crunchgear.com - 5/28/2009
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Wow. That was fast. A few years after Gamefly basically sewed up the entire games-by-mail thing, Blockbuster is launching a game rental pilot program in the U.S. Where is the first place that gets these exciting 360, Wii, and PS3 games? Is it Austin? Dallas? Denver?
Nope. Cleveland. ...
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Blockbuster Shows Cleveland Some Love With Video Game Rental Service
The Gadgets Weblog —
... traditional "pay one amount" plan that will allow users to rent as many games as they want. If Cleveland takes advantage of the Blockbuster video game plan, then the rest of the US can expect to see the plan in their neck of the woods. I understand that Blockbuster is striving to stay current in the shadow of digital distribution and online rentals, but I don't know if they have what it takes to compete with Gamefly. Cleveland readers, let me know how it works out for you, OK? Via Crunch Gear
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