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Redbox Kiosks are now offering game rentals for $2 a day at 150 locations in Nevada, North Carolina and Texas.
An analyst with a New York firm examined kiosks in Austin, Texas, finding on average 2.8 different titles on three different platforms. In other words, nine games. Also curious to the analyst was the fact only 28 percent of kiosks were renting Wii games, despite the fact that console is found in nearly 29 million American homes, the highest penetration of any. Inversely, PS3 titles were found in 39 percent of kiosks, despite having the lowest market penetration. Xbox 360 games accounted for the other third.
"We had hoped to see a larger selection initially when consumers are likely to form initial impressions of the service and determine whether or not they will return at a later date," the analyst wrote.
This is a simple test to see if Redbox users are interested in having other kinds of entertainment available besides DVDs and Blu-Ray discs. No doubt the company will find that, given the right games, videogame rentals can be quite lucrative. Just ask GameFly.Redbox Kiosks are now offering game rentals for $2 a day at 150 locations in Nevada,... more
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According to the videogame rental service, the USPS "adopted a practice of manually culling out the DVD mailers of two high-volume shippers of DVDs, Netflix and Blockbuster, for special processing." Gamefly alleges that it was denied similar preferential treatment when requested.
GameFly also asserts that in-transit breakages are still happening despite efforts on the company's part to use cardboard protectors and "tests with larger mailers." The breakage rate is at 1%, which doesn't sound very high but is apparently a big deal to the rental service. It's not just damage that's irked GameFly, however, as the complaint also focuses on outright theft by USPS employees. The USPS has already seen the arrest of 19 employees due to hands in the cookie jar.
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Death to the USPS. They suck balls!!!According to the videogame rental service, the USPS "adopted a practice of... more
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