Netflix Adding Video Game Rental Service

http://www.psuni.com/netflix-dvd-service-now-called-qwikster-will-offer-video-game-rentals-11139/

They spelled "quickster" with a w. How cute.

Is this a bad thing..?

Teckno wrote:

Is this a bad thing..?

Only time will tell. It's annoying that Netflix is breaking itself up into two services, because that means you'll need two accounts and will be billed twice on your credit card every month. As for the video games, I don't see anything wrong with that. I hope the selection is good.

I thought this was announced a while ago?

TRF wrote:

Teckno wrote:

Is this a bad thing..?

Only time will tell. It's annoying that Netflix is breaking itself up into two services, because that means you'll need two accounts and will be billed twice on your credit card every month. As for the video games, I don't see anything wrong with that. I hope the selection is good.

Maybe this will give you an excuse to actually use your consoles for..you know...playing games?

Old_Spice_Guy wrote:

TRF wrote:

Teckno wrote:

Is this a bad thing..?

Only time will tell. It's annoying that Netflix is breaking itself up into two services, because that means you'll need two accounts and will be billed twice on your credit card every month. As for the video games, I don't see anything wrong with that. I hope the selection is good.

Maybe this will give you an excuse to actually use your consoles for..you know...playing games?

My Blu-Ray player can play games?

TRF wrote:

Old_Spice_Guy wrote:

TRF wrote:

Teckno wrote:

Is this a bad thing..?

Only time will tell. It's annoying that Netflix is breaking itself up into two services, because that means you'll need two accounts and will be billed twice on your credit card every month. As for the video games, I don't see anything wrong with that. I hope the selection is good.

Maybe this will give you an excuse to actually use your consoles for..you know...playing games?

My Blu-Ray player can play games?

Yea who would have guessed.

Old_Spice_Guy wrote:

Yea who would have guessed.

Well this is news to me. Hell, I use it to grill chicken and burgers, but I never knew it could play video games. Technology these days . . .

Fuck you Netflix!

Quote :

GameFly has responded to Netflix's plans to carry video games.

"GameFly has expanded steadily over the past nine years by focusing exclusively on video gamers," the company said in a statement when asked about Qwikster. "We are the only retailer offering games physically and digitally for both rental and purchase."

GameFly purchased digital retailer Direct2Drive earlier this year, expanding their library to offer digital downloads in addition to games by mail.

"GameFly is the leading video game rental service, and we have continued to grow even as Blockbuster and Redbox increased their investment in console games."

Meanwhile, Blockbuster has launched a Gears of War 3 promotion that will run until October 7. Anyone who purchases the game in-store at Blockbuster will receive free unlimited in-store rentals of games and movies for a month.

"We want to get back on gamers' radars with a promo that packs a punch," said Randall Baker, Blockbuster's Senior Buyer of Video Games. "Gears of War 3 is certainly one of the biggest games of the year, but players may want to take a breather from fighting alongside Delta Squad every now and then. We're giving them nearly unlimited entertainment options for those spare minutes."

Thanks, Joystiq.

TRF wrote:

Old_Spice_Guy wrote:

Yea who would have guessed.

Well this is news to me. Hell, I use it to grill chicken and burgers, but I never knew it could play video games. Technology these days . . .

Yea I know right? Fucking tech doing what they were intended to be used for, what a joke. Next thing you know they'll start making calculators that do math!!

This will flop. Netflix should have stayed a movie company.

Old_Spice_Guy wrote:

TRF wrote:

Old_Spice_Guy wrote:

Yea who would have guessed.

Well this is news to me. Hell, I use it to grill chicken and burgers, but I never knew it could play video games. Technology these days . . .

Yea I know right? Fucking tech doing what they were intended to be used for, what a joke. Next thing you know they'll start making calculators that do math!!

Well I don't know if I need it to do math. Right now it's perfect for hiding my phone while I'm texting in class.