Who subscribed to Game Pass...from Block Buster?
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I did in the UK and also lovefilm which amazon bought and changed to amazon prime video. Was a good set up for me as I could pay a fee and rent games which were sent to my my house. Lovefilm in particular was better here for me though as they had a pretty big amount of vita games which was cool. It sucks that blockbuster went down and then amazon stopped doing game rentals not too long after.
There's another place in the UK called boomerang rentals I used to use but a few years ago (after I had cancelled my account with them 2 years prior) they got hacked and a bunch of people got their bank details stolen. The only time in my life I've had fraudulent charges on one of my accounts was due to that. The worst part being they never admitted it was them and to this day I don't think they have either. But they took their site down for a good week or so for "security purposes" which is a weird amount of time to go down if you don't think you've been hacked. All I remember was a bunch of customers all complaining and they were the common link between everyone. Haven't game rented since.
There's another place in the UK called boomerang rentals I used to use but a few years ago (after I had cancelled my account with them 2 years prior) they got hacked and a bunch of people got their bank details stolen. The only time in my life I've had fraudulent charges on one of my accounts was due to that. The worst part being they never admitted it was them and to this day I don't think they have either. But they took their site down for a good week or so for "security purposes" which is a weird amount of time to go down if you don't think you've been hacked. All I remember was a bunch of customers all complaining and they were the common link between everyone. Haven't game rented since.
Ha, I rented the Virtual Boy from them not long after it came out..I got that Wario game and Teleroboxer (I think it was) and in about 15 minutes of playtime I knew how big of a flop that thing was gonna be.No I just stuck to renting consoles.
I never did the gaming one, but summers in college we'd do the movie one where you could do a movie a day for a flat fee got a month or two and catch up on movies.
I think it refers to a wife that is being ignored by their husband because he spends all his time watching football. I don't know if I've ever actually heard someone say that but I feel like it's one of those old-fashioned terms that isn't used anymore.
Sega Channel was the original Gamepass for me.
Look, they even had Sonic Mania back then in the 90s
Gametap was the original Game Pass.
Honestly. I don't understand why video game rentals pretty much died out. Well, I actually do understand - I suppose video games weren't as profitable as movies due to their higher price and things like huge day 1 patches make renting a game less appealing too - but still, the value you would get out of renting a game over a weekend was incredible and there's really nothing comparable today. Rentals were pretty much the only reason I was able to play loads of new games as a kid and teenager. It was great.
Stuff like Game Pass is definitely more convenient in certain ways, especially for someone who can't spend an entire weekend playing video games anymore, but it doesn't offer the luxure of being able to play pretty much every new game shortly after release.
Stuff like Game Pass is definitely more convenient in certain ways, especially for someone who can't spend an entire weekend playing video games anymore, but it doesn't offer the luxure of being able to play pretty much every new game shortly after release.
UM EASILY,
The huge advantage it had over gamefly too was instantly drive to the store and swap the game out. No BS waiting or sometimes gamefly wouldn't even ship a game for weeks due to volume. At least i could go into blockbuster and choose SOMETHING to play for the time being while waiting for other games to be returned.
The huge advantage it had over gamefly too was instantly drive to the store and swap the game out. No BS waiting or sometimes gamefly wouldn't even ship a game for weeks due to volume. At least i could go into blockbuster and choose SOMETHING to play for the time being while waiting for other games to be returned.
Companies were notoriously against rental companies, but they were great while they lasted. Honestly, they were going out the door as soon as I was hitting adulthood, so I never truly got to enjoy them. Still, got to play more games than I would've as a kid thanks to Blockbuster.
No I just stuck to renting consoles.
Pfff, my local Microplay rented the Virtual Boy and the entire library for 3 days for $7.
The Blockbuster was 30 minutes away and didn't have the newest games in stock, so it was Gamefly for me since there were more USPS processing plants pre 2009. Then Redbox started to rent out games, saved me $50 due to a three day marathoning Bioshock: Infinity on PS3.
Both siding a Labor Uprising story?! I wanted to decimate Colombia white supremists fools. Comstock didn't even had a boss fight and there were no battles to obtain powers. I really need to try the DLC since I somehow have Bioshock: The Collection sonewhere.
Most of Era's probably too young for that one.
No I just stuck to renting consoles.
I rented Virtual Boy from my local BB along with Red Alarm and I think on other game. First Nintendo system I didn't buy.
I also did the Game Pass thing at Blockbuster. Our local one used to always get the latest releases, so it was great.
Incredible times. I lived very close to a Blockbuster, so I was always there. I had the Movie Pass as well. Weekends, I'd walk out of BB with a movie, a game, and the pièce de résistance:
I miss those days, going to Blockbuster with your girlfriend and finding some hidden gem on the shelves was fun times. You left the house for a bit, spent time browsing, bought popcorn and other candy. I loved it and miss it. Maybe I should consider moving near that last Blockbuster in Oregon or wherever it is lol. And I did have the game pass, that was a fantastic deal.
Incredible times. I lived very close to a Blockbuster, so I was always there. I had the Movie Pass as well. Weekends, I'd walk out of BB with a movie, a game, and the pièce de résistance:
JFC my mouth is getting sour right now just looking at that. c':
I used to get that or the sour punch strings
and a rental game every other weekend c':
I remember that when I rented a game from BB it was like $7 for a week for 1 game, with late fees.
Which in comparison to Game Pass sounds like robbery.
My grandfather would sign up for this every summer, that way when he would go and get a movie I could get a game easily. I think my fondest memory was Jedi Outcast.
Damn never heard about it, I would've saved a lot of rentals and probably would've had to do a lot less convincing of parents to let me rent a game instead of a movie.
Still use them to this day, between that, plus collection and Plus I have no need to ever buy a game unless I already know I want to keep it forever, awesome combination.
I did this. My biggest problem was trying to find the game I wanted. Those were always rented out.
I did. Many trips to the local Blockbuster. It was about 15 minutes by bike.
But by the time the game pass came along, I was driving already.
But by the time the game pass came along, I was driving already.
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Microsoft can thank BlockBuster for sacrificing themselves to give us Xbox gamepass. What martyrs.