I was wondering how did Steam manage to strike the deal when GOG failed. Seeing the rental system and the apparently pretty massive regional restrictions, I can picture why.

Say what you will about GOG, and there's much to say, but I can only feel a bit fuzzy inside thinking they are not willing to sink that low.

Rentals... good for people who have a lot of $.

Hmm...only rentals... nah, got Amazon and Netflix for that. Might have been interested if I could buy them.

No use for me even if I were interested in Steam movies since everything besides Lepreauchan is regionally locked now that I have checked the store. No Twillight or such. Pointless.

And the price is just insane for digital rental.

Some of you people have obviously never heard (or rented) 'on-demand' before services like VUDU and even Amazon. This isn't any different, for pretty much the same price. Where did Valve every say you were owning these movies?

0 showing up for me, not that I would be interested in rentals.

I tell you a secret: GoG will get all Star Trek serieses and the Babylon 5 series, so Steam can F.... off!! :-)

Unlike Amazon (and other movies on Steam), though, you aren't even being given the choice of buying them for a higher price.

Wtf is with those prices. Way too high for some crappy rental. Netflix is like 10 euros a month, why would someone pay 4-5 euros for a movie that you watch at home. It's cheaper to go to the fucking cinema and watch it on a huge screen.

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I don't know what to tell you, people rent movies all the time without the option to buy. In fact it happened long before movies went digital and for the same price ($4-5). I have a hard time believing nobody here has ever heard of Redbox or if you want to go older, Blockbuster Video.

Well, in Germany we had "Videotheken" where you did rent movies on video cassette, for 3 German Marks a day. But then again, to buy a movie on video cassette did cost about 10 to 20 times of the rental fee, so it was`nt that expensive, compared to the price of buying a movie.
But demanding 4 -5 Euros for some cheap movies which would cost not more than 10 Euros, if they were on DVD, is totally greedy and inacceptable.

I assure you that some people will pay for those movies. Just like buying items from Steam market.

The price for Hunger Games (for example) is competitive with Amazon, yet somehow nobody bitched about that until now.

http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Jennifer-Lawrence/dp/B008Z9YLV2/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1461693814&sr=1-2&keywords=hunger+games

If you want to go even further, Amazon is selling a 4 year old movie for $15. But somehow it's the end of the world that Steam is renting movies for the same competitive price as everyone else. I think what bothers people isn't that Valve is renting these titles for 3.99. It's that people will pay for it (just ask Amazon, they seem to be doing well).

For me renting a movieon steam is mega expensive. Cinema tickets are 2-5 euros here. 5 euros for 3D. If i have to choose between paying utilities or watching a movie on my own TV which btw also requires electricity paid my me and Internet which costs per month about as much as renting two movies then thanks but I rather not.