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 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.