Lovefilm no longer offering game rentals
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I suppose with games the other factor is that people tend to rent them far longer than they do a film. Which in turn means there is less in the rental pool to be sent out, which is likely why people aren't seeing the games they want.
With LoveFilm a couple of years back, they gave me an extra rental, so I got Assassins Creed 2. I ended up having the game for about 6 months. I also rented some Wii and Nintendo DS games which I took with me when I went to France for 4 months.
Perhaps with games, services needed to introduce a time limit on them, which obviously moves back to the old high-street rental model.
I suppose there may be some truth in games going missing more. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that LoveFilm has a kind of three strike rule on discs reported missing before they cancel your account. I for example have been with them 6 years and in that time, only one disc has gone missing in the post. So if somebody signs up, rents games and they all seem to disappear, it makes sense to cancel their account, but probably difficult to prove its stolen and charge them.
I think though that there is also a lot more to it, in particular what Publishers want in fees for being allowed to rent their games. Its quite well known how displeased they are with the preowned market and likely rentals aren't much different. If they are asking a high price, it doesn't work so well for the business when they are trying to keep their rental fees low, yet people will have the games for a long period of time. They don't really want to buy more of them when really they need to be turning the discs around quickly.
With LoveFilm a couple of years back, they gave me an extra rental, so I got Assassins Creed 2. I ended up having the game for about 6 months. I also rented some Wii and Nintendo DS games which I took with me when I went to France for 4 months.
Perhaps with games, services needed to introduce a time limit on them, which obviously moves back to the old high-street rental model.
I suppose there may be some truth in games going missing more. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that LoveFilm has a kind of three strike rule on discs reported missing before they cancel your account. I for example have been with them 6 years and in that time, only one disc has gone missing in the post. So if somebody signs up, rents games and they all seem to disappear, it makes sense to cancel their account, but probably difficult to prove its stolen and charge them.
I think though that there is also a lot more to it, in particular what Publishers want in fees for being allowed to rent their games. Its quite well known how displeased they are with the preowned market and likely rentals aren't much different. If they are asking a high price, it doesn't work so well for the business when they are trying to keep their rental fees low, yet people will have the games for a long period of time. They don't really want to buy more of them when really they need to be turning the discs around quickly.
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Cancelled my love film as soon as it ended and they put the prices up. I think there is a big hole in the market now for a good games rental place just hope one does happen at some point
See, every one is criticising Boomerang, but once again, they've given me a turnaround of less than a few hours from an email saying they've received a game, to an email saying they're shipping one out. Granted my list is 60 games long and I have it set to pick from everything but still, it's far better than I ever got from lovefilm.
I've never thought about renting games before like this and wish I had seen boomerang a year ago. Bit late now with Xbox one coming out soon. Do you guys think we will be able to rent games on Xbox one? Or is that out of the question with how they intended on going digital ect?
60 Games!
lol I only ever had one/two whilst with lovefilm I always got what I wanted.
Heh, there's a lot of games I started but never finished, and other I have always wanted to play. I've no real objection to what I play (so far i've had War in the North, Madden 07 and currently Infinite Undiscovery)
I suppose you have to be realistic in your expectations too. If all you have are high popularity new release titles on your list, or pre-orders, you aren't going to get what you want every time.
I've been with Boomerang for a month or so and they've been pretty good for me. Always a one day turnaround.
I've been with Boomerang for a month or so and they've been pretty good for me. Always a one day turnaround.
I always got the new releases with lovefilm whenever I wanted to rent them often on the day of release or the day after. I've been spoilt by Lovefilm over the years.
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I rent from blockbuster for games and they come next day , playing blacklist on 360 at the moment, depending on how long you have been with them they are more loyal to there older customers , ive been with them for a year and get my top discs every time.
So no incentive for new members to join then as they will get treated like second class citizens?
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I did cancel my subscription because it getting stupid 3 films in the last few weeks I had to send back because they were scratched so I just gave up