Original sentence: A popular belief exists that these machines have an apparatus for determining odds, in the manner that the claw would have a strong grasp on objects only after a certain number of failures.A prize may be lost due to player inexperience or player error in manipulating the claw.Conversely, this belief and similar claims have been denied by claw machine manufacturers, many of whom state that the ability to change the strength of the claw is only in place to adjust the difficulty of the game itself in a fair and challenging way, or to obtain an acceptable ratio of wins for the company.The success rate of the game is dependent on several factors, including player skill, depth perception, type of machine, and prizes available (size, density, and distribution).This indicates that machines manufactured by different companies would yield different rates of success, though player ability and the contents of the particular machine would also influence the success rate
Edited sentence: Contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of American cranes have no apparatus for determining odds.More often than not, a prize is lost due to player inexperience, or simply an error on the part of the player, however the operator of the crane has some bearing on the outcome as well.The most prominent of which is either player skill or depth perception.The success rate of the game is dependent on several factors.The widely held belief that players are 'cheated,' or that the cranes exhibit no bearing on player ability are patently false.Those same machines do have the capacity to alter the strength a specific claw may use in attempting to win a prize, and thus are set to attempt to attain what the particular company deems an acceptable ratio