What are your thoughts on buying games vs. renting them?

Do you think renting games instead of buying them hurt the industry or help it? Some people like me don't care much for online play, so spending 60+ tax on a four to five hour sp campaign seems a bit steep. Renting games like that instead of buying them has saved me tons of cash in the long run.

Hurts big time. but the movie industry has set the standard... I would never rent a game. rentals drive up the purchase price. aspro73

why rent?

if you rent a game for 1 week it cost around 30-40 $

and to buy it is not that uch more and if you decide youlike it you will end up spending more than you would have if you just bought it

Uh, why to rent games? You can play them for a short time and it costs a fortune.

When you buy your game for yourself, you can play it whenever you want, just as long as you want, again and again and again and again...

For some reason, I just like to see when the game I love is on the shelf. I feel satisfied, finally it is MINE!

why rent?

if you rent a game for 1 week it cost around 30-40 $

and to buy it is not that uch more and if you decide youlike it you will end up spending more than you would have if you just bought it

ishoturface

$30 to $40 to rent a game for a week?? Where on earth do you live?

why rent?

if you rent a game for 1 week it cost around 30-40 $

and to buy it is not that uch more and if you decide youlike it you will end up spending more than you would have if you just bought it

ishoturface

I get brand new games for 5 nights for 3$ per. Thats hardly a waste lol. 90% of games are worthless crap and would be an even bigger waste of money. I think rental stores HELP the video game industry. Do you have any idea how much they account for all game sales?? I'd guess 50-75% of all sales. And they buy the games for full or near full price.

Uh, it is possible in Finland.

Go to R-kiosk and there you have it.

Uh, it is possible in Finland.

Go to R-kiosk and there you have it.

PlaWeird

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Uh, it is possible in Finland.

Go to R-kiosk and there you have it.

RK-Mara

I did born Finland, but I used to live in England for over five years, so I may lack a little in language, but just a little. Nowadays I'm back, though.

They stopped the business? If you have the email still, I would gladly read it.

Do you think renting games instead of buying them hurt the industry or help it? Some people like me don't care much for online play, so spending 60+ tax on a four to five hour sp campaign seems a bit steep. Renting games like that instead of buying them has saved me tons of cash in the long run.

Bigboi500

I'm just like you. Rarely play online. But want to play all the great one's that come out. If the review says it can be done in less than 20 hours I'm renting it. Asides from sports games and GOW I rarely play a game twice after I beat it.

Well I think it can be beneficial in the sense that it helps people decide whether or not a title is worth owning. Many times I will rent games solely to evaluate their quality and if I like what I see, then I will add it to my "to buy" list.

I went from renting almost all of my games as a teenager to buying all my games in my early 20s and now I rent most games and buy the ones I know I'll get lasting value from.

Really, having a collection is nice, but I have a ton of games from last gen that just sit around. Is it nice to have them there, knowing that I can play them? Sure. Do I ever play them? God no, I have no time.

Besides, $30 a month for unlimited rentals isn't a bad deal, so even if I keep one game for a month and play the hell out of it I'm still saving half the purchase price. Not that I would, of course, I use my pass mostly to sample everything, and sometimes it results in me returning my rental for something else immediately and buying the game in question because it's so good.

I went from renting almost all of my games as a teenager to buying all my games in my early 20s and now I rent most games and buy the ones I know I'll get lasting value from.

DJ_Lae

That pretty much sums up my life as well. It kind of hit me right at the start of the last gen when I looked at all those old PS1 and N64 games and realized I very rarely touched them after finishing them. Renting now saves me at least $50 a month, and that's being conservative. Now instead of getting all those new games I can get a couple nice extra pieces of a furniture each year instead.

I won't rent games nor will I buy used games. There is just something about the aesthetic of looking over at my shelves and seeing row after row of finely placed and organized video games.

Another challenge I have to face is time. When I buy games I sometimes don't get to them for a couple of weeks or so just because I work or I have other projects I have to do. I guess I don't feel that rushed to play a game so I play games on my own time line, which is how I thinkit should be.

Buying games contributes heavily to my ever growing back log but unlike other enthusiast in my hobby I actually like having one.

Im starting to look at trading in games again to save money as opposed to renting them. I am far too lazy to go to the video store and return soemthing blah blah blah thats work. Im thinking about keeping most of the longer games or ones I reeeally like and getting good trade value while they're hot to play more. There is much more money for teh baerz this way.GodModeEnabled

I used to rent, but I buy all the games I want now.

The only games that should be considered for rental, are the ones that are pathetically short and have you a little interested.

In the 16bit era I mostly rented games because those carts cost a lot. I did own a few games

In the 32 bit era I mostly bought games.

Last gen I mostly bought games

This gen I mostly rent because I don't play as much as I used too.

I just do what's convenient for me.