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GamezNFlix.com

ThrustinJThrustinJ Registered User regular
edited February 2008 in Games and Technology
I just saw my RSS feed for the new PA comic. I checked the site out and it looks not half bad.

Basically, they've been around since 2004 (before?) and they're a Netflix for video games, HD DVD and Blu Ray. They even have GameCube and PS1 games.

Plans start (and stay) at $8.99 for 1 rental out. That beats Gamefly by almost half and is only $.50 more expensive than a Blockbuster rental (for next-gen games).

The site looks nice and clean. I think I would have done this a long time ago if I'd ever heard of them.

Anyone use them now? Have good/bad stories about them?

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  • ChewyWafflesChewyWaffles Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Without being too dramatic about it, please avoid them. Gamefly is much better, to be honest, and this seems to be the general consensus on other gaming sites I frequent. Too many complaints about bad service and long waits from Gameznflix.

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  • mntorankusumntorankusu I'm not sure how to use this thing.... Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    In my experience they are pretty okay if you don't mind getting your crap in a completely random order.

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I tried gameznflix after getting fed up with gamefly. They were ok for a while, and would often mistakenly think I'd returned something when in fact I hadn't.

    After a while they started taking forever to send anything, so I canceled.

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  • Retarded_TurkeyRetarded_Turkey Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Do any of these sites allow Canadians to join?

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  • SpikedFreakSpikedFreak Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Is Gameznflix.com the one with the horrible commercial with an older gentleman trying much too hard to be hip and cool? I'm surprised the company is still around.

    Searched youtube for it and I could only find newer ones. This link isn't the commercial that I'm referring too, but it's still horrible. No way in hell would I let this company have my CC number. It just seems shady. http://youtube.com/watch?v=83BV0bosq_8

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  • templewulftemplewulf The Team Chump USARegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I've heard they start out well enough, but after a month or two, they throttle down the speed of shipments. I'm still waiting for Netflix to get into the game business.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Yeah Netflix is frickin' awesome at shipping stuff in no time at all. I have Gamefly and it's really good. They're not as fast as Netflix, but it's good enough.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I met a guy from Gamefly in the airport a couple of weeks ago. He was traveling from LAX to Tampa, FL to open a new distribution center. He said they're opening several new ones and are busting their asses to get closer to the level of distribution that Netflix has, though they're a smaller operation.

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  • solsovlysolsovly Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Great experience the first 3 months. After, it was horrible. I'd have old old games in queue showing in stock and not being shipped for weeks. There was one month I had over 10 games in queue and non checked out (3 out at once)..... and not a single game shipped.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Retarded_Turkey wrote: »
    Do any of these sites allow Canadians to join?

    http://gameaccess.ca/

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  • EskimoDaveEskimoDave Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    Retarded_Turkey wrote: »
    Do any of these sites allow Canadians to join?

    http://gameaccess.ca/

    once I catch up on the games I currently own, I'll be trying these guys out.

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