@TSP > Many Japanese people only have a DVD player, a TV, and a cellphone in terms of technology,
No, you’re wrong, Japan is a freakin’ first world country, during my exchange years, Japanese kids in general had same stuff Aussie kids have here. But, all of them had playstations instead of Xbox, albeit nobody used andriod, I was the only one with a s5, ~Maybe cause Samsung is South Korean company ~ Everyone had iPhones instead, this was 6 years ago.
About DVD rentals, probably it’s stuck as a tradition. Same way most japanese still buy manga in printed format and don’t move to web-comics altogether.