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MS & Game Rentals

Posted by samzenpus on from the your-games-have-been-assimilated dept.

pin_gween writes "Technology News says Microsoft has entered an agreement with Exent to provide On-Demand Video Games. So far, only 6 Microsoft games are licensed to the on-demand service (which costs from US$4.95 to $14.95 a month for access to anywhere from 50 to 300 titles). MS titles are "Age of Empire," "Age of Mythology," "Dungeon Siege," "Mechwarrior," "Rise of Nations" and "Zoo Tycoon." Exent lured MS with the "the shelf life can be prolonged and create additional revenue for the publisher not generated by the retail channel"."

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  1. BAH! by j2asghar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    has capitalism really come this far, when one can rent a game that no one plays? i see it perfectly, "no one buys this game, so lets see if anyone rents it and forgets about it so we make MORE money!" it's like the days of video rentals.... so so sad.

  2. ugh.. by EK103 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Microsoft needs to release their god forsaken windows vista instead of focusing on all this other dumb shit.

  3. Re:Hmm, why rent... by MBraynard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How...the hell does this get modded insightful?