Quoted from woody76:mine get powered on, one ball goes into play, drain, and kids walk off. I have adult parties and NO ONE plays them. It is still a very small niche hobby.
My kids have friends over and head to the garage for pinball. They split between that and and Jackbox games for gatherings.
When my pinball friends come over, we never leave the garage(it also has a beer fridge, so that helps). When my "non-pinball" friends come over, it's about 50% of the time spent in the garage.
In terms of lower end games, I think that people are finding the charm for games that were good but overlooked for whatever reason. I recently had some new players over, and when I asked about their favorite game at the end of the night, the consensus was that the new players like my Jokerz the best. Mine was the first one rebuilt with aftermarket ramps(I donated mine for the molds and got the first new set). Combine that with general inflation, and you see the prices spike.
