Virtual pinball is a great concept, however the physics are still a bit lacking. It won't take them too much longer though. I hope to see a decent playing "virtual" machine by 2013. The uptick is, you can build it as big or as small as you want (ala chocky's problem), so fitting it into somewhere tight- where a normal machine wouldn't possibly go is always an attractive solution. Plus it is a great springboard/tool to help you decide on some REAL sleeper machine that you hadn't thought of purchasing in the first place.
Plus- as emo stated,
They might just get the bug to go out and play the real thing to see what they are missing.

Is anyone on here going to build a "Virtual Hercules" with one of those new 108" TVs???
That, would be EPIC!!!!