Why do gamers shit on emulation so damn much?
>muh piracy
Not proven to hurt any industry. Buying used copies is literally no different since you're still not giving money to the publisher. It may even be an only option to obtain some games. It allows easy access to imports, fan translation and hacks. Buying repro carts IS piracy, any "legit collector" who owns them has no right to yell at others.
>muh real hardware
RF and composite look like shit. Old consoles don't play well with modern TVs either, even s-video looks awful. "Game mode" is a joke. Built-in save states and cheat devices are great. Only hardcore nerds care if sound emulation is 95% accurate, and more often than not these lazy shits don't bother to adjust emulator settings.
>muh collector value
I can respect that IF you buy them for the physical ownership value AND don't go around shitting on people who don't buy them. More often than not these hardcore collectors are total douchebags about the emulation issue.
if you're doing this for the physical value of it, have some taste. Display things neatly, don't throw shit up like it's the back wall of a 90s Funcoland or a discount bin at a thrift store. I see this shit way too much, $50K of games on $20 of cheap shelf boards and brackets, nothing even in the original boxes, and the guy is often a Youtuber with a bad attitude.
You wanna be a shit about it, fuck you right back. I'm not going to collect these carts, I'm not going to daisy chain 20 systems to one TV, and my collection stores neatly on an SD card or DVD. I don't need the respect of some asshat who spent $200 on Action 52 solely to brag about it in a video. That's not showing off, that's being unable to handle money.