Sony Pondering Downloadable Game Rental Service For the PSP

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday May 20, 2009 @09:51PM from the physical-media-is-so-last-decade dept.

Joystiq has brought attention to a recent survey commissioned by Sony to gauge interest in a rental service for PSP games that would operate by downloading the games to the console. The plan, as Sony puts it, "will enable you to download a fixed number of games during your subscription period ... you will be able to change the games you have chosen for the download once your subscription term renews." The survey goes on to gather opinions on various details such as pricing, the number of available games, and how games are added to the catalogue.

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Arcade games and MMORPGs by tepples · 2009-05-20 22:25 · Score: 5, Insightful

Sounds awesome, but surely this is a risky sort of business move for game designers?
Video games first appeared as coin-operated machines, and the arcade model isn't too different from the rental model. Nor is the MMORPG monthly fee model much different from the rental model.