Quote Originally Posted by Maciamo
I suppose that the absence of games rental is made to protect the market and increase sales.
Correct, and Association of Copyright for Computer Software is the pressure group that made game rental shops disappear back in 1980s (ACCS was called ソフトウェア法的保護監視機構 then) by suing shops.

ACCS recently lost a lawsuit which was an attempt to kill used game shops though.
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