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Blockbuster To The Rescue!

Have you ever had the problem of wanting to play a video game so much but didn’t have the money to buy it? This is especially true for PlayStation 3 games. Trust me, I have had to shift my budget a lot just to accommodate all the games that I wanted to play. I remember wishing that I had a place to rent games instead.

And I think that the Universe heard my plea!!! I just read from CNET that Blockbuster is now going to include video games in their list of rental materials!!! Josh Lowenson writes:

Coming soon to subscribers of Blockbuster Video’s Total Access service are video game rentals. On Wednesday the company announced it would be adding gaming titles alongside movies to its movies-by-mail monthly service as part of a pilot program.

This program will start in the second quarter of this year, and will only be open to a limited number of subscribers. The company hopes to have it available for everyone else by the “second half of the year.”

Worth noting is that Blockbuster is making a notable distinction between the value of films and video games in its brick-and-mortar stores. Subscribers of the Total Access service currently get a handful of free in-store movie rentals each month, whereas for game rentals the company will simply be offering them at half price. Such movie and video game rentals are subject to due dates and late fees however.

It does suck a bit that they would not be offering FREE video game rentals as they have been doing for their movie titles. Still, I think that having Blockbuster as an option for video games is such a great deal that I can’t sit still right now. I can’t wait for the “second half” of the year!