I can’t remember, when I was the first person to buy one of the new games releases. I’m usually, the guy looking for deals. That usually means, buying the games I wanted to play months ago, but just never got around to. I’m sure you can think of at least a half dozen games you never played, but really wanted to, and are now for sale under $30.
I remember when videos first came out on Beta (yes I am that old), that they were unbelievably expensive. Like around $60 to $100. Nobody bought new, as renting was much more reasonable. Not sure why movies started that way, and video games started by selling their product. But now a days, it makes more sense to rent most video games.
It’s always good to diversify, so don’t stick to just renting your Wii games from one place. I’m not just referring to driving all over town. What I’m talking about is checking out the different places online for renting games. There are some sites, that allow you to rent two or three games at a time from the huge inventory for a fixed reoccurring chare.
I don’t just think of how renting games saves me money over buying, but the good it’s doing for the planet as well. Yep, that’s right, you heard me, I said “the planet”. Renting should be right up there with the other 3 R’s of Reduce / Reuse / Recycle. It really is a reuse, since your sharing the same game with everyone else that’s played it.
The other thing I like about game rentals for my Wii, is that I never get burned by paying a ton of money for a game that sucks. Paying six bucks for a game rental that isn’t that great, is no big deal. Paying fifty bucks for the privilege of owning a game that blows, is really annoying.
Maybe, I’m the only Wii owner that didn’t get the original memo, but you can actually download Wii games right from Nintendo on your Wii. Assuming of course, that you’ve bothered to hook it up to your WiFi. Another little juicy tidbit to note here, is that WiiWare games are really cheap. The usually average around $7. How’s that for cheap Wii games?
Do stay away from all those unlimited Wii download sites. They’re not really legal, and basically charge you to use download software that is already free. Between renting, WiiWare, and buying / selling Wii games on eBay, there’s already enough legit ways to get great bargains on Wii games.
Tags: console games, rent wii games, nintendo wii, used wii games
