Just to let you know...

That box that is outside my local McDonalds? No thanks.

Lol! The one where you can get DVD's, Blurays, (and now games) for $1 a night :) (Technically I think Blurays are $2 ;)

Redbox (in the US) is a vending machine that you can rent movies out of for 1 dollar per day.

It's Renting games now? that's weird... I don't know why but it is.

Redbox has been renting games for months. The one in the supermarket across the border from me has had them for a while now. Mostly PS3, 360 and Wii stuff.

Oh.. in the US. Thx for explanation.

This would be awesome if my 360 hadn't completely melted down. Or the DVD drive had worked for the last year.

I suppose I could go rent MINUTE TO WIN IT on the Wii.

This was more awesome before Gamefly built a warehouse in Seattle, previously it had taken nearly a week each way for me to get my games, now if I go back I'll have to wait only a couple days between games.

I kind of liked the service, but the closest distribution facility being clear across the country was a real deal breaker.

yeah the redboxes in my area have had videogames since like november

Renting from them seems dumb, especially for VG collectors like here. I usually if renting from them rent one day to test console games...if I like them I wait until the machine sells them for cheap and buy them outright from the machine. I also check the sales each month sometimes and buy what's good and cheap.

why is renting from them dumb? It saves people money

I meant renting the same game over and over again if you like it and spending more then you would buying it from them or buying it elsewhere used.

There is similar in Australia, but it cost 6AUD a night... and only DVD's

I dunno. To me, there aren't that many console games you couldn't clear (or atleast feel satisfied with) after a few days.

When I had Gamefly, I cleared Mass Effect 1 in less then a week. So you'd still be looking at less money then with purchasing the game.