This may be off color, but pinball appeals to the empiricist part of my brain that is just this side of the autism spectrum. While playing, you know that the ball will ultimately drain SDTM or the sides, or rarely jump a flipper, etc. but so long as it's in play you are beating the system. That simplicity plays out in many complex rule sets and deepens with technology transfers but it is intuitively simple and satisfying. Video games are great fun, too, but when my sons try to explain the goal or purpose I often tune out before bothering to learn what the end game is.

As a parent, I like the kids to stand, not be subjected to ultraviolent scenarios, or abuse from
Predatory strangers. It also teaches them to handle frustration and that it just takes one good ball. When my 8 yo earns a multiball, his eyes light up with pure glee whereas when immersed in a video game there is a vacancy I find alarming.

Agree with the previous posters who pointed out infinite resolution as well as pop art aspects (though I do wish more of the art was easier to market to the women in my family).