Japanese retailer makes great effort to rent out Xbox 360 consoles

While Japan might enjoy plenty of high-tech gadgets, there are some laws that frustrate gamers over there. We’re talking about the fact that you’re unable to rent video games or consoles over there, which is probably the reason why used games offered there are in such good condition, since it bags a higher resale value. Now at least one retailer over there is trying to circumvent this issue by offering users the chance to buy an Xbox 360 and sell it back for 2,000 Yen ($25) less than the console’s original price. The catch is that you’ve only got seven days to decide if you want to keep it or not, which means that you’ve got 7 days to finish all those games that you want to play. That being said, the retailer might want to watch out as a game shop was caught “renting” video games using a buy-back system back in 2003 and was investigated by the police and brought up on criminal charges.

Matthew Chung
Categories: Gaming
Tags: Japan, rental, Xbox 360