Mobile applications are hot, free ones are available and premium versions barely cost you a minutes worth of pay. Some applications are what they say they are, but other applications might turn out to be lemons, which you won’t know until you made the purchase. Take all of that and now throw in game applications or games in general. If you haven’t played the game, you are taking a risk that buying the game is even worth it. Renting games is one solution to this risk and many places rent games to gamers and even game being rented via mail are even quite popular.
That is where T-Mobile is coming in for the gamers. T-Mobile announced that they are planning on a service were customer can rent games for 25 cents and that would give them a chance to try them out before they take the step to purchase it. The partnership is going to be with Wild Tangent, a popular online gaming service, and the 25 cent rental will get you access to the game for one full day. Games that you choose to purchase after the rental will be minus the 25 cent rental fee. If you choose not to purchase, you are only out the 25 cents.
If you want to rent a game that is higher than the average retail price, the rental fee will reflect that, but most are priced at the 25 cent rental. T-Mobile hopes the service will be out this fall and will be coming preinstalled on smartphones and tablets. All of the rental payments and purchases will be handled through T-Mobile and appear on the monthly bill.
The game rental service can bring about a lot more options for Smartphone and tablet users. Would you be more likely to purchase a premium application if you were able to try it out first? Right now Wild Tangent has an online service that allows users to buy “coins” they can use to play games online in their browser. The coins are like putting money in at an arcade and can be purchased in many subscription based plans. If you do not have the funds or refuse to spend money renting games for your phone, then you can simply watch an ad or two and the rental fee is waived. This part of Wild Tangent’s service will be rolled out later this year.
