Rick Aristotle Munarriz writes,
"Well played, Blockbuster.
The DVD retailer will begin offering video game rentals by mail this year. It will launch a pilot program with select Total Access subscribers during the second quarter, with plans to roll it out nationally later this year.
I've been bellyaching over Netflix's refusal to throw its hat into the GameFly ring for years.
No one needs to tell me that renting video games is an iffy business. Games cost way more than DVDs. They also age quicker. A company can rent a copy of The Godfather on DVD for as long as the platform is relevant. You can't squeeze more than a few months of use out of a sports franchise title with annual installments."
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Hmmmm. The rumors of a Sony/Blockbuster deal to stream movies on the PS3 makes this veeery interesting.
Stream movies + rent Blu Ray + rent video games = a great deal.
If Blockbuster doesn't go under first.
yea it is good to hear they are going to support games by mail but umm it still blockbuster and blockbuster is like the gamestop of the movie world. blockbuster= epic fail.
if this is true this will be awsome i always said netflix would be the greatest service if they did video games as well!
So hard is it for them to wait and see what Blockbuster does and i-up them?
It could just be easier to combine them now, but there's sure to be additional rental fees.