Quoted from CrazyLevi:LOL
People have been saying this for almost TWENTY YEARS. All of the pinball fans are supposed to be dead or senile now, and games are supposed to be plentiful and cheap because nobody cares anymore. You know, "just like jukeboxes."
Meanwhile there's a whole new generation of affluent young dads looking for a hobby to distract them from the daily misery of life, and they've stepped up and are buying insanely expensive games for their homes. What makes you think a new generation won't step up in the coming years?
I buy and sell a shit-ton of games, and I can tell you that the MAJORITY of people I deal with these days aren't baby boomers, they are in their 30s and 40s - the same supposed "Gen Xers" who are gonna be the death of the hobby.
Pinball is too cool to die, it continues to flourish, and the MIllenials will step up when it's their turn.
I agree totally with Levi here. I'm 34 and loved games all my life. I started with magic:the gathering as a teenager and turned to lots of strategy board games in my twenties. I fell in love with pinball in college playing Monster Bash, AFM, LOTR, and MM in my college game room and dreamed of maybe one day owning a single machine. Now I make some good money and I've bought my first four machines, all modern Sterns, in the last 18 months. I have a number of buds who discovered pinball through my machines and we've started taking day trips to Modern Pinball, Pinball Wizard, Sunshine Laundromat, etc. Wouldn't be at all surprised if one or more of them gets their own machine(s) someday. Pinball is awesome but expensive, and each subsequent generation will continue to buy in as they are able, as long as great games are still being made.