Game mail online rental

First Netflix enraged customers by separating its streaming and DVD mail services, resulting in subscriber price increases of up to 60 per cent. Then it decided to put a Band-Aid on the problem by having Reed Hastings, CEO and founder, apologize and offer up the seeming non-solution of simply rebranding its mail service subscribers get the same service for the same increased price in the same red envelope, but with a new "Qwikster" logo on the front.

Clearly, consumers—and investors, who have seen the company's share price dive by nearly 50 per cent since July—aren't happy. But the news hasn't been all bad, especially for gamers. Buried deep in Mr. Hastings' lengthy weekend blog post was a quick mention that his company will finally begin serving its mail service customers with video game rentals. Game rentals by mail have proven popular in the U. GameFly , which offers thousands of games for all the latest home console and handheld systems, is a household brand for American gamers.

Smaller services such as Plurent have managed to thrive as well. Are these companies concerned that a new player as massive as Netflix — I mean Qwikster boy, that's going to be hard to change — might cut out a big slice of their pie? Expand Menu. January 3, by admin Blog 0. You may also like Lottery of Florida. The Advantages of Online Games. Game rental by mail may be your answer if you're paying too much for video games these days. For a monthly fee you can rent games and have them mailed to your door.

Game Rentals by Mail offers an online subscription service for mail-in video game rentals. With a monthly fee, you create a game list from over 5, titles and the company automatically ships titles at a time, depends on the membership plan you choose during sign up. The service is similar to that of Netflix, once subscribed you browse through the huge library of games and choose the titles you want.

The system stores the games you choose in your Game Q. Once you have picked all the games you are interested in, go to the Game Q and put the titles in order in which you want to receive them. Once the system is set, the company will automatically ship the first title or titles to your address.