I knew that the pachinko industry was getting tough until about the middle of last year, but I never expected it to get to the point where a manufacturer went out of business. I don't play pachinko at all, so I don't really know if the machines were good or bad, but I know that there were some machines that were quite popular because of work. I remember that Momo Kyun Sword, YuYuYu, and Monkey Turn were popular in the last year or two. I just remember that Monkey Turn was quite a popular machine. Last year or the year before, the pachinko manufacturer Takao announced that it was going out of business, and Oizumi took over the entire business, but Nishijin was not just a minor manufacturer, but a well-known company. There's no doubt that the pachinko industry is shrinking to the point where such companies can no longer survive. People in the pachinko industry are working hard to create a clean image, but it's still dark. It's very different from horse racing, which must have been around for at least the same amount of time. Horse racing has been able to break away from its image as a gambling den and shift to an image of clean entertainment, but pachinko cannot get rid of its gambling stigma no matter what you do. Also, the number of people going to parlors has decreased significantly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its image has only worsened since it has been criticized for gambling addiction. Because of this, the authorities have put all their efforts into reducing the risk factor, resulting in an increase in the production of machines that "don't pay out" and "are boring," and finally accelerating the loss of fans. The reason I don't play pachinko or slots is because they are very time-inefficient and a high-risk, high-return gamble, so unless I consider pachinko a hobby, I can't save up enough seed money to bet on it. Horse racing is decided within 4 minutes at most, and even if you get beaten, you can still enjoy it as long as you have 20,000 yen a month, so as long as you buy a betting ticket, you can use the rest of your time as you like, and if you get lucky, you can expect low-risk high-return. Pachinko is not viable unless you stay in front of the machine, so it's a waste of time. I think time should be used more meaningfully. In any case, whether it's a major company or not, the closing of a well-known pachinko machine manufacturer will have some impact on the industry, and it's a shame for fans as well. Above all, I'm worried about the future of the employees who will be thrown out when the company goes out of business in this recession.