Strictly speaking, if you're a collectard, a shelf-queen etc, do you need the actual hardware?
I mean, you aren't going to play the games... hell, you probably don't even know how to play the games... but, it looks pretty on your shelf, and gives you a sense of self-worth and betterment over other individuals who cannot afford to buy what you have, even though they would actually use those games for what their makers intended them to be for - games.
"Hi, I have a sprawling collections of retro games. No hardware. Suck my wallet."