Comments on: Redbox Looking to Rent Video Games

By: Is Blockbuster taking on Redbox?

Is Blockbuster taking on Redbox? — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:21:05 +0000

[...] are also rumors that Redbox is going to get into the video game market, and I think that would be fantastic. Redbox and Netflix would probably do really well and [...]

By: Bob The Builder

Bob The Builder — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:00:33 +0000

I got it. $2 for the first day, normal redbox price for every day after that. That way people just trying it would pay a little more and you would get more value if you rent it for longer.

Win win win.

By: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:10:19 +0000

HOLD ON!

You are willing to rent a movie for $1 which gives you at best 2.5 hours of entertainment if you watch all the dvd extras and the chances are you never would buy it anyway but you are complaining about paying $2 dollars to test drive a new game for up to 24 hours and that may be the key decision for spending $50-60 dollars to own it?

Come on people. THINK!

Redbox is offering you options. They are your friends. They are also the friends of the game makers who believe they have the best game and want people to try it.

This is about getting the best product in your hands at the lowest cost.

That is capitalism at its best, my friends.

Let’s try to think positive.

$2 is less than a large cup of coffee at Starbucks!

$2 is less than that last beer at the bar which you shouldn’t have drank!

Ok, now that we are sober, let’s thank Redbox for offering us these options.

By: buck wherry

buck wherry — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:26:59 +0000

well games would be nice but2$ a day no and not to cut movie space how about a add on to the kosh

By: Video Games

Video Games — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:14:03 +0000

I agree at the above person he is very right about games.
wow great stuff dude.a++ to this work.great man.

By: wayne383

wayne383 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:22:42 +0000

yes as long as it didnt take up movie space in the machine.

By: mouthsmasher

mouthsmasher — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:39:30 +0000

I think the idea of renting out video games is a great idea, from which I could benefit a lot. When I first read the headline my initial thought was that this would be a great way to test out a game to see if i want to buy it. I’m extremely timid to purchase a brand new game without having tried it first. $60 is a lot to throw down on chance that you’ll like it. If I could rent a game for $2 for just one day, it would give me enough time to see if it was worth the purchase.

I also tend to agree with some of the others who suggest that $2 is a little much. For the “try before you buy” crowd I think it’s alright, but with the amount of time it can take to get through a whole video game, It’s not worth renting for that purpose.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:35:43 +0000

I think they should do it it sounds like a good idea to me. I would never buy another game… Would it be like the movies after 20 days the game is yours to keep???

By: DJAikou

DJAikou — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:17:51 +0000

I’d love to rent games from redbox, but with games you need more than 1 day to play it. (unless you don’t have a job) In this case I think $2 a day is a little overboard. With the $1.50 suggestion; It would even it out with other rental services, but if they do $1 like they do with movies, they would again rake in the sales! One more thing, Why do they give away so many free rental codes? I think they’d make more money if they’d cut down on that.

By: 1st timer

1st timer — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:10:14 +0000

I think $2/day is cheap considering that if I buy a video game for $50 and I don’t like it, I’ve wasted $50. I could easily judge to see if I like a game within 24 hours and then confidently buy it. It’d be great if Rebox could apply a portion the rental fee towards to purchase. Then I’d be willing to keep it longer.

I think this is a great market to tap and would be a great move for Redbox since game stores are not as ubiquitous as video stores are (or were) and the lifespan of a game is much shorter than that of a movie so you customers will clamor for the latest game more so than the latest movie. I’d never play a game that was 5 years old, but I’d be willing to watch a 5 year old movie that I missed.