Gamespot.com reported yesterday that the home video rental chain "Blockbuster" will soon offer a mail-in service for video game rentals.Similar, to both the GameFly and Netflix services, the new "Blockbuster" package will allow subscribers to rent DVDs, Blu-rays, and video games via a mail-in exchange program.
According to the report on Gamespot.com a representative from "Blockbuster" said subscribers will charge $4.99 per month for the service and will allow for free movie and discounted video game rentals when video games are returned to the store.
Subscribers will be able to select from titles from the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation 2, Playstation 2, and Xbox.It still is uncertain how many games can be exchanged in a month or how many can be held at one time.
Nevertheless, this continues to me a continued trend for alternative access to video games and its further integration with films as both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 services allow gamers to download movies directly to the consoles' hard drive.Now it looks like it may take a step further.
Videobusiness.com reported yesterday that Sony is looking into integrating Blu-ray discs that not only hold feature films, but video games based on the movie on the same disc.The Sony Playstation 3 is the only console with a Blu-ray based game format that can hold upward to 50 GB of data - a DVD can hold about 9 GB.
This would further integrate the convergence of media as many DVDs and Blu-ray discs are now sold with a digital copy of the film making them available to be stored and viewed on computers and other digital media devices such as iPods.
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Wow, I like the idea of integrating the Blu-ray movies with their respective games all in one package! That's just brilliant!
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