Direct 2 Drive introduced digital game rentals today on their store. For USD$5.00 you can rent select titles for 5 hours. They are starting off with 3 games, Silent Hill Homecoming, Divinity 2, and Grid(Grid is the only game available to Malaysians, the rest are region restricted). Sounds a bit pricey. I would have much preferred a full day access to a game rather than rushing through 5 hours. You can of course purchase the full game if you decide to(the USD5 will be added to the final purchase). While the pricing and time limit doesn’t make this sound like a deal, this is a first for the industry. I have no idea if this will pick up elsewhere and what it entails to digital distribution. Either way, we are finally seeing more interesting ways of consuming games digitally(the movie industry has moved in this direction for quite a while).
Source: Bigdownload
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