> We can all wax philosophic about what it means for something to truly "go away", but
> at the end of the day, Midway/Williams are no longer making pins - and that was, and
> still is, the real nail in the coffin for the pinball industry at large.
>
> Don't get me wrong, Gottlieb and Stern have had their fair share of well-done pins,
> but none of them can really hold a candle to WMS during their heyday. WMS were the
> people that, in my opinion, were really driving the pinball market forward in terms
> of creativity.
>
> Without them, what have you got? A bunch of cheap, run-of-the-mill pinball tables
> that recycle standard mechanisms, and have very little which is unique on a per-table
> basis. Without anyone to really challenge them, Gottlieb have gotten complacent, and
> it shows in their more recent licensed pinball tables.
>
> If WMS were to announce tomorrow that they're going back into the pinball business, I
> would happily rescind my criticisms, but seeing as both Midway and Williams are long
> buried, I doubt it's going to happen.
>
> Again, we can circle-jerk each other off all day long about how amazing it is that
> the young'ins are getting into pinball tables, but when they're most likely to only
> ever interact with shitty licensed tables from Gottlieb with little to no custom
> parts, give me a fucking break.
Agree with this 100%
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