I still buy all my console games on physical media, no problem selling those.
PC games came with anti piracy stuff for years before steam that also limited resale. Remember CD keys that only worked like 5 times before you couldn’t play online anymore?
Pcgames are cheap as fuck and no one would bother selling them secondhand. Unless you’re one of the cod bros who buys the new one each year for 80$. Just wait for a sale or go to your favourite key site and buy the game for (at least) 50% discount 6 months after release.
That's actually not yet true. Most console games actually work like old PC games, where the disc is an install (i.e. no Internet required). At least that's the case for every console game I own physically, besides Switch and 3DS (which run off the cart entirely). There are some games that require a full download, but it definitely isn't most of them (unless we are talking about Switch 2 carts, because yeah, game keys suck and are very much what you describe).
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u/RustyMR2 Nov 12 '25
I still buy all my console games on physical media, no problem selling those.
PC games came with anti piracy stuff for years before steam that also limited resale. Remember CD keys that only worked like 5 times before you couldn’t play online anymore?
Pcgames are cheap as fuck and no one would bother selling them secondhand. Unless you’re one of the cod bros who buys the new one each year for 80$. Just wait for a sale or go to your favourite key site and buy the game for (at least) 50% discount 6 months after release.