 jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA | Still the Only Option... Blockbuster is still the only place near me that offers a monthly subscription for both games and Blu-ray movies. I can go pick out a game or movie in 5 minutes, and they have everything available, since it seems that nobody else is using the service.
It's very convenient for me, as I have a Blockbuster that is on the way between work and home, and it happens to be situated in a strip mall that I frequently visit for groceries and many other items. Gamefly doesn't work with my spontaneity. I can actually go rent Bioshock 2 for either the Xbox 360 or my PS3 right now, but with Gamefly, they'd be shipping me Gallop Racer because it's the 27th item on my list that happens to be available. I'll see it in a couple of days, unless it's Friday, than it won't be in my mailbox until Monday. I tried a 3-game plan with Gamefly in an effort to reduce the chances that I would be without any game for any period of time, and to make it easier to demo some games that I wasn't sure about, but it still sucked. It's just not for me.
Until streaming came along, Netflix was similar to Gamefly. Even with streaming movies, it's still not Blu-ray, and they are not the newest released movies that I can get at Blockbuster. Streaming Netflix has a purpose for me, but it doesn't replace what I get from Blockbuster, which is recently released movies on Blu-ray that I can go and get on a whim without having to plan ahead or wait for delivery.
I'm certain it will go away, and I'm going to miss Blockbuster, at least until Redbox finally releases a monthly subscription (still testing?) and a video game kiosk comes to my area. |
