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 Some people ask me, how did you get all those PC games?

Most of them were bought in bundles where I paid an absolute pittance. Others were in crazy sales where it was 90% off. And quite often, I got these games for free. 

The other thing about PC gaming is that unless it’s for big box variants, there’s no collectors market for PC games—not like there is for console. 

You walk into a used game store, and you see used Nintendo games selling for an outrageous amount. And then you walk into the PC section of that same store, they’re selling PC games—often in the box with shrink wrap—for something like $1. 

Speculators completely ignore the retro market for PC gaming.