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GameFly opens first 'G-Box' game rental kiosk

by Xav de Matos on Mar 5th 2009 7:50PM

GameFly has expanded its reach to rental kiosks, the first having been spotted on campus at Texas Tech University. The Daily Toreader, reports the 'G-Box' kiosk allows gamers access to hundreds of Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii titles for a daily rental fee.

Rentals range from $2.49 (Xbox 360/PS3) to $1.99 (Wii), appealing to those looking to try a new title for a short period of time and are without access to a local rental store. However, extended rentals from the kiosk may put a strain on students' wallets in comparison to GameFly's own monthly rates.

GameFly plans to launch the 'G-Box' throughout the United States, allowing consumers to rent using a credit card.

Recently, rental giant Blockbuster has extended its Total Access service to video games. With GameFly now tapping the physical market, it seems the battle for rental superiority is going to get ugly.

[Via 1UP]

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Tags: gamefly, rentals, snailmail, texas-tech

Reader Comments (38)

That's pretty damn awesome.

And within three weeks we will see the first attempt at theft of one these devices.

do you really give it three weeks? im pretty sure someone is trying it as we type.

its located within the barnes and noble within the student union- which is locked up at closing.

Thus the qualifier "attempt", D. Also, humor is apparently lost on you.

What the fuck, texas only?

Grrrr... You texans better make use of this so it becomes popular and those of us in PA get one. ~_~

Lubbock is hardly Texas, unless you're one of those damned Red Raiders.

Lubbock is hardly TX... Must be from Austin, eh?

and of couse, Canada will never get it :'(

course*

I don't see a beaver pelt slot for Canadan transactions.
To bad.
Maybe they'll put in a back-bacon return for the ever so popular Canadain bacon curacy.

Per the source article - "It will cost $1.99 for Wii games and $2.49 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games, Spector said. The G-Box also will offer a rent-to-buy option."

The rent-to-buy option sounds just right for the poor college kid who loses the game under his futon. G-BOX EATS YOUR CREDIT NOM NOM NOM

i once lost one a movie from one of the boxes at price chopper, and they charged me for days till it was 20 bucks or something. stupid pile of clothes in the back of my car.

this sounds similar to the RedBox kiosk's. with those you just swipe your card to rent the movie ($1/day) and then they just charge you another $1 each day you don't return it before 9PM. then once it gets to $25, the movie is yours to keep. great for making sure those late fees don't get too unwieldy. i've even seen a RedBox with a buy option on there where the movies are like $7 and it's yours.

I go to Tech, @ the blockbusters here suck hard so gamefly is a good option, but 2.50 a day, dunno about that

Blockbusters suck in general, they never have any fucking games.

what is the late fee charge?

i think it automagically withdrawals the listed price everyday from your credit card until you either reach the buying price or return it.

2.5 a day

honestly I am waiting for netflix to either acquire gamefly or offer there own vidgame service that would be sick. is it just me or does nebody else think of this scenario?

Creators of netflix are sorta friends with gamefly people. They said if it will happen, it wont be for another 5+ years. Netflix advertises for gamefly.

Bring those over to Florida!

They already are in Florida. What school do you go to? because they are already at Florida International University (FIU). I've only spotted one on campus. to be more precise, the book store. pretty neat tbh

Companies start competing, consumers start winning.

I hope you can return games through this machine, FastReturn is nice but still isn't great.

Please come to Canada. We get deprived of EVERYTHING...

Canada has a similar service called Game Access (snailmail rentals). Not as good but check it out.

Maybe they'll have more than two copies of every game! I use Gamefly but sometimes I wonder why because they NEVER EVER have anything in stock.

hell, it seems to work great for those movie ones that i see at every price chopper, why not for video games. cant wait to see one out in the wild.

What is a price chopper?

i think he's talking about Wal-Mart and the like.

and im not so sure about how efficient it will be for games honestly. when i rent a movie for a $1, i know im going to watch it that night or the next so it can be returned after one sitting. games take much longer to complete so that $2.50 is going to add up fast. i mean if i take a week to beat a game, i might as well have just gone to Blockbuster.

only way i could see it really coming in handy are if you just want to test a game out for a night to see if you like it (if it doesn't have a demo i guess), or if you know you are going to be entertaining guest and need a party game quick. other than that, i dont know if this will stick.

If these are anything like Redbox's around here that rents dvd's there will never be anything in stock worth renting. I always check the website if there is anything worth renting before heading out to one of the nearest Redboxes.

If it is like a RedBox you may be able to reserve a title too - which would be sweet.

RedBox always has a very decent selection of new release movies. but at a $1 (or free with the text message code), there aren't many i haven't already rented now. if there is something i know im going to want, i just reserve it online before i make the trip, im guessing there is a strong chance this would work the same way.

but with games taking much longer to finish than movies, i think they are more prone to out of stocks. which is why im not completely sold on this idea like i am with RedBox already.

Interesting idea. I just wish they would focus on upping their stock so that they can actually send me a game or two from my queue. I shouldn't still be waiting for a chance to play NBA Live '09 (for the Xbox 360), but I am. Great service Gamefly.

gamefly wins...blockbuster is seeking advice for refinancing...just a step above bankruptcy

I have game fly, it sucks, i always get like my 5th choice. Hollywood Video has game pass for 20 bucks a month, and u can usually get what you want from the one here in this small town. No blockbuster around, and 2.50 a day is WAY too much, who wants to rent a game for 1 day.... usually at least a week, and that's almost 20 bucks.

Good thing they didn't call it the G-Spot.

Are you kidding? That would have been awesome.

''Yeah, I'm going out to rent some games at a G-Spot.''

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