What stores would let me "rent" a videogame console?

[TamaNeko]

...in the sense that I'd buy it, play with it for a week or two, then pack it back in the box to return it to the store for a full refund.

Past-gen owner here. After all this E3 drama, I figure I should finally jump on the next-gen bandwagon. But, thing is, I'm not made out of money and want to make sure that the console I buy is really the kind that I want. Asking for what console to buy is cowpoop since you're relying entirely on someone else's opinion, so I figure the best way to determine this is to try it out for myself, hands on.

[chison]

no one do that becasue is not seem to be that profit-able but with a huge risk...

but neither way,any normal/huge game saleing station wound very likey to put those popular console out for you to demo new game plays...

[Robotnik]

Originally Posted by TamaNeko

...in the sense that I'd buy it, play with it for a week or two, then pack it back in the box to return it to the store for a full refund.

Past-gen owner here. After all this E3 drama, I figure I should finally jump on the next-gen bandwagon. But, thing is, I'm not made out of money and want to make sure that the console I buy is really the kind that I want. Asking for what console to buy is cowpoop since you're relying entirely on someone else's opinion, so I figure the best way to determine this is to try it out for myself, hands on.

Several of the Blockbuster Video stores I've been to will rent you a video game console for some sizable deposit; however the only next gen console I've seen them stock is the XBox 360. Might be worth looking into though.

Originally Posted by kayos

Here's an analogy, imagine going into a movie rental store and trying to rent a dvd player... is that even possible?

Blockbuster will do that as well; I've also seen individual stores of big chains like BestBuy and Sam Goody/Coconuts (before they started closing down) do movie and game rentals as well as renting game consoles and DVD players.