Game Key Cards 1 Year In

[The_Liquid_Laser]

The_Yoda said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

I got a Switch 2 a few weeks ago.  So far I've only played, FF7 Remake and Rebirth (currently playing).  I plan to sell these games after I'm done, although I might replay Rebirth before Revelation is released and then sell it.

Basically GKCs suck.  I just consider all games in this format to be rentals.  There is no first party Switch 2 game that is a must play for me yet, so for me the system is more of a Switch Pro.  On top of that if there is a Switch 1 version of any game, I'd prefer to get that one since it will have a physical version instead of a GKC.

Basically the Switch 2 is a Switch Pro where you can rent games that require beefier hardware like the FF7 trilogy.

Since when can you sell a rental?  The mere fact you can get the physical cart then sell it should put this a step above a straight digital game that you can only delete when you are done with it. It just seems odd that you would say something sucks that you have an option to re-sell rather than be stuck with.

Do you not understand how a rental works?  If you can buy a game for $70, then you don't also rent the game for $70.  You rent it for something like $5 - $15.  I'm calling GKCs a rental, because that is what I net pay after I resell the game on Ebay.

However when I call GKCs a rental, I am being generous to them, because actual rentals were either lot more convenient (or cheaper) than reselling a GKC.  I can pay about $10 net and go through the hassle of selling on Ebay or I can pay about $40 net and conveniently trade the game to GameStop.  If Blockbuster were still around I would be able to conveniently rent the game for something around $10.  That would be a better option than anything GKCs give right now. 

And I don't get to resell the game.  I have to resell it.  I don't have control over this anymore.  I don't actually own the game.  The game is going to lose all value eventually regardless of how good it is.  It would be stupid to not resell it, even if I would like to keep the game forever.  GKCs really do suck.  They are objectively worse for the customer than actually owning a physical copy of the game.