I thought this was pretty cool. 15 bucks a month and you can play a whole lotta games.
This doesn't sound familiar at all...
This doesn't sound familiar at all...
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Who subscribed to Game Pass...from Block Buster?
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I did this during the summer and winter breaks, yeah. You'd get through all the great games you missed and yes, you would occasionally decide to buy a game if you kept playing it a million times.
Not sure if it was a spin-off of this exact same deal, but I remember Blockbuster near me used to have this summer game deal where you could have two games rented out at all times for the whole summer for a flat fee. It was pretty great. Finish a game and take it back for another.
"Yeah that's the guy who always returns his games after one night."
You might also try Video Warehouse or a local Mom n' Pop video store as the competition is about to heat up.
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No, but companies weren't pumping out hundreds of disc games every month, Blockbuster didn't have exclusive deals, and there was a limited amount of rentals to go around. The same was true of Game Fly.
A digital service only has the problem of the lineup needing a refresher and as long as it's headlined by a bunch of high-value games, it will always be relevant.
Nah. It was a good deal on paper but I lived in a small town at the time and the local BB's game selection wasn't great even before this.
Of course not. Why do you think there's no Blockbusters any more?
Of course not. Why do you think there's no Blockbusters any more?
I had this for a few months after I got my $99 GameCube. Pretty sure I didn't even own a GC game for quite a while.
Man, we used to put this shit to the test. They had to hate us because we would bring back games that were wack after an hour or so. Sometimes multiple times in a day until we found something good. I could have sworn it was $20 and would let you have 2 games out at a time, but my memory could be playing tricks on me.
It was a good deal in theory, but the store closest to me never had the games I wanted, so GameFly it was for me. As long as you left your queue empty and only had the game you wanted you got the game on GameFly pretty much at release, in my experience. Add in Netflix and my family stopped visiting our local store pretty much at all.
Towards the end I think it was around $8.99 for a five day game rental right? Not this game pass thing obviously.
As much as I miss the weekly aimless waltz around the local video store while wrestling with choice paralysis can't say I miss the prices. I do have fond memories of a mom n pop operation during the vhs days I went to all the time that let you rent five "second run" (non new release) titles for $5 for five days. So dollar rentals basically. It was wonderful.
As much as I miss the weekly aimless waltz around the local video store while wrestling with choice paralysis can't say I miss the prices. I do have fond memories of a mom n pop operation during the vhs days I went to all the time that let you rent five "second run" (non new release) titles for $5 for five days. So dollar rentals basically. It was wonderful.
Similarly my PS2 also enjoyed it. Hollywood Video had a similar service that I also took full advantage of.
Pretty ahead of its time but it relied on your local store actually having enough copies of the games you want. GameFly took ages to swap games but unless the game was brand new they probably had a copy of the next game in your Q.
