It seems environmentalists and EU is moving away from that.
There Is currently eu talk about incorperate a five year minumum warranty on all electronic devises.

There is an obvious risk that means there will be zero pinball distributers left in the eu-area, on the other hand spooky or some other producer will hopefully be inclined to manufacture a decent product. They will corner the market for sure.

As a poor swede, it`s really puzzling to me how some people can shell such amount, on defective products.