I have played a good bit of pinball since around 1978, and I have never played a game that was set on 5 ball, had never even heard of it.
Until just now, the only time I have even heard 5 ball being mentioned was when I invited a old timer over that fixed my mowers for cheap, and he was complaining about only 3 balls, pinball is supposed to have 5.
I thought the dude was crazy, until I was looking around in settings one time in a game, and seen it had a setting for 5 ball.
I would never turn any of my games to 5 ball, just seems weird, after always being used to 3 ball myself.
And that pitch and bat I picked up a while back is still fun for a few games a few times a week. It is not going anywhere.