It's a trial version of a game that's going to stop at one point. It's like a taste of the game for you to decide and buy it.
Rent or buy a video game?
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Demos of games have been around since the dawn of time. They include a section of the game in full, however, block you off when you try to progress the story or get timed out. Funny enough there were times you could play the entire game in a demo on Playstation 1 if you went into the debug settings.
I taught I was the only one who took advantage of that debug settings in playing PS1 game demo's lol..
What a memory of the old.. We've had fun with games over the course of many years ago.
I have rented some games from my friends years ago.
Do you still rent now or have you moved on from doing it completely?
Renting games is a cool way to save some money as well.
How long would you rent it? It might end up being more than you're expecting to buy the game.
I think renting can be worth it if you plan on playing the games once or twice during a party with guests, but can't afford to buy many new games at once to play at a party.
If you're a short time gamer, it's the best option to choose because you would never play the game for long even if you buy it.
That is true, short time gamers could save a lot of money if they rent games. Some people finish some games very quickly in a few hours to days, so renting a game can be cheaper.
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This is a good plan and I believe that is one of the reasons many would want to rent a particular game as well.
It's how game's completionist play their games all the time.
I think if I start a video game review website, I would rent many new games to review since buying 30 or more new $60-80 games per year to review on a game review website is expensive compared to renting many games for a few days to review on a blog.
It's a whole new level of stress to me when I know that I play games for a long run.
I feel the same and I can't play games for a long run!