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If people can keep their Atari, game plan, and zaccaria games running I don’t see why you’d worry about your AP game.
AP also has the ability to build games - an actual factory - and pinball demand is way up. Don’t see an issue, if you like an AP game buy it.
Quoted from Jason_Jehosaphat:Thanks for everyone's opinions/suggestions.
I'm still on the fence.
As posters pointed out, the deprecation of AP games - fair/justified/sensible or not - is rather steep. If the company were to fold, I can see my HW struggling to bring even $5K.
Many of you suggest I just buy what I like now and worry less, but I've taken a real bath on the majority of my games - all DMD Sterns - when selling. I envy all the collectors who claim to juggle all these games and accumulate minimal losses.
If you are “taking a bath” on stern games you’ll take a bath on anything.
If this is a problem for you don’t buy new games, stick to used stuff.
If financial considerations are paralyzing ALL your pinball purchase decisions, this is probably the wrong hobby for you. Pinball not always a great investment portfolio.
Quoted from russdx:Dude is deffo in wrong hobby
Of the massive influx of noobs, I’d guess at least 20 percent are in the wrong hobby.
They believe their new games should magically protected from depreciation, unlike anything else they buy.
They don’t think pinball is exciting or innovative enough. Yet they want to buy pinball machines. Doesn’t make much sense.
They think pinball is an investment.
They just don’t understand this hobby or pinball.
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