Film Model (Score 1)

What I find amazing is that generally everyone sees gaming differently than they see other forms of entertainment media. While I will admit that there are radically different formats for say music versus games, the fact that they are both entertainment media ties them together. When I pay to go see a movie, I expect it to occur once. I pay my $8 (cause I live in Minnesota where movies are still less than $10 a hit) and see it once. If I really need to, I pay $8 to see it again, or I wait until the DVD release, pay $20 and then own it. I find it suprizing that more gamers fail to take advantage of the rental industry for exactly the same reason, especially with netflix-like renters for games which let you keep them as long as you want. I mean, really, how many games do you want to own permanently? Carrying forward, those you do want extended time with to unlock all the super-secret-sacrifice-a-goat-to-find ballerina costumes may very well be worth the full price, and once you hit this kind of time commitment you easily get to the "less than $1 per hour" range, which is very reasonable, especially when looking at the cost of film ($4-$5 per hour) or live shows ($5-$20 per hour).