[ALL] gamefly or blockbuster by mail

[CCBrink]

Redbox will be offering game nationwide starting next Friday, so I would just use that for newer games.

 

[tigstah]

Redbox will be offering game nationwide starting next Friday, so I would just use that for newer games.

imagine the line at the kiosks.
i wonder how many copies of a new game will be in the kiosk.

 

[Garrett67]

I"m thinking about trying GF again. Its been a couple of years and I really don't care if I get new games necessarily.

EDIT: Nevermind, $15.95 for one game/month. Screw that!

 

[tigstah]

went to a redbox, infamous 2, brink, lego pirates of the caribbean were all available.

 

[Twigg4075]

went to a redbox, infamous 2, brink, lego pirates of the caribbean were all available.

That's pretty damn awesome. How much?

 

[Leftwich]

That's pretty damn awesome. How much?

2 Bucks a night...

 

[Twigg4075]

2 Bucks a night...

I guess that isn't too shabby at all.

 

[Maynard]

thats a rip off. 10 days and your up to $20. at least with BB u could rent for $9 and keep it for 2 weeks

 

[Twigg4075]

thats a rip off. 10 days and your up to $20. at least with BB u could rent for $9 and keep it for 2 weeks

And Blockbuster is basically out of business. There are Red Boxes everywhere. I live in the sticks and there is a Red Box at the grocery store down the street. Most people rent games planning on plowing through them. So if you get a game, like Portal for instance, you could easily beat that in a few days. Four or six dollars is a great deal.

 

[Bmore]

I have a love/hate relation with GF.

I had the 2 game deal and would always keep 1 game and put future releases on my gameQ. So when a new game came out they would send it to me. I would then send the other game back, before the next future release was about to come out. So I never had a problem getting the game I wanted.

However, Gamefly is to expensive for my taste. If you are like me and only keep future releases on your list. You'll come to times where there are no new games (games I actually want to play) and will be sitting here with 1 or no disc. So I'm paying almost $30 a month for "outages". Sure that's not there fault, but I can't afford to do that.

GF does delivery quite quickly, there is 1 day between when they send it out and when I get it. So if they send it out Monday, I get it Wednesday. (I'm in Kansas, distribution is in Austin.)

Overall if you can afford it, go with GF. It's superior and for the most part they don't make many mistakes. (Never gotten a bad disc and never not gotten a game.)

 

[Steel Mamba]

Gamefly seems to be reliable and quick....

Pfft. After complaining about Gamefly's prices for a long time now, I finally decided to give them a fair try. I've been signed up for almost a couple of weeks and haven't received shit. I have 5 games in my que right now - FEAR 3, Red Dead Redemption, Dead Space 2, Gears of War 2, and FEAR 2. Before FEAR 3 came out I had Assassin's Creed in there. Not a single one of those games has shipped.

Despite Red Dead, Assassin's Creed, and Dead Space 2's availability being rated as high the entire time.

So, from my experience the service has been awful. What makes it worse is that I have no idea, no way of knowing when or if any of the games I want will ship anytime soon. Being that a high availability is obviously no clear indicator that the game will actually ship. I'm left in the dark. It would be nice to know an expected delivery date, or at least where I stand priority wise. Are there thousands of people ahead of me, or what... A simple available or not available would be far better.

Reason being, I could end up having a game out that I don't really want, while I'm awaiting a game that's first on my que to become available. But, how do I know when to return it for the game I want when the availability system isn't accurate enough to go off of..

So far I just don't see the value at all. Especially if I don't get a game before July. I could add shit games to my que to increase my chances, but that kinda defeats the purpose. I think you're better off just purchasing games and putting them on ebay when you're done. It's cheaper that route, but being there were finally a handful of games I wanted to try, I figured I'd give this a go.

Actually, this is my 2nd attempt at trying Gamefly. The first time I only had one game in my que. It was the only game I was interested at the time. After it was clear that wasn't shipping either, I canceled, thankfully they were kind enough to issue me a refund. Unfortunately my 2nd attempt with them hasn't been any better.

I think I may give Blockbuster a try and compare the two. Seems like I'll just be going back to purchasing and selling off of ebay though.

 

[Steel Mamba]

I don't see the big deal in BB going out of business. As long as their service is good right now, that's all that matters. The worse that can happen is that when it does happen, you're screwed for that final month, and only out $10. Not a big deal. Usually though when a company goes out of business, they don't close doors immediately so you should have time to cancel and get your money's worth before they're gone for good. Either way you're paying month by month, so there's no risk.

 

[Steel Mamba]

thats a rip off. 10 days and your up to $20. at least with BB u could rent for $9 and keep it for 2 weeks

lol true. Keep a game for a month and it's $60. May as well buy the game instead of using redbox.

 

[Bmore]

lol true. Keep a game for a month and it's $60. May as well buy the game instead of using redbox.

chances are like they do there movies. After you hit the $60 mark, they just let you keep it and they stop charging you.

 

[CCBrink]

thats a rip off. 10 days and your up to $20. at least with BB u could rent for $9 and keep it for 2 weeks

Not true. Its a five night rental from BB for $9, then $1 for everday it is overdue. After being overdue 10 days the game will become an automatic sale.

 

[Twigg4075]

lol true. Keep a game for a month and it's $60. May as well buy the game instead of using redbox.

Yeah, but like I said, if you are renting a GAME from Red Box with the intent of keeping it more than a week than you are an idiot.