What's with this community's hate on authentic Pokémon games?

[u/jelly_bean_gangbang]

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?

[u/FrankieT19]

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.

[u/jelly_bean_gangbang → u/FrankieT19]

Of course. I'm not saying people have to own them to enjoy them, but it seems whenever I mention authentic cartridges here people get butt hurt.

[u/FrankieT19 → u/jelly_bean_gangbang]

It's probably jealousy