Some people are like, “Why do you want a consolized PC for the living room instead of a dedicated console?”
One reason: the PC’s deep, deep library of games.
You look at the most popular console of all time, the PS2, and how many games were released for it? 2,501 games. That’s it.
Now how many PC games do I own personally? Around 5,800 games. Not a typo, I really do own that many PC games.
And here’s the thing. My library of PC games is only a fraction of all the PC games that have ever been released. By some estimates, there are hundreds of thousands of games that have been released for PC.
Obviously, I want to access these games on any form factor.
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.
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