kinda similar- i upgraded my media center PC. Old one was a old broken laptop that couldn't output 4k video. It was fine for streaming 1080p tho.

I got a used steam machine, 200$! Valve's failed project from 2014. It's got a laptop gpu and it runs all my social games perfectly. I've never had a modern game console or competent living room pc before, and i'm having a blast gaming on the couch with my girlfriend and friends. It's not an amazing device, it's plenty good enough. it's an experience that i've never had before.

We've been working on 3d Gauntlet and the Trine ?quadrilogy?. most of the time another friend 5000 miles away remotes in and plays with us while we teleconference.