Make boards able to be repaired on site instead of sent/thrown out

WiFi for what exactly? Add that, and Stern now has to worry about network security... No thanks, unless there's a very compelling reason other than "code updates."

What do you mean by "Interaction and improvement?" It's already been established that you really can't do head-to-head - every game is different; even scores across machines are worthless due to how they could be setup. So what do you want WiFi for? I honestly can't think of anything that would be worth the extra security risk.

On a Stern factory tour that I watched on YouTube Gomez tells the guys wifi is coming, but doesn't go into detail on it. This tour was in 2016. My guess would be the machines could be automatically updated like our cell phones do, and stern tech support (Chaz) could connect to your machine if your having issues and could troubleshoot and diagnosis the problem from his office.

That's an easy one. Automatic code updates.

I wouldn't count on that ever happening. However, your game may be able to direct you to an online troubleshooting guide based on the issues you're having.

Says who?

Who says an interactive game has to be score-based? There's a lot more that you can do than just that.

I would like to see individual player logins that could keep track of personal stats. This could be online or local.

I like the idea of Wifi/internet connected games. Let's imagine for a moment you are an operator, or maybe just a big collector. How nice would it be to get an email notification that there might be a technical alert on your game letting you know a switch is busted, or the game has suddenly started doing ball searches more frequently and you should take a look to see what's causing it, or maybe a game has been getting more than usual tilt warnings or slam tilts, etc... this is all super useful information for me to have access to if I cannot be supervising my games at all times. I still think the JJP games that have a camera should take a picture of someone when they violently tilt out a game, and that could be available in a report on the machine, or if it had Wifi... send me an alert with a picture of the offender!

Usage stats for how many times certain coils have fired, which switches have been hit, game durations/plays or earnings would all be very nice to have access to through some sort of cloud-based interface. If the industry could work together on creating some sort of reporting standard that could dump data into this service, so you could see all of your new games across many pinball companies take advantage of this.

You could opt-in to share your gameplay data with the manufacturer, and they could use this information to make code changes to fine-tune the gaming experience. Think about early on in a game's code which there might be some bugs that cause a crash or some other undesired effect, or perhaps a score imbalance.. this can all be captured and used to help make things better!

Notifications that a new code update is available, and the option to install it automatically, or prompt you to initiate the installation would be awesome. Maybe attract mode could cycle news for upcoming pinball tournaments in your area. On-location machines could publish their high score charts to a Twitter or RSS feed if the operator set it up. Maybe I as a player could subscribe to that feed and see immediately when someone has knocked one of my high scores off a game at my favorite pub!

What about achievements for games? If I achieve a high score or complete some modes, etc... let me put my initials in, and associate those initials with trophies that are awarded for completing each thing in the game. Maybe I can look up a report online for what each player who has entered their initials on a particular machine have achieved.

There are so many things they could do with internet connectivity on these machines I haven't mentioned above! I would love to work on a team that was responsible for building those features into the games!

Fuses

Dr. Strange with a dozen subway ramps & 6 magnets!

I'd like to see a seperate +5 volt and +12 volt power supply feeding the boards instead of having node boards regulate +48 volts down to +5 and +12 volts.

Id like to see the power switch return to the bottom of the game.

WiFi so that Stern can initiate a “monthly service” fee.
EVERY other coin-op manufacturer that has “online” play charges, they will too.
I despise all of them that I deal with as an operator, and hope it never happens.
Horrible thing to hope for, it will take bitching to a new level.

Hdmi out and audio out.

A handheld remote control function for turning the game on and off and setting the volume like a TV.