Quoted from bigehrl:some of the same people saying that anything above 3k plays is a lot, are eagerly seeking out older games with north of 50-100k plays, still in nice original condition. this whole play count thing is doing nothing but making people afraid to play their machines for fear of depreciation. i couldn't even imagine spending the entirety of my time in the hobby being hyper-aware of the play count. yuck!
I agree…stay up on your pinball maintenance and your game will look great for many plays. I’ve seen games under 500 plays that looked worse than my game with 1,200 games on it