Ah, you're my people and yeah, I find it can be too toxic in some communities. Some games age like wine, others age like milk, and even more were just... rotten to begin with, haha. People often have a hard time differentiating between nostalgia and objectively good (and bad) game experiences. I got a set of every game ever released up until PS2 and yikes, there's a lot of garbage.
And people who want to make this a collection thing can fuck all the way off - I saw a Chrono Trigger cartridge priced at $350 in a local store, which itself was a kinda common game. If collecting is your thing, fine, but not all of us have the means (or desire lol) to invest in that, just like people who collect old figures.