Take lots of pics, sell them on facebook, ebay, your local selling sites etc.
Be reasonable with your offers, look at what others of the same make and model are selling for.
Ultimately yes, you don't need the latest cutting edge tech, at a point really, you only need something that can run the game smoothly on medium settings, anything else is just literally preference regarding performance and display.
Right....
So you want to know if you're paying too much without knowing if you're paying anything, and want to know what you should do in three years time because of thinking of it like "high end components"?
I would say wait three years and then see what's on the market...
If it's true it'd probably just be inactive accounts having their name and numbers refreshed so discord can clear anything being unused...
That being said where did you even hear this?