In regards to new people joining the hobby and prices on older/non-DMD games, I wonder if the modern additions to the hobby (pretty much using myself as an example) will be more married to DMD-only/more "modern" games than people that have been in the hobby for a while. I really don't see, at least around here, any non-DMD pins out on route, and of the places where the operators own their own machines, I think the only non-DMD table I've seen has been BoP (and I think it's fun, even though you can't see 3/4 of the table).

Any other exposure to pinball outside of this is tilted towards modern titles too, though it was good to see on the Williams collection deal for consoles a wide range of tables available. I would like to play a Whirlwind or a Taxi or even a Space Shuttle as a result (and who knows, maybe I did when I was a kid)...but I can't just go to a bar to play them. Obviously different in different locales. Also as other people have mentioned, pushing against this is the fact that a lot of people just don't want to pay more than a couple thousand, which may force them into older titles even if they're not familiar with them.