Renting games

[ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ]

I would like to be able to rent a game for a day at a time.

[Crazy Tiger]

Then find a service where you can. Steam isn't that one.

[Pscht]

Go to your local Blockbuster. Oh, wait...

[Gwarsbane]

Originally posted by ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ:

I would like to be able to rent a game for a day at a time.

And game developers would like to get more then a tiny percentage of what they charge to buy it for people renting and beating their game and never buying it again.


Or you could wait till the game is on sale and "rent" it at the sale price and oh hey look at that, you get to keep it afterward....

Stop buying games at full price, wait till they are 75% or more off. Or start buying them on bundle sites where, if they are in a bundle, you can get them much cheaper then on Steam.

Which do you think makes more sense for the developers and Steam.
Renting a 60 dollar game out for 3 to 6 bucks for a day so that a player can beat it in that day.
or
Selling the 60 dollar game for 60 dollars, so that a player can beat it in a day or a week or a month or what ever....

[Ethanol]

No, but you can watch someone's gameplay on YouTube completely free.

The experience is the same.

[cinedine]

Originally posted by Ethanol:

No, but you can watch someone's gameplay on YouTube completely free.

The experience is the same.

How is watching someone play a game remotely the same as playing it yourself?!

[StickyPawz]

Use a monthly gaming subscription.

[rawWwRrr]

Libraries

[Tristin]

Originally posted by StickyPawz:

Use a monthly gaming subscription.

^ this.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by StickyPawz:

Use a monthly gaming subscription.

Closest thing to renting we can get now.

For the most part, devs don't really like game rentals. Unless the rental price is high they're not getting much buck from the bang the player gets.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ:

I would like to be able to rent a game for a day at a time.

I have good news for you, some games have free demos, download those and you'll be golden. If you are wanting a full version to "rent", contact the game developer and inquire if they'll allow that.

[Pocahawtness]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Then find a service where you can. Steam isn't that one.

It's a suggestion forum not a question forum.

[j058u4b451lw8173]

subscription isn't working at all

[Start_Running]

The feature already exists,. Devs just don't want to rent out their games.. well most of them don't.

[TGC> The Games Collector]

Well, not really sure if Valve could do a gamepass subscription thing as well.

It would have to be done with accordance of publishers of said games.

And well, Microsoft has their xbox thing, I think EA and Ubisoft also have their own subscription thing going on...
Not really sure if there's a lot of AAA publishers to join in with it when they could just run their own subscription service.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:

Well, not really sure if Valve could do a gamepass subscription thing as well.

It would have to be done with accordance of publishers of said games.

And well, Microsoft has their xbox thing, I think EA and Ubisoft also have their own subscription thing going on...
Not really sure if there's a lot of AAA publishers to join in with it when they could just run their own subscription service.

Why share the profits when you can get all the profits.