Don't listen to the neckbeards here. Most of the Anti-physical shitposting is psyop psychopath gatekeepers/scalperd trying to scare you off buying retro stuff.
I listened to /vr/ and waited for the "bubble" to "pop" and it never happened, and then covid. That's when I snapped out of it and started hunting down my dream collection. Would have been way easier and cheaper if I started in 2015 and didn't due to listening to /vr/