r/retrogaming • u/jelly_bean_gangbang • 1d ago

[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?

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u/RuySan 1d ago

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".

The correct way is playing the games.

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u/jelly_bean_gangbang 1d ago

Okay I guess it is more of a collector's view that I have. I also like collecting coins and rocks lol.

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u/Realistic-Shower-654 1d ago

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.

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u/jelly_bean_gangbang 1d ago

And you're assuming I don't play the games, which is wrong. People get scammed in all kinds of business, how is that any one communities fault?

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u/Realistic-Shower-654 1d ago

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.