anyone here use a video game rental service like gamefly or gameznflix?

[Spongo]

only thing that drew me into them was the cheap 16.99/mth for 3 games at a time. all the good games have been in my queue FOREVER.

can anyone recommend a better rental service that is priced decently?

 

[dbk]

The Blockbuster one. My friend had it and the ability to swap games at B&M was sweet. I forgot how much he paid but he always had a game to rent.

 

[Spongo]

you can rent games online at bbuster?? i'm looking at the bbuster site and all i see are refs to dvd movies, not games.

just found the answer on bbusters site...

Q - "Does BLOCKBUSTER Online® offer online game rentals?"

A - "At this time, we are unable to offer online game rentals."

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: Spongo
you can rent games online at bbuster?? i'm looking at the bbuster site and all i see are refs to dvd movies, not games.

I don't know about online. Do you not live close to a BB? Aren't they everywhere these days?

 

[Spongo]

yeah, but its expensive at the b&m - somewhere along the lines of 8.50 per vid game rental.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: Spongo
yeah, but its expensive at the b&m - somewhere along the lines of 8.50 per vid game rental.

I think he paid like $20 or $25 a month and he could just swap games out (1 at a time). He didn't pay a per rental fee.

 

[TreyRandom]

If you click Free Trial on Blockbuster's site, you'll see that all of their new Total Access plans include free in-store game rental. It's not online, delivered to your door... so it won't help you if you don't live somewhat near a Blockbuster.

 

[bennylong]

I used GameFly and I was pretty happy with the service and the price was reasonable.

 

[DaveSimmons]

There were a couple other threads on this recently, people seemed happy with Gamefly. It's also supposed to be a pretty good place to buy used games from.

 

[dquan97]

Just signed up for Gamefly's 21day free trial

It's under FW...

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: TreyRandom
If you click Free Trial on Blockbuster's site, you'll see that all of their new Total Access plans include free in-store game rental. It's not online, delivered to your door... so it won't help you if you don't live somewhat near a Blockbuster.

Is that just one free rental a month? It says rental, not rentals. For movies it says rentals.

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: TreyRandom
If you click Free Trial on Blockbuster's site, you'll see that all of their new Total Access plans include free in-store game rental. It's not online, delivered to your door... so it won't help you if you don't live somewhat near a Blockbuster.

Is that just one free rental a month? It says rental, not rentals. For movies it says rentals.

No idea. You could begin a free trial, find out, then cancel if it's only one per month. I'd suggest calling, but you might not reach anyone who knows what they're talking about.

 

[patentman]

I have the two game plan with gamefly now and I like it. I spend WAY too muchb money on video games. This way I can play all the console titles I want for $16/month. Works for me.

The delivery is a bit slower then I would like (~4-5 day turnaround, whereas netflix takes only ~2 days) and (call me dumb if you want) I think the envelopes they ship the games in are very difficult to open. I swear, everytime I get a new game from them I end up ripping the return envelope badly and have to ship the game back in a different package.

 

[Spongo]

problem with gamefly is that there's only one distro center in CA. i'm over her on the east coast so it could be a 5-6-7 day turnaround. imo, that's a long time to wait.

anyway, anyone else want to chime in?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: TreyRandom

No idea. You could begin a free trial, find out, then cancel if it's only one per month. I'd suggest calling, but you might not reach anyone who knows what they're talking about.

I know there's a Blockbuster manager who posts here, maybe he'll see this

Originally posted by: Spongo
problem with gamefly is that there's only one distro center in CA. i'm over her on the east coast so it could be a 5-6-7 day turnaround. imo, that's a long time to wait.

anyway, anyone else want to chime in?

I've looked into this myself, and from what I've heard gameznflix has a distribution center in Maryland, so their turnaround time will be faster. However it's harder to get new games through gameznflix.

 

[Turkey22]

They recently added the ability to use your one free rental coupon per month on games. They made their movie service much better, the game thing is just a bonus.

You would also have to go in store to get it. Which if you were just wanting it for gaming you would then want to do the game plan with them which is 1 at a time for $20 or so.

 

[Spongo]

i've been waiting for games from gameznflix for 1.5 weeks (my queue has 8 games in it). everything is HARD to get. service there is HORRIFIC.

 

[bucwylde23]

I currently have gameznflix 1 out at a time, as well as gamefly 2 out at a time.

Gameznflix usually ships me games from maryland, and I live in VA. I STILL get gamefly games faster lately and with gamefly you get newer titles MUCH faster, as in sometimes the day they are released.

I will be cancelling gameznflix on the 23rd of this month when the subscription runs out.

Gamefly also ships your next game as soon as the post office scans it into their system. It has sped up my turnaround times by 3-4 days.

gamefly's website also blows gameznflix's website out of the water.

I can't believe they get away with such a crappy website... the queue/game selection pages are horrible.

screw gameznflix. You can't even choose a priority between movies and games. if you put a movie at the top of your list, you will almost ALWAYS get the movie instead of games.

gamefly is a bit more expensive, but much much much more reliable

 

[eflat]

How long could I keep that one monthly game rental?

Are there still "no late fees"?