Renting Online?

[fatheroftwo]

Hi. Found this site recently. Wondered if there were some adult-ish gamers here who could answer a question. I asked this on a gamers-only forum and got very juvenile responses. I asked this on a parent forum and got no response at all.

I'm thinking about signing up for www.gamefly.com for the summer to ensure we have an ample supply of games for the kids and their friends. We will have two consoles once I purchase a wii and while we keep gaming to a minimum during the school year, I plan to let them get their fill over the summer.

Any comment on gamefly.com? Looks like it could be a convenient and economical solution, but wanted to hear from other parents who may have tried them.

 

[robwright]

Gamefly was clunky in the early stages -- it took several days for games to go through the mail, and some discs were scratched and badly damaged. But it's gotten much better over time -- it's easier to get ahold of new releases, the game library is deeper, and most importantly the delivery/return service is much faster now.

Hope that helps.

 

[infornography42]

I haven't tried gamefly, but from what I understand it is a lot like Netflix which I have found to be an excellent service.

 

[fatheroftwo]

We use netflix and have been very happy with it as well. So I thought gamefly might be a good option since our video game consumption is set to increase dramatically this summer.

We have an xbox and I plan to buy a wii as well. The thought of buying three or four new wii games seemed a bit ludicrous when we could just rent them for a fraction of that.

I'll have to take your word RobWright about the "gotten much better over time." I don't know much about their past. I just recently found out a video game version of netflix existed.

Guess I'll sign up and tell you how it went. Gamefly does seem very family-oriented though (parental controls, ESRB's, Family games section) so I assume it'll work out.