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Gamefly Queue Question?
Sharp10r
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So, the last three games sent to me by GameFly have been pretty low on my Queue and the ones above it have been (mostly except for Pikmin 2) high availability. What gives? Is this what I can expect from Gamefly? None of these games, by the way, are new, the newest being Mario Galaxy (passed over with Zak and Wiki and others fro the Simpsons game!)
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It also seems likely to me that they'd process the whole day's shipments at once, and try to figure out how to maximize the number of games sent. So maybe they get a copy of Pikmin 2 back, and it's at the top of your queue, but it's also at the top of someone else's. If the other guy didn't have anything else in his queue, they'd probably send it to him and just send you something else.
Anyway, if you keep getting games you kind-of-but-don't-really want to play, just don't put them in your queue. This is what I do, and I can't say I've been disappointed with the service. (If your queue only has stuff you really want to play, then you'll be happy no matter what they send you.)
If you're looking and your Queue, and the only title that says "Available Now" is number 28, then expect to get number 28 next.
If you absolutely positively have to play a specific game, my advice is to take all the games off your Queue except that one. It will take longer to get a game, but it will definitely be the one you want.
It used to wait a day or so to see if the highest items in your queue would become available, assuming availability wasn't too low. Now it appears to start from the top, work its way down, and send the very first thing currently in-stock at the exact time of your "turn".
I'm pretty sure "availability" is not a measure of their stock on-hand, but copies expected back soon (from post-office scans of stuff headed back to them). Also be aware that regardless of your own queue, there must also be an unseen queue of people waiting on each title. In this queue, you may not be the first in line for a copy, you could be the 2nd, or the 5th, or the 138th.
That said, I've not had your situation occur during any of my membership, and I keep queue of at least 20 or so titles. At worst I got the 2nd or 3rd title as it was "available now" and the others weren't (and were popular games).
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I'm pretty sure they still wait a day. My last return was received on Saturday. Normally, if my first choice is available, its shipped out the same day, but my #1 choice wasn't available, so my 2nd choice was shipped today.
I've since canceled because overseas shipping takes too long, but when I was a subscriber this was exactly what I did. I may have played fewer games this way, but I always got the one that I wanted next.
I'm sending assasin's creed to my cousin so he can try it out but once I get it back I can sell it for 40ish bucks. From what I understand that's a higher priced game. If I buy 1 used game a month and they're cheaper on the majority I'll only see a $10 loss at max problably.
At least this is what I think it looks like now. Can anyone vouce for GF? I think it might be easier, but cost me more since there are certain games that I will want to own long term.