My point is that the law is just going to keep creeping up in severity because of workarounds like this.

Sounds like a recipe for account sharing. Also, what happens if a parent buys a kid something on the site or the kid steals the parent’s card? The transaction doesn’t imply that the card holder and the account owner are the same person.

I will remain excited that it exists, I own it, and can play it again.

I will never stop being excited for this.

I think it’s a right place / right time sort of thing. I have never gone back and rewatched an old favorite without regretting it. Things that meant a lot to me at the time just hit different from a different head space, and revisiting that old space just makes the flaws more noticeable.

I’m still not over how betrayed I felt by this game. This is what convinced me never to preorder again.

The short answer is yes. A high rpm HDD like a Western Digital Black or a Seagate Barracuda will game just fine. Obviously your performance will vary depending on the game but it’s never going to be unplayable. Faster load times are nice but I have never seen a load screen take longer than a 30 ish seconds at most, even on newer titles.