About GameFly
GameFly was founded in 2002 by Sean Spector and Jung Suh. Like many gamers out there, they were frustrated with the lack of rental places for video games. With so many games in the market to try, it was becoming a problem to just buy the games. When they both realized that they could rent game titles on their own, they tied up with another founding member, Toby Lenk to form GameFly. GameFly later on also acquired the video game and news site Shacknews and downloading site, FileShack which will give them a wider audience to reach out to.
2 Games Out 10-day free trial
If you are not sure about how game rental service works, you could check out GameFly's free 10-day trial which comes with 2 free games rental. After that, if you feel satisfied with their services, you can fully subscribe and start enjoying their services
Membership Cost
If you decide to stay on after your trial period, GameFly currently offers 4 plans with unlimited video game rentals.
- $15.95 a month, 1 game out at a time.
- $22.95 a month, 2 games out at a time.
- $29.95 a month, 3 games out at a time. (Requires you to have an active account in good standing for at least 60 days)
- $36.95 a month, 4 games out at a time. (Requires you to have an active account in good standing for at least 60 days)
Cancel Anytime
There is no long term commitment for joing GameFly. You can easily cancel your GameFly membership online or by phone, and there is no cancellation or reactivation fees. If you cancel the rental service, your account login and GameQ will be saved for one year so if you want to join back in the future, you can easily do do.
Game Rentals Delivered to Your Door
The awesome part of becoming a GameFly member is that you can rent game titles that you may have passed on in favor of another, and play it until you are tired of it because GameFly does not charge late fees. In fact, as long as your account is active, you can play the game for as long as you like and mail it back in the prepaid envelope provided once you are done with it.
Video Game Selection, Console Support and Parental Control
GameFly have over 7,000 titles available for renting, and GameFly supports major game consoles like PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, Nintendo Wii, and GameCube. You can even rent game titles for handheld devices like Nintendo DS and Playstation PSP.
GameFly offers members the ability to set parental controls for their games, so parents can exert control over their children's gaming habits and what type of gaming information they are exposed to.
Video Game Information
GameFly has all the information you'll ever need about a game. GameFly has partnered with GameSpot, GameSpy, and IGN to bring you cheats and codes, reviews, videos, screen shots, walkthroughs, and recommendations. They also have ratings and User Reviews from their members, and gameplay controls for every title.
Pre-Paid Postage and Shipping
GameFly will send out an email when a game ships and when they receive a game back from you. All the shipping and handling are already pre-paid by GameFly, so you only have to worry which game you want to play and put them in the GameQ. Once you are finished playing the game, you can simply use the prepaid postage envelope to send the game back. Since GameFly partners with U.S. Postal Service, once U.S. Postal Service receives your mail, GameFly will get notified and start mailing you the next available game in the GameQ without waiting for the game returned to the warehouse.
Keep
Members and Non-members can buy games from GameFly at low Pre-Played prices. Members receive free shipping and handling on all purchased games, and non-members have to pay $2.95 for the shipping and handling fee. After you rent the game, and you actually like to own it, you can use the "Keep it" feature on a rented game. GameFly will send you the original game box and manuals with no additional charge. If a game does not have an option for purchase, you can set up a "Buy Alert" to be notified by email or text message when it becomes available for purchase.
Four Major Shipping Centers
GameFly currently has four distribution warehouses: Los Angeles, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, Tampa, FL, and Austin, TX. GameFly has said that even more shipping centers are on the way! If you are living far away from the distribution warehouses, it may take 2-3 days for the game to arrive at the door.
GameFly Rewards and GameFly Tune
GameFly believes that when you play more, you should get more. The longer you're a GameFly member, the more Rewards you'll receive for great discounts on game purchases. Currently, There are three reward levels:
- Level 1 - After three months as a member gives you five GameFly dollars every three months
- Level 2 - After six months as a member you get 5% of all game purchases from the site as well as five GameFly dollars every three months
- Level 3 - After twelve months as a member you get 10% off all game purchases from the site and five GameFly dollars every three months
These GameFly dollars can only be used toward purchasing pre-played games, keeping games you have rented, or buying games at the GameFly store.
GameFly now offers members five free MP3 tracks for download every month as an added bonus, and Non-members and GameFly visitors can also download one free featured track every month. Each song are accompanied by artist biographies, and links to artist information.
Summary
What makes GameFly a unique experience is that it gives you the freedom to have fun in gaming. You don't have to worry about buying the latest game in the market only to regret it because you didn't like it. GameFly's game rental service is the answer to your problem.
Also, GameFly is friendly to both parents and children. No more do parents have to dread their children asking for the latest game only to have those games discarded. With GameFly's game rental service, parents can control their children's use of games and children can browse the thousands of games to their heart's content. Having this kind of service is bound to be a miracle for everyone.
