I've started renting games and blu-rays recently after realising that there are very few games I ever play twice. Games with good multiplayer components usually get purchased and whenever I find a bargain i'll pick it up also, for example today I purchased Prince of Persia with the Epilogue DLC which is usually £7.99 on its own for £9.99.

I completely agree that if more people rented then Gamefly would buy more copies but it's not logical that Gamefly would fund the majority of every major game.

For people on a budget and people that will beat a game every weekend, Gamefly is a great option but it's just one of those things that if people don't buy games, games don't get made and the ones that do don't have as large as budgets.

for last weekend i rented 4 games and during those 3 days i beat
-HotD:Overkill (good game)
-Sonic and the Black Knight (mediocre)
-Deadly Creatures (good game)

i dident finish Madworld, whcih doesnt seem to be my kind of game

it was a nice feeling tho to play 4 games which i was curious about and even finish 3 of them without having to buy them

I refuse to rent any games - I want to have them and they look so beatifull on the shelves :D

Plus I'd be better buying game and then selling it on ebay then doing normal rent.

Exactly! Having money in your wallet IS a nice feeling!  Couldn't agree with you more.

It depends on the game, I say something like Left 4 Dead is worth buying as is Call of Duty due to their multiplayer side.  But other games like the new Golden Axe, Sonic Unleash and movie-tie in games are better renting.

I tend to buy all my PC games and rent xbox/ps3 ones.

Yeah, that makes sense. Renting console games is where it's at from a financial advantage perspective. Especially if you have more than one. I mean, the investment in the console alone is astronomical, then to add $60/pop games on top of it? It gets really cost prohibitive.

I like to buy so that I will always have the game to go back to if I want. Besides, at this point in my life I don't have the time to fly through games like I used to.

Same here.  I cannot imagine beating 3 games in 3 days.

Both are good. For very long games (40+ hours), great local multi-player games (Wii Play, Wii Sports Resort, Madden), great online multi-player games (FPS, most sports, racing), sandbox, pick up and play, and some other games, it makes a lot of sense to buy the games. You can always buy the games used to save money.

For shorter games (Guitar Hero or Rock Band as long as you already own 1 version, most action games, games without any kind of online) it makes more sense to rent.

If you have a ton of money and really want to help a developer out - buy new at retail.

Many of my favorite games are now DL games, though. There are a lot of games on WW, XBLA, and PSN that I am interested in. Who type of games you kinda have to buy.