I will respectfully disagree with this when it comes to arcade games.I really don't believe that arcade games will become like jukeboxes for a very long time. Videogaming as a whole is still a huge and growing industry and probably will be for a long time. As long as there are people and pop culture, there will be people interested in this and even diving deep into it.
Video gaming is still huge for sure - but only on a mobile/console level. As a Dad (and I know you are too) of 17 and 16 year olds who constantly have friends over, I can tell you none of the kids these days give two shits about the games in the garage. They will play games on their phones, and on the XBOXs/PS all day long. We were just at a pizza parlor last night, and there was a row of old arcade games, and there were redemption games, and every kid there (and it was packed) were playing the redemption games.
Arcade games these days have a small group of us who still care about them. The younger kids don't, and the older dudes are dying off.
This hobby is cooked.
At least we all have eachother here.









