it will depend what we all do in the time we have our machines, if we promote pinball it could see them being popular i nthe future. sitting in our sheds wont help them become as popular in the future, having sited pins will. the only reason most of us like pins is because we played a sited pin and its a sence of nostalgia for us, keep that going and they will remane popular, although i doubt pinball makers will be around for to much longer. i dont think they promote their product out side those who are already involved in the hobby. ask me 12 months ago if any one still made pinball machines i would have thought NO. its only getting into the hobby i found out other wise, Stern do a shithouse job promoting their product, and to any one other than people already involved in the hobby wouldn't know who the hell stern is. once the hobby gets smaller they will also. and it will get smaller if they dont start marketing out side of those who are already in the pinball hobby.