I'm a big fan of Netflix, but I'm not really all that into renting games, for various reasons. However, in the coming weeks a lot of games are coming out that I will probably want, but can't really justify buying all of, so it seems a good idea to weed out the best by renting some.
My question is this: I'm sure a number of the people here are members on Gamefly--what do you think of their service? The options for signing up are a 10 day trial for free, or the first month of one game at a time unlimited rentals is $9, or $13 for two games at a time unlimited rentals. It seems likely that if I do it, I'll sign up for two games at a time, but then cancel the membership after the month of cheap subscription runs out. The thing is, I'll have a lot of games to plow through in that one month, and they don't have a shipping facility near me (they have two on the East Coast and one on the West; I live in St. Louis). So, anything anyone has to say about shipping time, quality of games (are disc-based games scratched really bad?), stock of games (i.e. do you usually get the game that is at the top of your queue, or do you get stuck with lesser-wanted backups?), frustration in losing saves on cart-based games when returning them (which didn't used to be an issue in the SNES days, of course, but now I think we're all spoiled on memory cards and hard drives... ), or really anything else at all would be appreciated.
And for good measure, even though it isn't entirely relevant, here's a list off the top of my head of games that I would like to rent from them in this month:
Out now:
Bully (Wii or 360, but preferably Wii)
Opoona
Patapon
Coming soon:
Arcana Hearts (PS2)
Persona 3: Fes (PS2)
Rondo of Swords (DS)
The World Ends With You (DS)
You know, I'm pretty sure there's more, but at this late hour, I can't remember them. I'm pretty sure that they all come out in the next week or two, though.