A lot of older PC games can run just fine on modern phone hardware. I'd buy a SteamOS version of a phone that has some modular or built-in set of buttons and analog sticks. I don't know how the app ecosystem would work for sensitive things like banking but it's mostly a minor issue for me.
Sounds like gamerbro elitism to me tbh. You need to widen your horizons and/or touch grass.
I didn't know that those millions of games on every other device through the last 56 years were actually imaginary. That's fascinating!
look if you played the SNES in the 80s im not saying youre a bad person, but like thats just not the same thing as real gaming. PC gaming is the only real option, consoles, especially normie consoles like the SNES just cant perform