Nintendo (and we would assume other companies) were not fans of the rental system. You wouldn't be too thrilled either if someone could complete your 10-hour game for $7.99 as opposed to the $49.99 they're SUPPOSED TO PAY. So it's no surprise that we are left with the sad state of gaming rentals that remain.

Sure inflation is a factor, but even so $3 a day for a Redbox title is outright insane. In a little over a weeks time, you'll have paid half the price of a game that you could've purchased outright compared to the $14 for a two week rental at Blockbuster in the Xbox 360 era.

And Gamefly? Don't even get me started on Gamefly.

I signed up for Gamefly a while back on the promise that it was the "Netflix of gaming". That couldn't be further from the truth. Let me break down my Gamefly experience for you...

$15 a month Go to games for my platform Continue searching because anything 6 months old or less is not available. Find a game I want Order game Wait 6 days for delivery Get Game

That's not value, that's a hose job. Even if I'm sending games as soon as I get them back in the mail for another at best I'm actually receiving 3 games a month that I'm not playing. I would be shocked if the average user receives more than 2 games a month.

The point I'm trying to make is that renting video games in today's modern era is an illusion. It's no longer fiscally sound or easy to do, and someone needs to fix that.

Especially in this broken era of gaming. How many major titles have we seen in the past year come out broken? Now let's wonder how eager publishers would be to push out broken games if the gaming community had any other option than to buy the game for themselves to see if it's good?

Renting games also makes average games acceptable to play. We live in this crazy era where if a game gets a 7/10 that's considered a "risky buy" and that's just idiotic. Then again, I don't want to buy an average game...WHICH IS WHY I RENTED THEM. Here's a list of games I would've never bought but rented the s*** out of...

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2

Timesplitters 3

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2-4

Mario Party 2-5

Jet Li: Rise To Honor

The Matrix Video Game

I would wager to say not many of those games were critically acclaimed, but I loved them for the time that I had them. Not every game is a world beater and there once was a point where that was okay!

Perhaps renting games can make a comeback given the right technology or perhaps we just need to adapt to the new world. Steam still allows chargebacks if you hate a game, and humble bundles and products like the NES Mini allow you to own a bulk of classic titles at a low price so all hope is not lost. That's all for the past though, what about now?