I'm a big Gamefly fan. It will save you money in the long run because you won't waste money buying games that aren't good. I also buy a fair number of games from Gamefly because it is so convenient and their prices are good.

Awww, you made me think there was a new plan available but it is only for people who don't already use Gamefly.

Just a heads up for people who do use gamefly but don't know about it. Near the bottom of their main page you can buy a gift certificate which gives you a bigger discount the larger the purchase. 1 year comes out to $12.50 per month for one game or $18.33 per month for 2 games.

That saves you $41 a year or $56 a year depending on your plan. You will still get your discounts and $5 gift certificates as well.

The prepay option sounds interesting. I wonder how it would it though when I change my plan throughout the year. I switch plans depending on how many good games are out.

I wonder if this had anything to do with their starting price change. I still have yet to try blockbusters plan with games through the mail, my brother has been using it, i'll have to talk with him about it.

I am on a 2 game pre-paid plan right now. I have the option to upgrade to 3 or 4 games, but not to lower it to 1 game. The amount you save by buying 1 year with the discount might bring it close enough to what you are paying by switching back and forth, just depends on your usage.

Blockbuster is not a threat to Gamefly at the moment. Blockbuster has a delay of a few months before they are allowed to rent "new" games. For example, Dead Rising 2 was just shipped to me from Gamefly. Blockbuster will not have it in stock until January.

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That doesn't mean that gamefly doesn't see them as potentially dipping into their business, after all they do offer game rentals online now. And to get a new game on gamefly you have to go through loop holes of either emptying your Q, shipping a game back at Just the right time, and other such hassles, so I don't see a difference. I've had them SEVERAL different times now off/on, different addresses at 3 different parts of the country, and have never been able to get something newer than a couple months old. Maybe I'm the minority here.

Any mainstream competition can only be good for Gamefly customers, but while I've had some frustrations with them, and you're right that you sometimes have to engage in some serious queue-management-fu, I often do get brand new games shipped out to me. They mailed Dead Rising 2 to me yesterday, for example. Then again, though this probably isn't their fault, I STILL haven't gotten Sports Champions from them.

Getting new games from Gamefly does take some working (i.e. emptying you queue right before release date) but it does work 80% of the time for me. I have three new games on their way right now. It also helps to live close to one of their distribution centers (Los Angeles, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; Tampa, FL and Austin, TX). I'm about 6 hours away from one so I typically get my games within two days of them being shipped (not as good as Netflix but still decent).