Jonestown, TX
Quoted from AkumaZeto:Pinball now is like the stimulus checks of a few years ago. Its gonna crash and crash hard. More than likely to take everyone out with it. New comers money cant last forever. BOOM! everyone's out of business. It is the last push and sorry to say its not gonna be pushing towards a long term win. Especially when all the old timers start to die off.
I've noticed three trends that would lead me to disagree:
A) A rise in international sales. Half of new pin sales are to non-US customers.
B) There have been several Pinside polls about age. A surprising percentage were in their twenties and thirties. If they stick around, that's our next generation of pin players.
C) A rise in quality and popularity of Stern pins. If the trend continues I think the pin community will continue to support them. If anything, I think some of the more recent Sterns will become more sought after than the A tier Bally / Williams titles (opinion only).
