Quoted from Bmad21:Back in the em days as it seems makers seemed to gamble on an odd layout but ever since Stern and subsequent companies seem to exist in the 2000s it seems that the fan layout is the thing.
What changed from Target Alpha to Fan Layouts?
Surviving failed layouts isn’t an option for pinball companies in 2021 - there are now far too many decent as well as fantastic games that have been made.