Still a limited market and while we can keep the hobby alive, all good, but unless there is someone to take over eventually the hobby will be limited to a few enthusiasts.

In 10 or 20 years time will we all still be involved in pinball and this forum? (The answer may be yes, but life can change our perspective.)

As a hobby slowly dies out what tends to happen is that the knowledge and hardware ends up in the hands of a few really passionate people - but as Stern are still making new machines I think pinball is yet to start down that track, so I suspect we have many good years ahead of us.

In entertainment terms, most of the world has moved on from pinball, so unless you can come up with a business model that means you can make money from hobbyists, then investing in a pinball business would not be a wise step to take.