Quoted from NPO:Because AIQ, or GNRJJP, or LZ, or AlienPB, or whatever game after it came out.
This is typical Pinside behavior. Hype a game like a bunch of circle jerks, and then as soon as the next game is even mentioned, dump that previous sucker.
No need to sugarcoat it: it truly is that simple as straight forward an answer.
Ehoh, jp, dp, IM all still very popular and hard to find, not many come up for sale. I think it’s the theme, you either love it or don’t. When I had the game, the rules weren’t very easy to figure out and the shots were very tough, making for very short games that made it even harder to figure out the rules. In the end, the theme made me not even want to try anymore so I sold it.