Owning 12,000 physical games sounds good until you realize IT TAKES PHYSICAL SPACE.

I get it. I own about 500 physical games. 10 consoles. An arcade cabinet.

My shelves look cool. No argument there.

But thank God most of my library is digital. Steam, GOG, EGS, Amazon, itch.io. Thousands of games that do not require shelves, boxes, or square footage. They exist as bits. That is the point.

And yes, I am that guy. I own 10,000s of games. Digital storage is the only reason this does not qualify as hoarding.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-guy-has-12000-video-games-in-just-one-room/