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ide4749
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Do you rent or buy your games or in other words if would you rather rent or buy games?

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zeriox
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zeriox
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I prefer renting single player games like Assasins creed because i can beat it in a few hours and not play it ever again. I buy multiplayer games though.

Turtelman1234
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Since Gamefly is pretty much the Netflix of videogames, I'm going with renting since you can play it as long as you want and send it back when you're done.

loloynage2
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I use to rent games until I found out that I can play the demos instead. Which are free.

Blkasp
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I use to rent games until I found out that I can play the demos instead. Which are free.


Of course, this comes with a downside, being, you can't play the full game, so you don't get the full experience.
Mooooooo
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I don't Rent, and I don't buy, I STEAL kekekekeke

loloynage2
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Of course, this comes with a downside, being, you can't play the full game, so you don't get the full experience.

Yea, but it gives me a taste of the game, and if I should buy it or not.
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I'd rather buy from Game stop and if it's bad i get a FULL refund for it renting is to much of a hassle

ide4749
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Right now i'm liking buying becuase i just bought this game warhawx for like 5 bucks used cheaper than any rent

Yodadude53
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I pretty much buy every game, to be honest. I haven't rented in years, but it's getting expensive to buy so I might start renting again.

ryuta123
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I will say it depends on the game I thinking to buy. When it was a game that I knew was really good then i will buy it and not rent but when I don't know much then I will rent it.

Welterweight426
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Ive only ever rented once but I prefer to buy my games. Though I have occasionally borrowed games from friends.

dair5
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I'd rather buy. I like being able to play the game after I'm done another day. I also like going back and messing with things if I can.

susilo
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i rent first..
if that game is good...
i buy it...

Ernie15
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I don't do either. The whole concept of paying for a game is just stupid to me.

If I'm desperate to play a game, which happens once in a blue moon or two, I'll just pay a visit to some online game site (sometimes this one) and play a flash game or two. It's free. Why should I go out and buy a console and then buy or rent more games for it if I can just play free ones on my PC for no cost at all?

I can't say I understand the logic of the younger generations.

IfYouInsist
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I buy games that I know I will have a long time which are usually the ones that have a good multiplayer such as Call of Duty for an example. I usually don't rent games at all.

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