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Video games aren't simply to be bought or to be rented, although those are two out of the three options you will encounter when you are looking at a game to purchase (the third being to simply not buy it). There are in fact different and distinct advantages to buying and renting games. However, it's not as if someone should definitely buy all games or just rent games and return them when a new one comes out. This is a very grey issue, with no simple right or wrong, and we must look at all sides of it to answer properly.

There are many advantages of buying a game. Well, the main advantage is that you can keep it forever and do not have to worry about returning it late and inflicting fees upon yourself. Some games, such as RPG's, practically need to be bought if the user wishes to be occupied for several weeks, or possibly even months. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion can take over two-hundred hours to really "complete." This game will be something that you own and can keep forever, but it is not the perfect solution. When you buy a game, you are stuck with it. You have spent the fifty or sixty bucks, and have the game (not all stores allow you to return it). Now, that will only be an issue if you happen to dislike the game that you heard such good things about from your half-conscious friends and bloggers online. Also, you may just grow tired of the game, even if you liked it at first. Some games have a very short main storyline or replay value and can only keep someone entertained for a week at most. Now sure, you can say, "Well, I'll just sell it when I'm tired of it." Thing is, there are no guarantees. For one, no one might not want to buy the game, and secondly, you will almost NEVER get full price for it. Buying a game is making a commitment to it, for better or for worse.

When renting a game, you take it out from a Blockbuster or other store for a week or so, play it, and return it. If you didn't like it, eh you only paid four bucks for the rental. If you liked it, you can always rent it again. However, though you can save game data on your consoles and returning a disc and renting it out again may not seem like an obstacle in making progress in a game, it can be annoying to have to keep going out to rent a game. You will not own it, and you will need to keep spending money to travel and take out the game. Also, there's no guarantee that your game will even be in stock when you want to rent it a particular week, so you may not be able to play it. But renting

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