I know a lot of people seem excited to see a bunch of pins hit the market at lower prices but to me this seems to signal a lot of very bad things for the hobby in general.

It kind of reminds me of my early days ('04-'08') when I was just getting started in the hobby. Sure prices were cheap but there wasn't the abundance of new games or competitive pinball like there is today. I could see all but a couple of these companies folding, and the one's that stick around may have to cost control even more to make ends meet. If this virus stays around pinball leagues and tournaments could very well die off. Pinball would mostly just be a game that you play on the privacy of your home but it could be lacking the social aspect of it. What fun is a basement full of games if you can't play dollar games on them with friends. I collected in the days of $1500 Whitewater's and $2500 TZ's and I can honestly tell you that I prefer pinball how it is today, even with the higher prices