I've got over 50 consoles, everything from Pre- Atari 2600 to the Series X, even a LaserActive and CDI....
I picked up a SteamDeck, like a year or 2 ago (waited a year to get it), and using Emudeck, on it, it's just too easy. I also have Everdrives for a lot of the popular consoles.
Emulation is too easy and is very portable and now with cloud saves/states on Emudeck, I can take my saves with me everywhere. A lot more features than I can get on OG hardware.
The biggest problem is OG consoles take time to connect, I need to pull out a console, connect my scaler, connect the console to the scaler and pull out my hidden HDMI cable so I can connect it then go into my closet where I have TONS of games on shelves and grab a game, unless it has a Everdrive on it.
OR I boot up my SteamDeck, run Emudeck and select console then game and it's pixel perfect 95% of the time.
I do have plan to setup like 25 consoles at a time but, that will take money and time that I don't really have RIGHT NOW. I do prefer OG hardware but, for now, Emulation does very well.