I saw this question on another blog so I wrote the following comment:
Soft tip dart machines were a hard product to sell to bar owners when they first came into being. Bars were happy with steel tip, and players were happy with steel tip, besides the new soft-tip machines had a lot of problems. Then two things happened in the mid to late 1990's (particularly in Southern California, but in general most places in the USA).
1) Property values went up, and pub owners who rented saw rents go up. Bar owners who owned their own properties saw a great opportunity to cash out to a profit, and sold their businesses. Much like bar owners that rented new owners need more cash to pay the bills. So why not monetize that space where the Steel tip boards hang with COIN FEED soft tip machines? The steel tip players protested, but in most cases to no effect.
2) The soft-tip vendors and manufactures saw their chance, and started the rumor about insurance rates increases for bar operators that had steel tip boards in their bars.
That was all it took! Soft tip machines pushed steel tip boards out of several bars. However in a few bars in several areas held out against the trend, and kept the steel darts with no more than normal insurance rate increases. More on this topic at:
Real Reasons for Lack of Steel Tip Darts in a Region/Area?
and
What's the Truth?
Threads at sewa-darts.com
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