Renting in Japan

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As I tend to play all the big name Japanese titles months before their western releases, I am often bombarded with questions wanting more specifics about the game itself or it's overall quality. But every once in a while, I will get the question that always throws me for a loop: "Is the game worth a rental?" These days, it never even occurs to be that rental is an option. Why? Because renting video games is basically illegal in Japan, and has been for over 25 years.

At first glance this seems especially odd. After all, in many Japanese video stores, you can rent not only Blu-ray's and DVD's but also manga books and music CDs. Most stores even sell blank CDs and DVDs at the checkout counter—just in case you need them for something totally unrelated to the music and movies you just rented.

Games however are only found in two flavors, new and used.

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huh, never knew you couldn't rent.
 
No renting in Japan? Well, feels the same where I live. Nowhere to rent games.
 
I rarely ever rent a game because I think that's a thing of the past. If I want to try it out I download the demo on PSN, but not all games have demos.
 
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