When I was a kid in the 80s this sort of business model was common with TVs and video recorders, then with early PCs. The machines were too expensive for many people to buy, so they’d rent instead. Cheaper consumer electronics killed this off, but as living standards get tighter maybe we’ll start seeing rentals becoming a thing again.
A month later, Japan’s cheap new PS5 rental service is still proving successful, with 200 locations renting out consoles at 100% capacity
Submitted 3 weeks ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
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Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fascinating business model.
rental sales of CDs
CDs? What would you rent CDs for? The only thing I can think of is music and win 9x games.
maxprime@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Japanese people use CDs quite a bit still.
Yermaw@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Are Japan that far in the future that they’re using CD the same way we use vinyl?
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
what the hell til lol
maxprime@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I have great memories renting N64s before I owned one.