the good thing about IONs are that it is cheap, so more people can get into the sport, if they do buy a different gun later on then its up to them, but before the ION there was no clear cut way into paintball that could keep up with shockers and timmys. Though with the PMR and MINI i would say more people are gona get them instead of IONs, again though, people get a PMR or MINI then straight away want to upgrade or buy something better.