How do you rent games? Blockbuster, gamefly, something else?

I read this forum everyday and I see a lot of you say you will rent a game instead of buy it. With all the great games coming out in the next few months I was curious how you rent your games. Do you just go to blockbuster? If yes then how does 3-5 days satisfy you? If you are not in school then this is not enough time to beat a solid rpg game or fps.

Do you use Gamefly? If yes can you please tell me if it is worth it? I am thinking about this service but I am a little hesitant. How fast can you get a new game that just came out, are they normally out of stock. Like will Star Wars be hard to get or GOW2? Are you satisfied with the service?

I am an older gamer, 29, and have other priorities in life but I do like to buy solid games. However, a lot of solid games IMO are coming out on top of each other so i was wondering if renting through Gamefly was a wise choice and better monetary option rather then spending $60 beans then trying to resale it on ebay sometime later.

I do the Blockbuster Premium Online. I get 3 movies out at a time but I also get 1 Movie/Game coupon online that can be used at the store. I usually hold the game for like 3 weeks before I return it back, no charge or anything.

I held COD4 forever, longer than the 1 month and you buy it thing, and still got my money back.

I use Blockbuster, and over here you get the games for a full week for $10. That seems pretty good to me since you can beat most games within that time frame. Hell, I would've been done with your average shooter after the first day. I'm midway through my rental of Tales of Vesperia and I think I'll finish it for when I have to return it.

I don't really have other priorities in life, but I buy too many games for what I actually have time for. Only recently have I realized this problem. I bought Soul Calibur IV, that's 60 bucks right there, and I haven't played it after the first day I got it. No time to put in to figure out Ivy :) So most games will be rental for now on unless I plan to play multiplayer or it's long enough that I won't finish it in a rental.

Im in the UK and I just started renting from blockbuster and its really cheap. I just rented SC4 last week and I've done all I want in it and today im takign it back and getting mercs 2. I dont know about renting websites but I wouldnt do that as I can never rely on post. Its nice to just travel down to blockbuster and pick up a cheap game for a week...thats what I'll be doing with all these new releases...althoughh I admit it took me a very long time to start renting :Pfracot

I'm in the UK too but I havn't rented from Blockbuster in years, in fact the last time I rented a game was back in 1994 for my Sega MegaDrive lol.

I've been using LoveFilm for the past 2 years to rent DVD's and games. For £14.99 a month I can rent 3 movies or a combination of games and films or just games. There is no limit on the rentals and they come pretty quick by post. I havn't had any issues with renturing faulty or even broken discs. Its a great service.

Game Fly has ups and downs, just like any other renting company. My biggest gripe with them was the down time in waiting for a game. It took atleast 3 days before a game even arrived, and that was if it was an older title. The new titles you can expect to wait up to a week and half before you even recieve it. This coupled with a 21 dollar price tag a month was the main reason I cancelled my subscription.

Everyone has different needs though. I like to consider a hard core gamer, so I expected more bang for the buck, but if you don't mind renting around two games a month, then by all means go for it. Otherwise, blockuster is the better alternative, that is if you have a nice selection of them where you live.

I read this forum everyday and I see a lot of you say you will rent a game instead of buy it. With all the great games coming out in the next few months I was curious how you rent your games. Do you just go to blockbuster? If yes then how does 3-5 days satisfy you? If you are not in school then this is not enough time to beat a solid rpg game or fps.

Do you use Gamefly? If yes can you please tell me if it is worth it? I am thinking about this service but I am a little hesitant. How fast can you get a new game that just came out, are they normally out of stock. Like will Star Wars be hard to get or GOW2? Are you satisfied with the service?

I am an older gamer, 29, and have other priorities in life but I do like to buy solid games. However, a lot of solid games IMO are coming out on top of each other so i was wondering if renting through Gamefly was a wise choice and better monetary option rather then spending $60 beans then trying to resale it on ebay sometime later.

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