Quoted from PinballHelp:...if some new pinball technology comes out that revitalizes the hobby, it could go the other way. Time will tell....
I think the prices rising are already indicative of a revitalization of pinball. Unfortunately, it's not in the arcades like it used to be, it's in your home.
I for one will still visit my local pinhead places for a couple reasons. They have A-list games that I could never(well, at least never as in the near future) afford to own but love to play, and a sense of loyalty to the hobby. A lot of these guys have sacraficed everything to keep the game of pinball available to the public and that alone deserves, I might even say REQUIRES, us to visit them and pump a bunch of quarters in their machines.