Redbox Game Rentals Go Nationwide in June

Good news! (cigarette juice)

2 bucks a night is legit. Way better than required-subscription or like 7 bucks for a couple days or w/e. Might find a list of 6-8 hour fun games and keep an eye out.

Interesting... might be worth it if there's a decent seleciton.

Hope some come to me with games soon. No redboxes with games within 50 miles of my house.

Finally!

There's already a bunch near me.

great for checkin out games n not wasting money. but from what i seen they need a better selection.

Meh. That's even more expensive than the rental outlets in my town.

Well, the only ones by my house are ones at Wal-Mart, and I hate going to Wal-Mart.

Meh, I take to long to beat games for this to be worth it. But for a quick demo for a game I'm on the fence about, this is nice.

Conduit 2 - now there's a game I'd want to rent from this.

this has been in my area since it was first announced, and the selection is just not that great. there's nothing i want to rent available near me

I saw one in LA that had some games (not very many) but our local one here in Indiana doesn't have games yet. I'll have to check out what they have for Wii this June!

$2 a night is kinda high...in 20 days I would have paid for the game already.

Too expensive!

ive been renting games from redbox and there very few games and most of them suck. i cant find many decent games in my are an we have 20 redboxes!!!!!!!!!!

Here's to hoping that with the buying power of 21,000 locations (I don't know how that compares to Walmart or Target but 21,000 seems like a big number to me) they can get some better games. I never go to mine b/c it's across a 6 lane major road but I might for a good game. $2 a night would be expensive for a lot of games, but pick up Sat. morning drop off Sunday night (I'll admit I have NO IDEA how they judge time) would be good for GOW3 or Uncharted 2 or any other 8-10 hour game. It's a good "demo" rental price. I'ld rather pay $2 than take 4 hours to DL a PS+ 1 hr. trial. Also great for a Wii party night if they have Wii party games. Or an afterschool "playdate".
Redbox is to Netflix what Redbox is to Gamefly, an add-on, not a replacement.

Hope mine has Sonic.

Woohoo!

Perhaps, but my library is pretty awesome about having good games or being able to get games at neighboring libraries across the southern suburbs of Chicago, so perhaps not.

Meh, I'll stick to Blue Boxes.

I haven't really utilized this yet, but if the selection is good then it'll be great for me. Most games I play very rarely, maybe once every few months. I find my shelf stacked with $40 games I've played only once or twice. And Gamefly is overpriced and unreliable. But Des is right, Redbox's selection is usually less than optimal, though maybe that will change.

Two dollars a night? When I last rented games at Blockbuster, they were about eight dollars for five days. Two dollars X five days = 10 dollars.

No thanks. Will do Blockbuster until Red Box is cheaper.

@Limelight I went to check and they actually have a deal where you can get unlimited game rentals for $22/month, which is about $0.73 a night! They've also included games in their rent-by-mail program... which means Netflix might start... which means, I'll wait til Netflix does it!

Still, I don't think I'd rent games every night for five days, or every night for a month. It would probably average out to $2 for one game with Redbox or $22 for two games with Blockbuster, at least given my gaming habits.

Finally, I can start renting games again! Haven't rented a single game since a relative got me the PS3 for Christmas '09 at a Blockbuster and I got a few weeks of free PS3/Blu-ray rentals. Blockbuster is too steep for me. Last I knew it was 6 or 7 Gil after tax to rent a game. Already do all my movie renting at Redbox. Now, I'll do games too and, to me, Blockbuster may as well cease to exist (which I imagine they will soon). If Blockbuster thinks people can afford their prices in this economy, with EVERYTHING going up and wages stagnate, they deserve to go under.

Great news. Their selection might be better now since before was pretty much a test. Redbox is all over the US so this should be good for most people. Might not be the best for people who want to rent games for long periods or rent tons of games but is great for those that just want to try out an occasional game and don't want to spend much money.

how long would it take to beat sonic colors? that game seems like its worth redboxing.

That's an interesting concept to say the least. So it's basicaly just like a coke machine?

i dont like renting but sounds like good idea for some people

@Rensch You pick what you want from a touch screen, swipe your credit card, and it charges your card for every 24 hour period until you return it to that or another Redbox kiosk.

Sorry, but $2 a day is a ridiculous price to ask for a video game rental.

2 bucks? For one night?

not worth it.

This sounds like a good way to test out a game that you're thinking about spending $30-50 on. Since the Wii doesn't have free demos (besides a few Wiiware games), this is basically a $2 demo. I'm okay with that.

To those of you who say $2 is too much - is there somewhere that does a cheaper single night rental? So far, I've seen people say $8 for 5 days or $22 for a month at Blockbuster. Those are good deals, but sometimes it's better to just have a single night at the lowest possible price. You know, just to check out a game or have some fun when friends are coming over.

When I was a kid, nobody offered 5-day or 30-day rentals. There were 1-day and 2-day rentals, and they were roughly this price.

My only complaint - there is one of these by me, and it gets a long line when things are busy. The line makes it difficult to get into the grocery store. People are tapping the screen, browsing the selection, and thinking about what they want to rent. Meanwhile, people are waiting, and I'm just trying to get into the store with my shopping cart.

I have a RedBox at the 7-11 right next door to me. I can't wait to see what games they have

Redbox has been renting out here for a while. anyway $2 a night is pricey.

Sounds like a great deal if you rent a single-player game with a rather short campaign. You could beat it over a weekend or even in a day if you have the time, for just around $2-$4. For people complaining about the price, it's better to pay that for a game you know you can beat in a few days, then what Blockbuster charges (I think its around $10) and sure you get it a week, but many games you are already done with by then. I think GameFly is still your best bet if you play enough games, it's pricey but you can play A LOT over the course of a month.

It's not that bad. Since other places charge $3.99 a night, this is pretty damn good.

I actually think RedBox and Netflix could have a possible merge or they are the same company. They have the same logo, too.

i'm surprised so many people think 2 bucks a night is too expensive....I personally think 99 cents a night (given that's what movies cost) would be severely undervaluing the games in question. Games retail, new, for 60 bucks. Movies are what...20 in DVD form now? By that logic, they should be priced at a 3:1 ratio, not a 2:1 ratio.

Regardless I dunno if I'll actually make use of game rentals, as I'm mostly a buy person. If I did though, it'd be utilizing a service like this. Rent in the morning, play all day, take it back earlier than I got it the following morning. Not a bad way to spend a day off of work.

Blockbuster has a much wider variety. But to be honest I would rather just download a demo, although I fully support blockbuster.

@41 The problem is that you can watch a movie in one day, but you can't beat most video games in one day (although you do have over 24 hours, until 9 PM the next night no matter what time you rent it).

However, it's more convenient and still cheaper if you can beat in in 3 days, than renting from Blockbuster. Also, although my library now offers the equivalent of free rentals, it takes forever to get to the top of the reserve list. When it has a game I'm interested in renting, I'll be making some good use out of this service this summer. First up for me: "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" for Wii.

$2 is to pricey??? Do you people work? So far the slection around my area has been lousy, but I will keep checking if only for a good laugh. Speaking of a good laugh - $2/night is to much, now that is a good laugh!

I've seen the cases and I'm pretty sure you could fit handheld games like DS and PSP in there easily. HINT HINT

You know what's easy to lose? DS and PSP games. You know what's hard to put a Bar-code on? DS and PSP games. I'm just saying.

Wit the way I treat rentals, which is to choose what I want to buy, $2 a night is a steal. I'll only play it for a day or two, then return it. If I like it, I'll buy it. Either way, it's a lot cheaper than risking $50 on a game I might not like.

Then keep the game in the case or in the unit when you're not using it. Handheld rentals aren't for everyone.
You may have a point about the barcode though.

in my opinion, it could go either way