Online Video Game Rental

What to look for when picking an online video game rental site:

• Do you usually play one game at a time, or do you want to rent several simultaneously?
• Make sure the online game rental company offers the shipping cost as part of your subscription fee; this way you will not incur any surprise charges
• Does the site offer games for your platform of choice? While nearly everyone has games for the Xbox and Playstation2, some sites do not carry games for the portable game systems or for the original Playstation.
• Compare prices and free offers. While the prices are all in a similar range, there are differences and over the course of a year these small amounts can add up. If you plan to quit after your free trial, make sure you do it within their defined time period.

There are several sites that offer online video game rental. We have assembled a quick comparison guide to help you choose the best place to rent your games:

GameFly

GameFly offers more than 2500 game titles for rent on PS2, Xbox, Game Cube, GBA, DS and even on PSP (Playstation Portable) games. Gamefly has plans that allow you to have one, two or three games out at a time; the two game plan is around $22 per month. GameFly offers a ten day trial period and has used games for sale.

Gamerang

Gamerang has a subscription plan that allows players to rent up to 4 games at a time. The two game option runs about $20 per month. Gamerang has over 2500 games for Xbox, PS2, PS, PSP, GameCube, Nintendo DS and GameBoy Advance. A ten day free trial period lets you try Gamerang without risk.

GameznFlix

Want to go to one place to rent all of your video games and movies online? You might want to check out GameznFlix. For a fee of around $17 per month, you can have up to three games and/or movies at any one time. Return the ones you have, and ask for more. Need more diversity than that? They also have plans that let you take up to 8 items at a time. GameznFlix offers Playstation2, Xbox, Game Cube and Playstation games and will even special order games for these platforms. GameznFlix offers a fourteen day trial period.

Gplay

Gplay is one of the largest providers of video game rentals. You can pick a single game from their selection of over 44,700 titles for the XBOX360, Sony Playstation 2, Sony PSP, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS for a monthly subscription fee of about $8.99 per month. As of June 2005, they are running a special that includes a free one year subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly with subscription sign up. Gplay's free trial is also for a ten day period. Recently opening two new warehouses, they have the largest distribution network of any of the competitors.