Honestly, I don't mind the idea of re-using an old playfield as a basis for a game, and trying to target something simpler isn't a terrible idea either. I wonder if the success of TNA helped with this at all? This game isn't for us though-it's for the Beatles collector who may or may not have a casual affinity for pinball. Anyone who's a serious pinhead will just go buy a Seawitch if they want a layout like that (or any of the other classic sterns), instead of spending probably $10k on a limited run "collectible".
What's more of a shame is if this is all they're doing with the Beatles license. What might be kind of cool is if given the relationship, they could do a second, more modern game with the license. I know Yellow Submarine or Sgt Pepper have both come up as possible themes for a Beatles game-maybe it could be like those compilation albums they did way back in the day that were the early/late Beatles stuff?