GameFly, is the first and most well-known video game rental service on the Internet. GameFly has more than 6000 games on nine major gaming consoles including the largest selection on seventh generation consoles like Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3. They also rent PSP movies.
Individual games include descriptions, reviews, cheats, screenshots and videos. You can also purchase many games at a discounted price. GameFly offers a free trial membership, 2-4 day shipping times and parental controls for anxious parents. GameFly also offers a quick return option, enabling users to have their next game shipped before it is officially returned to the distribution center, allowing for quicker turnover times. You'll be hard-pressed to find a better online video game rental service.
GameFly features some of the most comprehensive game pages in the industry. Each GameFly description page includes, where available, a game summary, rating, user reviews, critic reviews, screenshots, videos, cheats, instructions, specs and additional game suggestions. The instructions and cheats are particularly helpful. GameFly will also display a game's rental availability and used purchase price.
GameFly doesn't charge late fees or impose due dates as long as your membership is active. You also won't pay shipping fees. As soon as you are finished with your video game, you seal it up in the prepaid envelope and drop it in the mailbox. You can cancel your membership at any time.
If you really like a game, you can choose to purchase it at GameFly's used price. GameFly also offers parental controls so parents can restrict their children's access to video games with suggestive or inappropriate content.
Parents (credit card holders) can block the rental of games based on ESRB rating. They can also block the rental of PSP movies based on MPAA rating. When the parental control feature is activated, the system blocks the addition of restricted games and movies to the account's Game Q andthe ability to read restricted game's user reviews. A password is required to change or alter the account settings and purchase games.
The GameFly Pre-Played Store is full of discounted games from all major platforms. All games are guaranteed to be scratch free and in perfect working condition. They are also mailed with the original case and manual. You don’t need to have a GameFly membership to purchase used games, but you will have to set up a partial account with a login and password.
If you have an account and like a rented game so much you would like to buy it, you can simply keep it. You just select the “Keep it” button located on your GameFly account management screen and your credit card is automatically charged from there.
GameFly also offers a few incentive programs including GameFly Rewards and referral rewards. With GameFly Rewards, the longer you are an active member, the more rewards you earn. You could earn up to 10% off used game purchases and 5 GameFly dollars for every three months you are a member. GameFly dollars can be used toward the purchase of used games. However, GameFly reward dollars will expire 90 days after being issued.
With the referral program, you can earn $20 for every friend you have sign up for a GameFly membership.
One of GameFly's most unique features is their partnership with Facebook and GamePie. GamePie is an application users can apply to their Facebook profiles that is designed to build a community of gamers by allowing users to review and rate games, share what you are playing now, what you’ve played in the past and create a wish list of games you’d like to play in the future. It’s a fun little app that gets you and your friends involved in gaming. However, since it is not a direct initiative of GameFly, there is no direct integration into your GameFly account. In the future, we'd like to see the ability to display your Q and recently purchased games to your friends.
GameFly has more than 6000 video game titles for all major consoles like Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube. They also have one of the largest selections of games for the newest platforms including PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. There seems to be a fair selection of titles across the board. Each platform includes numerous pages of games and every search category includes multiple game options.
GameFly also carries selections for all major hand held systems like Nintendo DS, GameBoy Advanced and PlayStation PSP. GameFly also sells and rents PSP movies.
GameFly allows you to find the right video games easily. You select your platform from a tool bar at the top of the page. From there, you can narrow or organize your search by genre, popularity, release date, community rating or a game's online capabilities. You can also search by specific titles using the search bar always located in the upper right corner of your screen.
GameFly has four distribution centers located in each corner of the U.S. Locations include Los Angeles, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; Tampa, FL and Austin, TX. You can expect to receive your games about two to four days after placing them in your Q.
One of our favorite features is that GameFly has teamed up with the U.S. Postal service to make delivery and turnover easier than any other service. As soon as your game's barcode is scanned by the USPS, GameFly sends out the next game in your Q before your old game has officially reached their warehouse.
