Earlier this week I decided to rent some wii games since I felt like getting some games
to rip for my cfg loader.
My first stop was this local store called West Express Videos & Games since that is where
I used to go back in the day to rent my gamecube games. Surprisingly the store looked
greatly different from what it was before. The most major change was the store actually
shrunk (probably to pay less rent) and the layout was obviously changed. After walking
around for a couple of times not being able to find the videogame section I asked the
cashier and he responded by saying they did not carry and games.
It was much of a letdown to see the video rental place I was loyal to is no longer what it
used to be.
The next closest place to rent games was Blockbuster which was the only other
brick & mortar store to rent games from. Now this was the first time I have stepped into
this store in many years so the first thing to notice was the poor selection with only half
a side shelf of wii games. Still there were some titles that I wanted to rent but what
stopped me from doing so are the high prices of $8 for 5 days.
Another store worth mentioning is Hollywood Video which I also rented from there before
and the store closed a month or two ago. At first I thought only the store here closed but
I did a little research and the whole chain went down taking gamecrazy along with it.
So in the end I am considering subscribing to gamefly since they also have the possibility
of also having gamecube games and in the long run cheaper than renting from blockbuster.