Just wondering... I never rent them.

Nope, I buy games new if I'm excited for them or pre-owned if I'm not that bothered.

all the local rental places here closed and i dont use gamefly so i usually buy.

Yeah I used to a lot when I was younger, but that's kind of stopped. Don't really know why....

Maybe Blockbuster basically closing down every single store in my area has something to do with it.

I tend not to play games for long periods and go away and come back over a series of months. So no, I don't rent them. I ocassionally borrow from friends but only if I didn't have a time limit on their return (within reason )

I rented two games within the past 5 years. FF13 and Bioshock 2. And, I should have never rented FF13 because my friend had it.

I got alota friends who play video games so we have a network of borrowing games. We trade consoles and video games with each other. If one of us owns a copy we all have open access to the game, well except for those first few days right after the purchase. Theres no need to buy every single video game. If my friend has a copy of Mass Effect 2 theres no reason for me to buy it as its a one time play through thing, after hes done I will just grab it from him. But a game like Black Ops, that can be borrowed but you really need your own copy so you can play online together. Theres no reason why not to borrow games, especially when your real cool with people. I've been doing the borrowing thing since NES!

I buy alota games, I think within the past year I've bought 40 games, but at the same time I buy them at really great deals, or else I wouldnt be buying so much of em. Latest recent release purchases were New Vegas, Black Ops, NFS Hot Pursuit, Sims 3, and Reach.

I haven't rented or borrowed a game in years. I've gotten pretty good at figuring out (through videos and reviews) whether or not I'll like a game before I buy. Probably only two or three games this generation that I've absolutely hated after buying.

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I used to work in a video-store and could rent games for free, but only one at a time. I played through alot of pretty cool games I never normally would have tried while working there.

Nowadays I always buy.

Yeah blockbuster's in my area are all being shut down!

I honestly don't know if there even is any videogame rental services in my area, but I never have rented before anyway. And I'd never rent from the net.

I'm on PC and I only buy games.

Eh, hard to answer the first one. I almost always buy my games used from Gamestop, which means I can return it within 7 days for a full refund. I tend to use that time to decide if I like the game or not. If I enjoy playing it, I'm likely to just keep it and not return it. If I don't like it, I return it.

I don't have any local friends to borrow games from. ;_;

I don't watch trailers, but I do tend to read customer reviews as well as look at MetaCritic and its user reviews as well as the scores from the "professional" reviewers. That being said, I've learned that unless the game is utter poo (score 50 or lower), there is a slim chance I might like it, as I've enjoyed a few games that have gotten "low" scores, and disliked games that got "high" scores. So, that is why buy the games used from Gamestop, because barring the game being inherently craptastic (think Rogue Warrior), I'll never know for sure if I will like it. Also, a trialer is like a commercial/promo, it isn't going to alert me to gameplay bugs and other problems, it is going to highlight only the good things.

Game quantity from most to least:
PS2 > PC > PSP

So, I guess the PS2 is my "main" system?

Oh, I also use Switchgames to acquire games, so I guess that is like getting used games. :shrug:

Buy them when they are cheap unless its a game I know I will enjoy e.g Skyrim.
Blockbuster in my area closed down, the company is bankrupt,, and I am kinda glad, they had insane prices and pretty much robbed people.

Im on xbox 360, I dont borrow, mainly becuas I lend games and spend ages trying to get them back, havent borrowed a game in years.

I used Boomerang (similar to Gamefly in the States) for about a year, but other than that I've never rented a game in my life. I stopped using Boomerang last summer because I got a job and now don't have as much free time.

I typically shoplift/steal my videogames.

I play on PC so renting isn't an option for me.

i rent from blockbuster online using their mailing service, i typically dont buy because most of the games coming out these days can be beaten in 2 days, or in some severe cases 4 hours (SW: force unleashed 2)

I like to rent games. Because I'm cheap.

For the last couple of months I was using the BlockBuster play pass. This way I was able to play all the games I wanted that came out and it only cost me $25 a month. Sadly my BlockBuster is shutting down shop. Returning Bulletstorm (cannot believe I ended up liking this game, though after about 10 hours of play i'm done. Absolutely no shelf life) tomorrow and that's that. Going to be signing up for gamefly pretty soon I guess. Before that I was pretty much throwing money out for every good game upon release. I like having money in my pocket again.

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I always buy after checking out the trailers and other pre-release info to see if its my type of game or not. Usually if the advertising holds my attention for more then a month i'll end up buying the game. Most times though i will lose interests after the first or second article is released about it at a game site. I also dont return my games. Once i buy em they're mine for life whether i end up disliking them or not

I rent. I use gamefly. I also buy games every other week or so.

I don't rent games I usually buy them so that I can play them whenever I want. I usually do research before buying a game.

I never rent because there is no video game rentals in my area. Before buy games, I always watch the trailer and borrowed from friends before purchasing it. Because the price of original games is quite expensive for me, so I have to make sure that when I bought it, I won't regret it. I won't let the 'two world' incident occurs twice :ninja: