Redbox is blowing up these days for DVD rental. It seems like the machines are everywhere and they always have lines at them. While I'm all for the newfangled digital rental of movies, I have to admit that Redbox is easier and cheaper.
I want the same for games, but not too many places have the game-focused kiosks available. There's some in Reno, Nevada and Wilmington, North Carolina, but now we can add Orlando, Florida to the list. An Orlando resident has noticed that Redbox has set up shop in his home town, offering game rentals at $2 a pop. He says that hey had Red Dead Redemption available for PS3 last week. Nice! They also had UFC Undisputed 2010, and I see Alan Wake in his picture.
Redbox expands game rental program to Orlando [Joystiq]
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2:20 PM on 05.27.2010 | 
but at least now there might be some competition for gamefly who REALLY needs to step up their shipping game.
so people who don't want all of those expensive subscription services are trash? I guess I'll get back to my trailer and pet pig then.
Also, when you can find iron man 2 on hulu, please let me know.
Or considering how fast I beat some games, that'd equal $8-$12 games. Now if only they could bring these to California.
I pay 15 a month for Netflix and watch 20 movies a month not including all the streaming tv I watch from it. That certainly beats out going to a Redbox. And Hulu is free.
Case in point: I spent a total of $6 to beat God of War III which was a great deal and cheaper than Blockbuster.
If you have better local options(like the guy who said he pays $4 for 5 days), you're lucky and not the norm. Or maybe I'm unlucky. My home town has no video game rental store as they all went out of business a year and a half ago. My college town has blockbusters still, and they overcharge.
I don't like subscription services, and I don't like Blockbuster's $8-9 rental.
I hope they expand this to moar places in Florida.
It does work out to about 2 bucks a night but what if you dont want to do it in week increments? Red box will be the better deal. As people said above, a lot of games can be blown out in a couple days.. and this would be great to pick up a specific game if you need it for a party or something.
Even for multiplayer... maybe you just wanna play for 1 night with a group of friends but they dont play often enough to buy the game.
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