Redbox Starts Renting Out Video Games

Alex from GamesOnSmash.com writes "The up and coming DVD and Blu-Ray rental company, Redbox, is starting to go a new way with their rentals." Click the jump for more information.

[Mucudadada]

2 bucks a day? I guess you could play short games in 1 day. SC: Conviction or Heavenly Sword rentable and beatable for 2 bucks. Could be worth looking at.

[Nicholas Cage]

this is brilliant! i knew it was coming someday! its cheaper than 8 bucks!

only for games your skeptical about or very short games.

[MerkinMax]

Couldn't you just get like a Visa Gift Card and rent the game with it. Then never return it? You can only be charged so much on a gift card right? Just a theory, I would never do this though.

[Lombax]

That is the exact thought that whent through my head after I read that tittle. Exept for that, "I would never do that" part. x]

[tplarkin7]

You could do that but God would be unhappy.

[Lombax]

Screw your god. It's my conscience I should be worried about! Knowing that I have stolen will always be in the back of my mind. It will do nothing but cause negative situations until I do something to rebalance my karma and clean my conscience. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

[ECM0NEY]

more options are always good. but gamefly is still king

[Seferoth75]

Not really. The thing I hated about Gamefly is it took 4-5 days to send a game in and get a new one. With Netflix it only takes 2 days to get a DVD.

For something that is "unlimted", they go out of their way to limit the amount you can rent.

[asdr3wsfas]

Video games cost more so they probably have less stock for each game. It may result in more shortages but without being able to predict demand it's a necessary evil.

AKA if you buy 10,000 movies no one wants to watch for 20 dollars you're out at most 200,000. If you buy 10,000 games no one wants to play for 60 dollars you're out at most 600,000. I'm sure they have bulk discounts that offset this but the maximum loss for a gamefly videogame stock is 3x the price of movies.

Saving money on shipping and lower game stock (both of which cause delays) is an easy way to control it. So are those awesome game sales they have yearly. My blockbuster has insane prices on most games for the same reason.

[feelintheflow]

I had it when I lived in California and it was great, but when I moved to Montana it took 4-6 days to get a game, so I had to dump it. I have redbox all around me so I hope this happens.

[Elvfam511]

I really want to try this out. The dvd rental is excellent for me to see if the movies are worth a buy.

[ReBurn]

Cheap way to try before you buy.

[FanboysWillHateMe]

I take my time with these games, usually beat them in a week or two. I hate to rush to the end of a game just because I don't want to pay another $2 for an extra day. Puts pressure on the gamer to finish as soon as possible to save more money, and that's no way to approach a game.

Gamefly does something similar to this, called the G-box, I believe. If you go that route, you better beat that game quick then, because Blockbuster charges what, 8 bucks, for two weeks? So if you take longer than 5 days on this pay-per-day plan, you've already paid more than what you could have renting at Blockbuster (for a longer period of time too. Why not just pay 23 bucks for an entire month (Gamefly)? You get to pick two games out of a MUCH bigger library, and you keep them for as long as you like.

[asdr3wsfas]

Blockbuster started a one game rental pass for 21 monthly. I like it if only for the fact I choose video games on a whim and my tastes may change when it's in the mail.

It's a good service to see if you want to buy a game. I just ran through FF13 and Dragon Age for this reason. Bioshock 2 comes next.

Normally it's almost 10 dollars for 5 days + any late time they don't charge for.

[Dark_king]

actually I heard Netflix was looking into a game rental service also.Which would be a very nice I get new movies every 2 days.While I was waiting over a week for a game.The scanner has it down to about 5 days.Unless they screw around like they did me with my current rental.Waited 3 days with no games listed as currently at home.But I don't even know where one of these redbox things are.Does not help that I don't live a city or close to one.But more option for gamers is never a bad thing.

[Seferoth75]

I had the same issues with Gamefly.

I know in some areas of Florida you will find Red Box in Mcdonalds. In Tennessee where I live they are outside every Walgreens and inside every Walmart.

[skip2mylou]

if you guys really do this make sure to check the if the game got dirty or something!!!! because some people are gonna have greasy as fuck hands while inserting the disc

[jambabie69]

good point you made, i was wondering what happens if even now you rent a movie and say it doesn't work or something, i guess no refunds?

i rent games at 2 places now. i've only had problems with one though- i have gotten a few 360 games with a "white ring" around them usually i call it laser burn, but i call them, show them, and they replace the rental or whatever, how does redbox work around these kinda issues i wonder? (to avoid this from happening to you, lay console on it's side don't stand it up)

i guess if you get a bum disk you are just SOL i don't know. if someone knows i'd like a reply, cause personally i haven't ever used redbox.

[Lex_Yayo_407]

I think people are little more concern with the disc they rent through Redbox though.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

Scratches cant.. Make sure it isnt scratched to F@cK.

I never used red box, because I bet the crap would be scratched alot.

I always check the crap from BBV in the store right when they give it to me, alot of scratches on their games.

[astar123456789]

first it takes people 10 years to pick a movie, lets just hope its one then if its two add 20 years to the time now you want to put games, my god its going to take forever and you know there are going to have bad games in it because all the good one are out i stop even going because there is always a line i don't line in a small town, if this will work in an area they need to to put to boxes.. i hope netflix will rent games i would get to 2 movies out at a time and get one game.

[Yo Mama]

How is this news? The redbox's in my city have been renting PS3/PS2/360/wii games for over a year now.

[Forbidden_Darkness]

I dont know why its even called a red box at my Walmart because its actually blue?

[Forbidden_Darkness]

LOL... Why the desagrees? I'm just saying that because at my Walmart's RedBox is blue is all...

[dizzleK]

only $2 to play the newest, hottest games....yet people will still just pirate them because they're lazy, cheap f**ks.

[Willio]

Just gamestop rent them people... its FREE

[The_Zeitgeist]

That is such a rip off considering at Blockbuster you can rent a game for a month for only 11 bucks after restocking fee is added in. Just make sure to turn it in at like day 27 and you are golden.