Quoted from CrazyLevi:Nobody actually wants innovation. Pinball is not about innovation. That’s why in every “innovation” thread the suggestions have already been done before (pinball needs more magnets and lower playfields!!! Swappable playfields are the future!!!) or are so ridiculous they don’t warrant discussion (why isn’t there smoke and fire inside my game?!)
You should find a new hobby. Pinball is pinball. Stop begging for it to be something else.
This is actually quite accurate in regards to how I feel about pinball. I really dont want innovation in any way that would change pinball into something that is very different from what I enjoy about the game. Some of the games that have come out within the last 10 years are fantastic and rival my favorite era (the pinnacle of pinball) the B/W of the 90s. Never thought I'd say that but it's TRUE. They've modernized the games without taking away what makes pinball, pinball.
Call it being old school or just being old, but I'm not looking for the next big thing in pinball that will transform the game into something different.
I think in recent years pinball has progressed well enough as it is without something like social media being incorporated into the games.