Hey!
First time posting on this sites forum.
Why aren't there any kiosks out there dedicated to games rentals?
I mean they have them for DVDs, why not games? Games for the Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo? Just wondering, the internet is no help.
Thanks in advance:)
Sorry I'm a bit slow, what do you mean by that?
Maybe more evident with pc games.
Try Video Ezy. Not sure if they are still around though
Game consoles nowadays are designed to be connected to the internet, so you'd just download any games you wanted to rent. There are still plenty of TVs around that aren't connected to the internet however, hence why the video rental kiosks exist. To be honest though I'm surprised they even turn a profit, in 10-20 years I expect them to be gone as the last stragglers finally embrace technology.
Game updates - good luck hiring a multiplayer game and wanting to play that same night
Games, especially online ones aren't like other forms of entertainment; you have online communities, saved progress etc. that aren't temporary.
It's illogical to rent a game that you're going to invest hundreds of hours into unlike a movie which will last a few hours.
This thread in itself makes no sense.
Renting is sort of old now, but maybe you can rent some games from a local video-rental shop? When I was little I used to rent Xbox games from Blockbuster, not sure if they're still around though. :]
The problem is the day 1 patches. You could rent a game, but then you need the internet to download those obscene 10 gig day 1 patches, so no point. Plus a lot of games need you to physically log into the game online to play.
+1. I got DOOM 8 months after release and it needed to download 10 gigs before it enabled V-sync; the game was unplayable before an update that I needed to leave the console on overnight to apply. (For some reason, vsync is not enabled on the un-updated version of DOOM, so there is frame tearing every time the game was moving fast, and it's Doom 2016 so it was ALWAYS moving fast!)
It was fine after the update, but if you rented a game of the current generation, you would definitely want a week to play it rather than the old couple days.
Probably a case of supply and demand.
EB Games have a 7 day trial period so most people just use that for (free) game rentals.
I was thinking about something similar. I used to buy Xmen cards in vending machines, don't see any around. Just added a bit of variety I think. Perhaps the main issue is demand. Also, game publishers have to be paid first to access their titles. Once this is done, they strictly control how games are accessed. Eg, they would want a certain amount per rental or only want their games rented in bricks and mortar stores.
I mean they have them for DVDs, why not games? Games for the Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo? Just wondering, the internet is no help.
Game-vending kiosks exist but I am not sure why they are not more popular, aside from the fact that movies are more accessible to more tech-illiterate people and probably generate more money more of the time, and there is less variability in the experience. (for example, if your game needs a certain amount of hard drive space, it's hard to communicate that…). The PC experience certainly has far more variability…so that might be out of the question entirely.
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Because the internet has all but killed off the movie rental industry, if anything DVD rental kiosks is it's last dying breath.
The face of gaming has changed a lot over the last 10 years, so much so that physical delivery (ie: DVD's) isn't really feasible any more because games are constantly being updated from the day they're released.
The way in which games are licensed has also changed a lot, most games nowadays are sold with a unique 'key' which means they can't be re-sold, because once the key is used to activate the product it can't be used again or transferred.
Outlay and smaller market plus a new $90 game is more likely to be stolen or returned as a paper photocopy like happened with redbox compared to a $20 used movie
You might be new here, but are you new to gaming?. There is no money in game rental.
Not new to gaming but haven't gamed in a long while, like back when you could rent games from video shops. I've had children since then, in my spare time have played games but they are all the retro games I've kept over the years with my retro consoles, Nintendo 64, wii, Xbox 360 e.t.c ;)
Thank you everyone for all your comments, makes sense, not much of a pc gamer, still now it's hard not to feel like a dinosaur:P I'll go back to living under my nice cosy rock playing my Nintendo games 😂
Single logon licencing. Eg your licence key is good for your one origin account. Licence keys are cheap enough to buy.