[General Discussion] Better to Rent or Buy?

Even under the circumstances of a very short game, I tend to buy my games anyway. I love opening a game for just 10 minutes to get a feel of it again. There are very very few games that I've wanted to try yet not own at the same time. I think if I don't have a certain level of interest or curiosity, I just don't bother playing it at all (i.e. when Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter came out). A lot of games fall in between both criterias of rent or buy for me, so I just end up buying them.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The lingering money issue is also in question. Not all gamer's work part time or even in some cases like mine, already have a career. So I suppose the amount you buy or rent, play once or several times through is primarily a matter of whether or not you have the opportunity to buy more games. Of course then there are those who merely buy games to bulk their collection, but I think the joy of having a collection is to witness a huge horde of games where each one was handpicked and very much worth the purchase.

There's nowhere I can't reach.