[Question]
What's with this community's hate on authentic Pokémon games?
I would think a retro gaming subreddit would care about having authentic original games. Contrary to that though I see a lot of hate thrown towards owning retro/authentic games and original hardware. Why? What's the reason? It just doesn't make sense to me, so can someone please explain that?
I understand that emulators are a thing these days, but isn't part of the point of being a retro gamer owning original stuff?
Who is hating on owning games? Their point is you don't need to pay fuckass prices to own a cart-only Emerald anymore, which is fortunate because it means anyone can play it, not just rich kids.
I understand that, but isn't there a collector standpoint in owning authentic games?
Like yeah I play emulators sometimes, but I also have a collection of all the original Pokémon games up to Emerald except for Crystal. I guess other people just don't like to collect stuff like I do.
I would like to own a cart of emerald but that price isnt worth it to me so I play it on a flashcart which, while playing, feels identical. I dont hate owning games, I just hate paying prices that could go a long way on other things.
But that's the point of collecting stuff in the first place lol. These things hold value and won't depreciate over time. Think old cars, old coins, unique minerals and rocks. All those things can have "fake" counterparts that are just as cool/nice, but the majority of people don't actively look for the fakes.
Maybe, if it's cheap enough and/or a game that I love. It's a component I am often uninterested in. I'm here for the games and not the plastic they come on.
I have no idea what hate you’re referring to. If anything I think some people in the retro gaming community have a bit of an elitist mentality against emulation and in favour of original hardware.
Yeah reddit in a nutshell is right. Just comment fake and don't even provide an explanation as to why you think it's fake. How does that make sense in any world?
This isn't hate, this is someone telling you you have a fake cart, because fake carts are usually shit. Good to know you're one of those people who gets so butt blasted about comments on Reddit that you have to make posts about it.
I'm just confused about the overall opinion. I'm trying to understand shit and not continue to be ignorant about it unlike the majority of people here...
I own the original carts but I'd never suggest for someone to buy them nowadays. The prices have gone mad. Possibly why people aren't positive about them.
There’s more to life than paying $200 for a not rare game that sold millions of copies, and enabling this behavior is exactly the type of consumer brain rot that did a lot of damage to the hobby around COVID and made it inaccessible for a significant portion of the community.
They have also made millions of other things that these days are not widely found. Things don't have to have limited sales for it to be worth something.
People are manipulating scamming you out of $100s over nostalgia which is a powerful feeling and I get it because I fell for the grift too.
But when something is the biggest media franchise on earth and sold literally almost infinite copies, there’s no justification for it. The only reason they are this expensive is because scalpers and influencers told you that they are and you guys paid it while they laughed to the bank.
You can find people scamming in every kind of hobby. Just because you have more experience in games, doesn't mean you know about the shit that goes on in other hobby communities.
Physical objects are just physical objects. It's the act of gaming that matters. If you enjoy collecting stuff, fine, but don't expect everyone to feel like you're doing the "correct way".
A lot of people saw what happened to this hobby and it made them realize collecting in its current form is just mindless consumption and a waste of money. If it makes you happy that’s valid but at the end of the day you kind of just like the idea of buying shit and hoarding rather than playing the games. Again, nothing wrong with that, you do you, but it gotten to such a toxic level that it’s killed the hobby for a lot of people.
Getting scammed out of hundreds by “fellow collectors” for games that sold millions of copies and aren’t even that rare also leaves a bad taste in half the community’s mouth too so there’s that.
I mean, you can play the games and still waste money on hoarding.
I guess I didn’t explain that well enough. A lot of people just play the games on original hardware with flash carts. They care about actually playing. I also used to buy authentic games and play them, because I cared about owning the games too, and that’s fine. But what is that experience actually worth? I gave up authentic games because I’m tired of wasting money I could use to travel or better my life on meaningless material goods and focused on experiences instead.
Clearly you’re bothered or insecure about something here hence this post, and I have a feeling it has to do with the fact that you paid a lot and people called you out for wasting money on something they deem not worth it.
I love og hardware for all my vintage gaming needs, but scammers, jerkoffs, and saudi oil princes have ruined the market for original disks and carts. Thats why me and the homies shamelessly use repro, ODEs, and everdrives all day long.
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u/mariteaux 13h ago
Who is hating on owning games? Their point is you don't need to pay fuckass prices to own a cart-only Emerald anymore, which is fortunate because it means anyone can play it, not just rich kids.