So is online game rental…

So I have been trying out some online rental services to try and save myself some money.

so the real question is

Will new rental services revolutionise the video game market?
Independent article

and to sum it up quickly all I can say is hope for the sake of all us that its not. but I have now tried out LOVEFiLM and Boomerang both had a similar outcome.

now you can Googling around and find out pretty quick that the best online rental service is currently Netflix

now unfortunately for us Netflix is no longer planning to expand to the UK, so no hope of any film or games there then.

LOVEFiLM

so what’s on offer then well the most popular DVD rental service currently is LOVEFiLM which you can quickly find out by once again Googling round that LOVEFiLM isn’t even half as good as Netflix

Netflix Yes LOVEFiLM NO

so not a good start for LOVEFiLM but they do offer game rentals and that are the most popular in the UK, it might not have anything on Netflix but its the best we’ve got right?

ok so I signed up for the 14 day trial thinking 14 days that should be enough time to try out some games if there claims were true I could have 2 games by tomorrow play them for a few days sent them back and get another 2 a few days later. So i had worked out i could probably get though 6 games in 2 weeks.

so I started off by picking a few games that the house hold wanted to play which consisted of the following

FIFA 2010 (oh joy!) – PS3
Need For Speed Shift – PS3
Call of Duty 4 – PS3
Call of Duty 5