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Renting a game has been with us for a very long time and is a much cheaper alternative to going out and spending forty quid on a game. But is renting a game all that it is cracked up to be. Let's take a look.
First of all, what are the good things about renting out games. Well, the first reason is pretty obvious. It is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a game, that's for sure. Why spend forty quid on a game that your not sure about, when you can rent it for a couple of days for about £2-£4 to see what it is like before you buy it.
This then gives another good reason for renting games. Trying out the game to see what it is like before you decide whether to buy it or not. This, in fact, is a brilliant and important reason. Let's take the first Army Men game on the PS2. There may have been some of you who were waiting for the ultimate Army Men game (as the others were really bad), and thought that with the power of the PS2, this could be a good game, if that is possible. Instead of buying it, you decide to rent it to see what it is like before you decide to part with your hard earned cash. You play it, and feel really glad that the word 'rent' exists. It turns out to be the same as the other, total and utter pants.
The reason above could also apply to good games. Don't follow. Ok then, survival horror games such as Resident Evil don't have a particularly good life span do they. So when another comes out, instead of buying it and completing in the first couple of days having it, you can rent it, and complete it in the couple of days that you have it for. Now do you see.
With good points come bad points, although not many of them.
Hmmm, let's think, ah yes. Couldn't renting a game ruin the joy of the game when you buy it. I know some of you may disagree with this, but I find that renting a game could ruin the suprise of when you buy the game. I know it sounds stupid, but it could be true. This happens with me, so I only hire out games that I know that I will not buy. Of course, I could find myself buying a stupidly bad game, but hey, as long as I like it, it doesn't really matter.
I suppose there is the point of the popular games always being out, and this is quite a common occurrance. When I went in to Blockbuster on the release of Red Faction, every one was hired out. And every time that I have been in there since, Red Faction hasn't been there. This can be really annoying if you want to buy the game, but want to see what it is like, but you have to wait about two weeks before you get to hire it. I expect that there are some of you out there who feel the same.
Well, that's it. Please feel free to add anything that I have missed, as I bet some of you have your own good or bad points about renting out games.
First of all, what are the good things about renting out games. Well, the first reason is pretty obvious. It is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a game, that's for sure. Why spend forty quid on a game that your not sure about, when you can rent it for a couple of days for about £2-£4 to see what it is like before you buy it.
This then gives another good reason for renting games. Trying out the game to see what it is like before you decide whether to buy it or not. This, in fact, is a brilliant and important reason. Let's take the first Army Men game on the PS2. There may have been some of you who were waiting for the ultimate Army Men game (as the others were really bad), and thought that with the power of the PS2, this could be a good game, if that is possible. Instead of buying it, you decide to rent it to see what it is like before you decide to part with your hard earned cash. You play it, and feel really glad that the word 'rent' exists. It turns out to be the same as the other, total and utter pants.
The reason above could also apply to good games. Don't follow. Ok then, survival horror games such as Resident Evil don't have a particularly good life span do they. So when another comes out, instead of buying it and completing in the first couple of days having it, you can rent it, and complete it in the couple of days that you have it for. Now do you see.
With good points come bad points, although not many of them.
Hmmm, let's think, ah yes. Couldn't renting a game ruin the joy of the game when you buy it. I know some of you may disagree with this, but I find that renting a game could ruin the suprise of when you buy the game. I know it sounds stupid, but it could be true. This happens with me, so I only hire out games that I know that I will not buy. Of course, I could find myself buying a stupidly bad game, but hey, as long as I like it, it doesn't really matter.
I suppose there is the point of the popular games always being out, and this is quite a common occurrance. When I went in to Blockbuster on the release of Red Faction, every one was hired out. And every time that I have been in there since, Red Faction hasn't been there. This can be really annoying if you want to buy the game, but want to see what it is like, but you have to wait about two weeks before you get to hire it. I expect that there are some of you out there who feel the same.
Well, that's it. Please feel free to add anything that I have missed, as I bet some of you have your own good or bad points about renting out games.
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Bonus wrote:
> You could always play OPS2's demos or go into your local game store
> and ask them to let you try it.
Like they're gonna let you borrow it!
> You could always play OPS2's demos or go into your local game store
> and ask them to let you try it.
Like they're gonna let you borrow it!
Bonus wrote:
> You could always play OPS2's demos or go into your local game store
> and ask them to let you try it.
Or you can download it off the internet, but hey, thats illegal, nobody ever does that.
> You could always play OPS2's demos or go into your local game store
> and ask them to let you try it.
Or you can download it off the internet, but hey, thats illegal, nobody ever does that.
Bonus wrote:
> You could always play OPS2's demos or go into your local game store
> and ask them to let you try it.
Good point Bonus, I forgot about those. Maybe a seperate topic could be done on demos. But not by me, not today at least anyway.
What do you think about renting games though?
> You could always play OPS2's demos or go into your local game store
> and ask them to let you try it.
Good point Bonus, I forgot about those. Maybe a seperate topic could be done on demos. But not by me, not today at least anyway.
What do you think about renting games though?
You could always play OPS2's demos or go into your local game store and ask them to let you try it.
Renting a game has been with us for a very long time and is a much cheaper alternative to going out and spending forty quid on a game. But is renting a game all that it is cracked up to be. Let's take a look.
First of all, what are the good things about renting out games. Well, the first reason is pretty obvious. It is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a game, that's for sure. Why spend forty quid on a game that your not sure about, when you can rent it for a couple of days for about £2-£4 to see what it is like before you buy it.
This then gives another good reason for renting games. Trying out the game to see what it is like before you decide whether to buy it or not. This, in fact, is a brilliant and important reason. Let's take the first Army Men game on the PS2. There may have been some of you who were waiting for the ultimate Army Men game (as the others were really bad), and thought that with the power of the PS2, this could be a good game, if that is possible. Instead of buying it, you decide to rent it to see what it is like before you decide to part with your hard earned cash. You play it, and feel really glad that the word 'rent' exists. It turns out to be the same as the other, total and utter pants.
The reason above could also apply to good games. Don't follow. Ok then, survival horror games such as Resident Evil don't have a particularly good life span do they. So when another comes out, instead of buying it and completing in the first couple of days having it, you can rent it, and complete it in the couple of days that you have it for. Now do you see.
With good points come bad points, although not many of them.
Hmmm, let's think, ah yes. Couldn't renting a game ruin the joy of the game when you buy it. I know some of you may disagree with this, but I find that renting a game could ruin the suprise of when you buy the game. I know it sounds stupid, but it could be true. This happens with me, so I only hire out games that I know that I will not buy. Of course, I could find myself buying a stupidly bad game, but hey, as long as I like it, it doesn't really matter.
I suppose there is the point of the popular games always being out, and this is quite a common occurrance. When I went in to Blockbuster on the release of Red Faction, every one was hired out. And every time that I have been in there since, Red Faction hasn't been there. This can be really annoying if you want to buy the game, but want to see what it is like, but you have to wait about two weeks before you get to hire it. I expect that there are some of you out there who feel the same.
Well, that's it. Please feel free to add anything that I have missed, as I bet some of you have your own good or bad points about renting out games.
First of all, what are the good things about renting out games. Well, the first reason is pretty obvious. It is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a game, that's for sure. Why spend forty quid on a game that your not sure about, when you can rent it for a couple of days for about £2-£4 to see what it is like before you buy it.
This then gives another good reason for renting games. Trying out the game to see what it is like before you decide whether to buy it or not. This, in fact, is a brilliant and important reason. Let's take the first Army Men game on the PS2. There may have been some of you who were waiting for the ultimate Army Men game (as the others were really bad), and thought that with the power of the PS2, this could be a good game, if that is possible. Instead of buying it, you decide to rent it to see what it is like before you decide to part with your hard earned cash. You play it, and feel really glad that the word 'rent' exists. It turns out to be the same as the other, total and utter pants.
The reason above could also apply to good games. Don't follow. Ok then, survival horror games such as Resident Evil don't have a particularly good life span do they. So when another comes out, instead of buying it and completing in the first couple of days having it, you can rent it, and complete it in the couple of days that you have it for. Now do you see.
With good points come bad points, although not many of them.
Hmmm, let's think, ah yes. Couldn't renting a game ruin the joy of the game when you buy it. I know some of you may disagree with this, but I find that renting a game could ruin the suprise of when you buy the game. I know it sounds stupid, but it could be true. This happens with me, so I only hire out games that I know that I will not buy. Of course, I could find myself buying a stupidly bad game, but hey, as long as I like it, it doesn't really matter.
I suppose there is the point of the popular games always being out, and this is quite a common occurrance. When I went in to Blockbuster on the release of Red Faction, every one was hired out. And every time that I have been in there since, Red Faction hasn't been there. This can be really annoying if you want to buy the game, but want to see what it is like, but you have to wait about two weeks before you get to hire it. I expect that there are some of you out there who feel the same.
Well, that's it. Please feel free to add anything that I have missed, as I bet some of you have your own good or bad points about renting out games.
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