Anyone rented PC games from EB?

[LethalWolfe]

I was at EB's site and I came across EB1. It's a way for you to rent PC games on line. Anyone used it before?


lethal

 

[nj]

I did some sort of beta test for the company who "powers" EB1. I imagine it's pretty much the same setup. I almost finished "Dungeon Keeper 2" and started "Alice", before I lost interest.

It worked like this. You run a small program and it downloads a "cache", I opted for a full install which was 600-700mb or basically the whole game (there probably was a smaller option). Once that was done, you click on the game and it runs. Works pretty damn spiffy really.

But who wants to pay $5 for 3 days use? Most of those games can be had for $10-$20 anyway.

 

[LethalWolfe]

<< I did some sort of beta test for the company who "powers" EB1. I imagine it's pretty much the same setup. I almost finished "Dungeon Keeper 2" and started "Alice", before I lost interest.

It worked like this. You run a small program and it downloads a "cache", I opted for a full install which was 600-700mb or basically the whole game (there probably was a smaller option). Once that was done, you click on the game and it runs. Works pretty damn spiffy really.

But who wants to pay $5 for 3 days use? Most of those games can be had for $10-$20 anyway. >>




Is it only older games? or brand new games too? I'd rather pay $5 for 3 days then $50 and end up hateing the game. Then again EB has a really cool return policy...


Lethal

 

[bunker]

I just went and looked at the list of games....nothing new. The featured game of the month is Links 2001.