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The only way I would prefer to rent a game is if the "rent" function is available day 1 and if I choose to buy the game, it will give me a discount on the amount that I paid to rent it.

The thing is, a lot of games generally have deep discounts after a couple months of being released or they eventually go on a service like Gamepass. So renting a game that's been out for a while doesn't really benefit me very much. But if the function is available day 1, then I may bite. I also buy most of my games on PC where there is a refund system with certain restrictions such as playing under two hours.

So for me to go into the whole idea of renting for games, I'd have to like a game that I'd want to play for more than 2 hours but finish it in less than a week (as per OPs example) but also the game needs to be recently released otherwise it would either be on gamepass like service or likely be fairly cheap on a sale. I am starting to see why a lot of companies haven't bothered with the idea...



                  

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