# An idea for a Gaming Library without a Plex Arcade Sub **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Labs\ **Tags:** arcade-gaming\ **Created:** [January 27, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/an-idea-for-a-gaming-library-without-a-plex-arcade-sub/683402 "2021-01-27T14:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nuvoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@nuvoli](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nuvoli)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/an-idea-for-a-gaming-library-without-a-plex-arcade-sub/683402/1 "2021-01-27T14:32:34Z")
I’m a Longtime Plex Pass Lifetime owner, and super happy. When I saw Arcade being announced, my initial reaction was: “Wow, finally a great way to catalog my ROMs” - Plex does a tremendous job of neatly organizing Shows, Movies, Music and Podcasts. Games (and Books / Comics) are obvious additions. Being in the Tech industry, I understand perfectly the tech limitations on running it on Linux. Given the original Plex DNA (i.e, bring your own media), reading the headline, It seemed obvious to me that I could catalog my games, and maybe download them on a device to run them locally even if the server didn’t support it. I was very surprised when I saw that i couldn’t even add a Game library on my ubuntu/ansible/docker setup because playing wasn’t supported. I can’t understand (outside of business reasons) why this initial implementation strays away from the Plex way and forces a subscription and Server-side support. I believe this simple change in the feature’s delivery would make a lot of geeks happy. And maybe ease the current frustrations around this topic. Is there a chance that this feature is brought closer to the original Plex view of the world, that owned content can be organized locally for free? ---
**Author:** ![rflick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rflick](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rflick)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/an-idea-for-a-gaming-library-without-a-plex-arcade-sub/683402/3 "2021-02-13T18:50:57Z")
I agree with you. I was under the belief that having a Plex Pass Lifetime membership meant something. Anything new I would have access too and wouldn’t have to worry about another monthly subscription, but I guess we were mistake. I almost see this as saying you can watch movies but we now have a option to watch tv shows but it’s going to be an add on you have to pay for. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/an-idea-for-a-gaming-library-without-a-plex-arcade-sub/683402/4 "2021-05-14T18:51:37Z")
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