When I was still dependent on my parents, I was stuck with a pretty outdated PC, but was allowed to get a PSP and then a PS Vita (but also only 1 game ever). The reasoning was that a separate console could be taken away easily if my grades dropped, while an outdated computer couldn't do much besides schoolwork.

One of the ways I got into computing was making the most of this dumb situation by trying to run custom software (emulators, homebrew games, PDF viewers etc) on my console. So, something like this would've been handy.

Ultimately though, the devs probably made it because it was an interesting technical challenge .