Gotta love how quickly people can change their attitude, though... especially some youtubers.
AES carts cost thousands of dollars: "But hey folks, you don't need a real AES at all to enjoy Neo. Nowadays there are many great ways to experience Neo games, like in the Switch Neo Geo selection, the Neo Geo X, this portable piece of crap emulator machine that's got a SNK logo, MiSTer FPGA if you want total accuracy, absolutely impossible to tell apart... but even a Raspberry can give you all you need for your..."
Breaking news, AES carts suddenly cost 80 bucks: "Holy crap! The real hardware is here! Fuck emulation!!! This is HUGE!!!"