it weren't for kickstarter money also help funding these tables, along with Addams Family and dr Who, we would never have seen them in TPA. AC/DC was supposed to be kickstarted but got funded by external company in exchange for exclusive release for a period of time. I guess people are worn out by the kickstarters as they seemed harder and harder to fund, and now that Stern as a company has their reputation on the line as well, for me personally I think $10 a table is a much better solution as we remove uncertainty so we know for sure we are getting the tables, we don't have to wait through the whole kickstarter process time before a table is released and we get much newer pins than we've ever seen before. Oh and the physics are updated and so they play and also look better than anything previously released.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="switch3flip, post: 254989, member: 2036"] The Stern app exists pretty much only because the 3 (4 including ghostbusters) new tables, which is expected to grow with more new tables. The old TPA tables were thrown in there because they are also Stern tables, or made by Stern before they changed their name to Stern. It's a collaboration with Stern themselves and the premises are much different to regular pinball arcade. Real tables that are brand new and currently produced in factories will be released in the Stern app, it's a completely different situation on so many levels, compared to what we see in the regular pinball arcade. For instance, do ou know what the newest table to be released IRL is in TPA? It's Harley Davidsson III, and High roller Casino. But they were released in 1999. They are 18 years old!! AC/DC came out 2012, Star trek 2013, Mustang 2014 and Ghostbusters is a couple months old!!!! The new tables; Mustang, AC/DC, Star Trek, and soon to be released ghostbusters, are $10 each. However, they are part of bundles, similar to the seasons in TPA, Two of the new tables in each bundle. And one bundle is $20. So it doesn't really matter if you own the older tables or not, if you want to buy the new tables separately you might as well buy the bundle and get the rest for free. AC/DC and Star Trek are in one of the bundles and Mustang and Ghostbusters are another bundle. Currently Mustang is a free to play, so you can wait on purchasing that bundle until ghostbusters comes out, at least that's what I did. But don't be mistaken, the Stern app is ALL about the NEW stern tables. As more new tables are added I'm pretty sure hey will all be at least $10 each (maybe whoa nellie will be cheaper), and there are no more free previously released tables to add. Maybe flight2000, but that's about it. It will be single, or at max double table release with no set intervalls that we know of and no season bundle pre-orders or stuff like that. Maybe there will be discounts in the future for previously released tables but that's probably about it. These 4 new tables are premium tables with heavier licensing. Premium, licensed tables have always been more expensive in regular TPA so nothing new here. In the first seasons, where you get 2 tables for $5, it's only a single table for $5 if you buy T2, Star Trek or Twilight Zone. If it weren't for kickstarter money also help funding these tables, along with Addams Family and dr Who, we would never have seen them in TPA. AC/DC was supposed to be kickstarted but got funded by external company in exchange for exclusive release for a period of time. I guess people are worn out by the kickstarters as they seemed harder and harder to fund, and now that Stern as a company has their reputation on the line as well, for me personally I think $10 a table is a much better solution as we remove uncertainty so we know for sure we are getting the tables, we don't have to wait through the whole kickstarter process time before a table is released and we get much newer pins than we've ever seen before. Oh and the physics are updated and so they play and also look better than anything previously released. [/QUOTE]
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