Theres a few angles to look at it:

Theres analogue, which is just DIFFERENT (not better or worse) to what you can do with computers.

Theres proper "instruments", synths and shit that just work best because of their interface. You play them. They have some sort of character that makes them unique.

And another reason to use hardware is to save your CPU usage or when playing live.


With that said, I also don't see why some people buy into the majority of overpriced results of corporate marketing out there. But when you know what you need and what you want, there is some great kit around that software doesn't come close to touching. And vice versa. Computers and softsynths are just brilliant.