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A month later, Japan’s cheap new PS5 rental service is still proving successful, with 200 locations renting out consoles at 100% capacity

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨simple@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-month-later-japans-cheap-new-ps5-rental-service-is-still-proving-successful-with-200-locations-renting-out-consoles-at-100-capacity/

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  • maxprime@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I have great memories renting N64s before I owned one.

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  • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    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.

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  • Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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    • maxprime@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Japanese people use CDs quite a bit still.

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      • Yermaw@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Are Japan that far in the future that they’re using CD the same way we use vinyl?

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  • jbk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    what the hell til lol

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