Kinda sucks for me, as I’ve almost exclusively used gift cards for the last few years. I get a bonus tax-free credit card by my employer, which I can only use at retail stores. So those were a great way for me to use that card to buy games. It was also a good option for people who wanted to avoid payment providers like Visa/Mastercard etc. Oh well.
You can’t lock kids away from the internet and then do this. Pick one.
I remember being able to walk into any store and you’d see a huge wall of gift cards for WoW, PlanetSide, City of Heroes, etc. My childhood would’ve sucked if I hadn’t been able to pay for my MMO subscriptions that way.