Virtual pinball does bring people in! My daughter's friends (11-12) played virtual pinball and got all excited when they learned I had real ones. We had an 18 year old over here that had played virtual pinball who had a blast playing the real things. He wants to buy one now.

A few of us put pins at a local pub and it is always interesting to watch people play. They can be really terrible. I watch a couple in their 30's put $20 in my pin ($1 a game) in about 20 minutes. I gave them a couple pointers but maybe should have given them some credits so they could practice more!