Game.co.uk Rental Service

[Starman]

Just noticed that Game have started offering a rental service. (Seems you have to login to your account, and under Other Services select GAME Rentals.

Pricing is very similar to LoveFilm being £9.99 for 1 game at a time with unlimited rental over the month. £14.99 for 2.

Its a missed opportunity really IMO given for £14.99 at LoveFilm you get 2 games, and also DVD/BluRay rental. Now if Game was slightly cheaper I personally would of considered it. Also sadly you don't earn reward points for subscribing

oh btw 10 day free trial atm too - why not take advantage

 

[DaGaffer]

Looks like its in some kind of soft launch mode at the moment, given how hard it is to find. They've flirted with the idea of rentals for years (I was talking to Video Island about a partnership 5 years ago) but they always backed away from it because they were worried about new sales. As it is loads of people use the returns policy as a rental policy anyway, so maybe they've decided they may as well embrace it

 

[Starman]

Game's return policy sucks now anyway as its got to be sealed unlike the old days.

 

[Aada]

Game's return policy sucks now anyway as its got to be sealed unlike the old days.

Stops the jobless using it like a rental service after they have blazed their way through any game they get in a day or two.

I'm pretty good friends with the manager at my local GAME and he said it was the same people coming in week in week out abusing the service.

Another case of minority spoil it for the majority.

 

[Starman]

Yeah I know Aada, I worked at Game years back and I remember the same faces week in week out but yes you are right minority ruined it for the rest of us

 

[Aada]

Yeah I know Aada, I worked at Game years back and I remember the same faces week in week out but yes you are right minority ruined it for the rest of us

I have a guy on my friends list he's a nice chap but he was out of work for a while, anyway no kidding this guy used to go down every friday get the new games then take them all back my wednesday and get his money back ready for the new releases.

 

[tris-]

if youre allowed to then why not.

 

[~Latency~]

haha.. i was definatly one of those people who brought games back every week.. still do it with woolies- i have like 40 games on my achievement list that ive owned at some point, finished and returned the next day.. it's awesome.

 

[ST^]

You probably think jobseekers allowance is awesome.

 

[~Latency~]

wouldn't know as i've been in constant work since finishing education


long live 28 day returns policies

 

[Ch3tan]

You are a freeloading fuck latency.

 

[tris-]

hang on, whats wrong with returning things within the policy that the shop gives?

if its so bad then the shop wouldnt allow it would they?

 

[~Latency~]

Ch3tan the noble defender of woolworths

 

[nath]

hang on, whats wrong with returning things within the policy that the shop gives?

I've gotta say, that's a fairly childish attitude Tris. It's like one brother saying "don't touch me" and the other waving his hands infront of his facing repeating "I'm not touching you!". Just because it's not explicitly banned in the rules, there is such a think as taking the piss with a policy.

if its so bad then the shop wouldnt allow it would they?

Game's return policy sucks now anyway as its got to be sealed unlike the old days.

Clearly it was so bad, so the shop decided not to allow it. As has been said before, it's a case of a minority of fuckwits ruining it for decent human beings. The story of human existence tbh.

 

[Aada]

hang on, whats wrong with returning things within the policy that the shop gives?

if its so bad then the shop wouldnt allow it would they?

A minority of people abusing a good will policy has forced GAME to remove this good will policy do you see what has happened here?

THEY HAVE STOPPED DOING IT.

 

[tris-]

so unless you did it too then why are you moaning?

the only reason you should moan is if you did it but now you cant.

you can still take things back, if theyre sealed.

only reason they arnt sealed is if you played them.

so if you were taking back, it was after you played them then...

 

[nath]

The point is, they used to have a returns policy that meant that you could try a game and if you disliked it you could return it. Some people exploited this so that they could play a game all the way through until they were done with it and swap it out, thus treating it like a rental service. Something the policy was NOT developed for. As a result they stopped the policy due to abuse. People who were using it for legitimate reasons now can't, thanks to people who were abusing it. It's a fairly simple issue tris, are you being intentionally obtuse?

 

[Ch3tan]

Ch3tan the noble defender of woolworths

No latency, It's not about where I work. I thought people abusing GAME's policy were free loading fucks too.

If you want something, buy it.

If you want to try it, rent it.

 

[tris-]

The point is, they used to have a returns policy that meant that you could try a game and if you disliked it you could return it. Some people exploited this so that they could play a game all the way through until they were done with it and swap it out, thus treating it like a rental service. Something the policy was NOT developed for. As a result they stopped the policy due to abuse. People who were using it for legitimate reasons now can't, thanks to people who were abusing it. It's a fairly simple issue tris, are you being intentionally obtuse?

i cant see what difference there is.

you buy games, you dont like them (as in, you bought them to try it and disliked it as youve said above) so you returned them.

you buy games, complete them, and return them in the same timeframe as someone who bought it and disliked it.

to the store - what different does it make?

bob is buying 5 games a month, and he doesnt like any of them so he returns them.

latency is buying 5 games a month, completes them and returns them in the same time as bob.

if bob never really likes any games he buys, is he different to someone who completes and returns?

 

[nath]

In that situation as far as the shop was concerned there's no difference. However it seems pretty clear that the situation is as follows:

Guy goes to shop, buys a game, hates it, takes it back and replaces it with something he likes. End of story.

Hordes of people go to the shop, buy games, play them till they're bored of them, take it back then swap it for something else. Then swap that. Repeat ad nauseum.

If it had been hardly any people doing the latter, chances are they'd keep the policy. Clearly there were enough people abusing it to make it not worth it any more. The good will generated evidently wasn't worth the loss in sales from prats fucking about.

 

[ST^]

i cant see what difference there is.

you buy games, you dont like them (as in, you bought them to try it and disliked it as youve said above) so you returned them.

you buy games, complete them, and return them in the same timeframe as someone who bought it and disliked it.

to the store - what different does it make?

bob is buying 5 games a month, and he doesnt like any of them so he returns them.

latency is buying 5 games a month, completes them and returns them in the same time as bob.

if bob never really likes any games he buys, is he different to someone who completes and returns?

It isn't a bob vs latency situation, it's a latency vs dave situation with dave being the guy who buys games and doesn't return them if he liked it.

 

[tris-]

In that situation as far as the shop was concerned there's no difference. However it seems pretty clear that the situation is as follows:

Guy goes to shop, buys a game, hates it, takes it back and replaces it with something he likes. End of story.

Hordes of people go to the shop, buy games, play them till they're bored of them, take it back then swap it for something else. Then swap that. Repeat ad nauseum.

If it had been hardly any people doing the latter, chances are they'd keep the policy. Clearly there were enough people abusing it to make it not worth it any more. The good will generated evidently wasn't worth the loss in sales from prats fucking about.

theres no way to know for sure that was everyones motive though

i know personally there is very few games out there that i actually like for more than 20 minutes.
there is about 5-10 games in the last decade that i can say i liked enough to be worth money.

 

[nath]

Granted, but regardless of motive it seems as though people abused the system to the point at which it was no longer worthwhile offering it.

 

[~Latency~]

If you want something, buy it.

If you want to try it, rent it.

i'm pretty sure that everyone in this thread has, or does currently download games for pc- atleast i'm trying games in a perfectly _legitimate_ way.. can't say the same about you guys downloading games for free

noobs

 

[nath]

*sigh*. Ok, just to briefly entertain you're completely shit and pointless argument:

If I download a game to try before I buy, I'm not costing any company *anything*. If I pirate something, the only way it adversely affects anyone at all is if I *would* have bought it if it wasn't available to download. Something that basically never happens, I'm not a filthy pikey so I can afford to buy games I like. When you abuse Games old policy, you're actually fucking with their business.

 

[~Latency~]

*sigh*. Ok, just to briefly entertain you're completely shit and pointless argument:

If I download a game to try before I buy, I'm not costing any company *anything*. If I pirate something, the only way it adversely affects anyone at all is if I *would* have bought it if it wasn't available to download. Something that basically never happens, I'm not a filthy pikey so I can afford to buy games I like. When you abuse Games old policy, you're actually fucking with their business.

actually a large majority of people who download games (torrents most popular) they're also sharing it with other people thus distributing the game to other would-be buyers.. which will cause maximum loss to said pc games company..

also.. you can't just say 'they're not loosing any money as i wouldn't have bought it in the first place' .. if a games not good enough to buy, then don't fucking download it and finish it calling it mediocre- you still had a large team of people working on it for years whose jobs depend on it. if you were never gonna buy the game, you don't DESERVE to play it really do you..

i paid for the game, i just also took it back..

gg

 

[nath]

actually a large majority of people who download games (torrents most popular) they're also sharing it with other people thus distributing the game to other would-be buyers.. which will cause maximum loss to said pc games company..

also.. you can't just say 'they're not loosing any money as i wouldn't have bought it in the first place' .. if a games not good enough to buy, then don't fucking download it and finish it calling it mediocre- you still had a large team of people working on it for years whose jobs depend on it. if you were never gonna buy the game, you don't DESERVE to play it really do you..

i paid for the game, i just also took it back..

gg

You paid for the game then took it back, so how exactly does that make you any different from a pirate?

With respect to the torrent thing, I have never, nor will never use them so I'm not aiding anyone else pirate stuff. As for the "deserve" thing, what a massive crock of shit. Why the hell should I give a fuck about that, if I wasn't going to buy it (and I'm not talking about kidding myself, if I GENUINELY WASN'T going to buy it) then it makes no fucking difference whether I download it or not. I'm sorry but that attitude is just bullshit fake morality for morality's sake.

 

[ST^]

You can't bash pirates about hurting developers who worked on the game and also say it's fine to return stuff. Even if you trade it in, you're making a 2nd hand copy available. Whether someone pirates a game or buys a 2nd hand copy, the dev gets nothing at all from it.

 

[~Latency~]

Why the hell should I give a fuck about that, if I wasn't going to buy it (and I'm not talking about kidding myself, if I GENUINELY WASN'T going to buy it) then it makes no fucking difference whether I download it or not. I'm sorry but that attitude is just bullshit fake morality for morality's sake.

so my point being what the hell's the difference between you downloading every game you 'GENUINELY WASN'T going to buy' and me buying, finishing in a couple of days and returning without a single mark on the cd? it will go back out as new, the games i own (4 or 5) are all from woolies and only one has had a seal on it.. not that i care if it's good condition. don't fool yourself, you take the fucking piss downloading music, games and software.. but it's ok cuz it's on the internets


ST^ - you're wrong, the games i've returned have all gone back out again as new thus giving profeit to the companies- pirating countless pc games every week cuz you don't deem them worth paying for is completely different. and against the law.


get paid tommorrow gona go get like 3 games and take them back next weekend lolz

 

[nath]

ST^ - you're wrong, the games i've returned have all gone back out again as new thus giving profeit to the companies- pirating countless pc games every week cuz you don't deem them worth paying for is completely different. and against the law.

It's so clearly no different and it astounds me that you can't see it.

When you return a game that you've bought, the company is making no profit from you. When you pirate a game, the company is making no profit from you. Torrents may be a different matter, given that you're assisting others to pirate. That said, when you buy an item from a retailer with the intention of returning it, you're removing their ability to sell it while it's in your possession. Sorry, but there's *NO* fucking way what you do is any better than piracy. It amounts to exactly the same thing.