You should be able to rent games

[Amoldybuffalo]

Developers should be able to be given a choice to rent out their games for a period of time they set, and an amount of money they set. Possibly if you want to keep the game afterwards you could buy it for less money.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

No. There's literally no reason for developers to do something like this when there are services like Gamepass they can take part in.

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Developers should be able to be given a choice to rent out their games for a period of time they set, and an amount of money they set. Possibly if you want to keep the game afterwards you could buy it for less money.

They already have that option. Most just don't see the point of it.

[Gwarsbane]

Or better idea you could use the search feature to discover that this has been suggested a few times before and every time it comes down to there is nothing it it for Valve or developers other than lower profits.

Oh and they already have the ability for subscriptions to their games, but well as we can see almost no one takes Valve up on that.

If I can rent a game for 2 bucks for 24 hours of total time and I beat the game in that time, why would I bother buying the game after that point.

And yes it would have to be a super cheap rental fee because when you have games going on sale for 50% to 75% in the first year or 2, why would I rent the game for 5 bucks when I can just buy it for 5 or so bucks?



If you want to "rent" games, try one of those subscription services that are being rolled out now from Microsoft or other companies.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Free weeks/weekends are already possible. They can also couple it with a sale for said game.

Ask the game devs.

[Amoldybuffalo]

Origineel geplaatst door Gwarsbane:

Or better idea you could use the search feature to discover that this has been suggested a few times before and every time it comes down to there is nothing it it for Valve or developers other than lower profits.

Oh and they already have the ability for subscriptions to their games, but well as we can see no one takes Valve up on that.

If I can rent a game for 2 bucks for 24 hours of total time and I beat the game in that time, why would I bother buying the game after that point.

And yes it would have to be a super cheap rental fee because when you have games going on sale for 50% to 75% in the first year or 2, why would I rent the game for 5 bucks when I can just buy it for 5 or so bucks?

I had no idea they had game subscriptions.
Also the point is this would not be for those kind of games where you can finish them quickly.
Although I guess that's what free weekends are for.
Interestingly enough, that's how movie rentals for example work, and those keep happening. Your probably right, but I'm pointing out that kind of model works for movie renting.

[Amoldybuffalo]

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Developers should be able to be given a choice to rent out their games for a period of time they set, and an amount of money they set. Possibly if you want to keep the game afterwards you could buy it for less money.

They already have that option. Most just don't see the point of it.

It does? I've never heard of it, and I'm quite obsessed with the steam ecosystem.

[Amoldybuffalo]

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No. There's literally no reason for developers to do something like this when there are services like Gamepass they can take part in.

gamepass is a little different, although maybe not different enough that it matters.

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They already have that option. Most just don't see the point of it.

It does? I've never heard of it, and I'm quite obsessed with the steam ecosystem.

Yeah. devs do have the ability to have time limited licenses, and steam has the framework to handle that. See free weekends, and what they used to do for movies.

The simple truth is, the option is of no interest to devbelopers.

[Amoldybuffalo]

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It does? I've never heard of it, and I'm quite obsessed with the steam ecosystem.

Yeah. devs do have the ability to have time limited licenses, and steam has the framework to handle that. See free weekends, and what they used to do for movies.

The simple truth is, the option is of no interest to devbelopers.

I've obviously seen free weekends, but I had no Idea you could charge money. I feel like, even if was a stupid decision, somebody would have done it. do you have a link to a game that offers this option?

[Amoldybuffalo]

Origineel geplaatst door cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Free weeks/weekends are already possible. They can also couple it with a sale for said game.

Ask the game devs.

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That wasn't at all what i was saying. sale + free weekend != rental.

[Waryth]

As much as I'd like this suggestion as it adds flexibility, I doubt they'll add it. Even if Steam adds it, not much Game Developers would make use of it.

Thousands of games out there doesn't even have a demo of their game up til now. We're forced to refund every 2 hour period for that demo alone. Worse, the refund becomes Steam credits. So yeah, demo isn't rental but what I'm trying to say is nobody's using demo feature so will they be with the rental feature.

They do have that feature on softwares mostly with the monthly licensing.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Origineel geplaatst door Waryth:

As much as I'd like this suggestion as it adds flexibility, I doubt they'll add it. Even if Steam adds it, not much Game Developers would make use of it.

Thousands of games out there doesn't even have a demo of their game up til now. We're forced to refund every 2 hour period for that demo alone. Worse, the refund becomes Steam credits. So yeah, demo isn't rental but what I'm trying to say is nobody's using demo feature so will they be with the rental feature.

They do have that feature on softwares mostly with the monthly licensing.

"forced to refund". No, poor consumer choices because their favorite youtuber/streamer played a game for 10 minutes "forced" them to refund.

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Yeah. devs do have the ability to have time limited licenses, and steam has the framework to handle that. See free weekends, and what they used to do for movies.

The simple truth is, the option is of no interest to devbelopers.

I've obviously seen free weekends, but I had no Idea you could charge money. I feel like, even if was a stupid decision, somebody would have done it. do you have a link to a game that offers this option?

Elder Scrolls Online

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Origineel geplaatst door Waryth:

We're forced to refund every 2 hour period for that demo alone. Worse, the refund becomes Steam credits

One: that depends on the payment method you're using. Most people can refund to their bank account, credit card, paypal or other method just fine. So that's more of a you issue.
Two, and more importantly: using the refund system for demos is considered abuse by Valve. They will start warning you in the refund replies, and they will stop refunding to you altogether if you persist.

And yes, we're all aware there's a "it's no fun" option on the ticket, that's just for feedback. Not an infinitely valid reason for refunds.

[Yzal]

Youtube exist, you can check some gameplay to see if you may like the game.
Refunds exist, in case the game doesn't work.

Don't see the point of renting.