The service is currently being tested out in Cleveland, OH only. Recent years have not been kind to Blockbuster. Competition from Netflix , Redbox, and video on demand, as well as the industry's move from rental-priced VHS tapes to retail-priced DVDs, has the once-king of rental chains virtually hemorrhaging money.
Blockbuster's losses last year were in the hundreds of millions, and they've closed over stores across America in an effort to stay afloat. Can Blockbuster tear gamers away from GameFly?
My Mom who managed a video store had to change policies as well. After that she bought some labels from a company with short instructions and stuck them on the inside of the rental cases. Good enough in most cases. We didn't even have a local Blockbuster until We did, however, have two local rental places, both of which had a great selection of NES games, right up to present though one of the places folded when Blockbuster's move in plans were revealed.
I don't think they rented games out prior to that. I would buy their "old" titles when shelf space was an issue for them. I have Super Spy Hunter with the Blockbuster tag still affixed.
I dont remember blockbuster, i was more of a hollywood video guy Got it in you? Originally Posted by digitalpress.
Originally Posted by EnemyZero. The mom and pop stores have had game rentals here since the days. However, disappointment aside, it was still my favorite place in the world. Being a child in the early s, I had extremely limited access to the internet. I had no way to find out whether or not a game existed until it appeared in front of me on a shelf at Blockbuster. There was a special kind of beauty in this. There was no waiting, no media cycles, and no expectations.
Blockbuster was a tangible place where these games lived; it was a portal to any world I wanted to visit filled with vividly colored boxes and new adventures waiting to be embarked on.
It was a birthplace of excitement; a jumping-off point for new experiences and sensations. For better or for worse, the brick and mortar cornerstones of Blockbuster fostered an impromptu cultural hub; an environment where any new experience was welcome to anyone with a few dollars. Looking back, it becomes clear that Blockbuster served as a cultural institution for average, working-class families. It allowed people to engage with media in a budget-conscious way within the confines of their own neighborhoods.
While lacking the quiet holiness of a public library, Blockbuster brought people together into a cultural melting pot.
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