Remember when you used to be able to rent games from Blockbuster? How is it that movies got a digital version of renting, but games never did?
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AAA business model still existed when blockbuster was renting games day 1. I would rent games all the time. Right now I buy very few games. Parting with $3 is a lot easier than parting with $60.
And reality is I only have enough time to play a new release for a short while anyway. I think I logged 20 hours in FO4 and haven’t picked it up since. Getting so little play time out of it for full price makes me hesitant to buy other games.
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I wanted to play Witcher 3 when it came out, but I knew I wouldn’t have the time to play the entire game, so I just didn’t buy it. Happily would have rented it for a few days tho.
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You should try more indie games. Most lend themselves quite well to shorter play sessions.
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Yes, but block buster also paid a significant amount more for that rental version than end users did for retail copies. They also did it in an age where the product was a lot harder to pirate. Notice PC rental stores were almost non existent? Don't get me wrong, I'd love it.
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But for game studios it makes absolutely zero sense from a business perspective. Game companies only begrudgingly accepted rentals in the brick and mortar days. There's little upside to them. Again, I'd love it as a consumer, but it makes no sense from a $$$ perspective.
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