It’s easy to make fun of Blockbuster now, with the best streaming services coming pre-installed on TVs and releasing so much original content—but consumers are missing out on a lot by not having access to physical media rentals anymore. And now, with the news that Redbox is liquidating and Xbox Game Pass is raising its prices, the rental landscape seems to be getting more and more bleak. Here’s why that should concern you.Why IRL rentals are just betterThe physical rentals of the ’90s are far from obsolete, even as it becomes rarer to find places that do them in 2024. Especially for video games, a rental model still has a place in the modern entertainment world, with unique strengths streaming and subscriptions have yet to replicate.Most games don’t need to be owned in perpetuityAnyone who grew up in the ‘90s knows the joy of renting a game for a weekend,