I agree, in games where a draw is possible a points match is much much better. For games where a draw is impossible (like Backgammon) it makes no difference. Therefore I would prefer if tournaments were points instead of games.

Also, I would expect the matches to count as more than one game for the rankings, and the match score to be counted (e.g if I win 2-1 against a low rated player my rating probably goes down etc). Is this the case?