Video Game Rental Services - What's in it for You?

Video game rental services are convenient—just pick and rent games from your home computer and the video game rental service will mail them to you ASAP.

Online video game rental services are less expensive than buying video games new and cheaper and more convenient than neighborhood game rentals because there are no return dates and no late fees. And most video game companies pay postage both ways so you don't even have to buy stamps.

Also, video game rental websites usually offer thousands of games for all the popular gaming systems, including XBox from MicroSoft, PlayStation's PS2 and PS3, Nintendo's GameCube, GameBoy Advance and Wii.

Instead of paying a new fee for each game rental, you should be able to customize your rental plan to match your gaming habits. Your video game rental plan cost should be based how many games you want to rent at a time, not how many games you turn over in a month. Rent anywhere from two games to twenty in a month, all for a fixed, low monthly fee.

In this site, you'll find articles about video game rental services and full reviews to help you choose the right game rental plan. At TopTenREVIEWS, we do the research so you don't have to.™

What to Look for in a Video Game Rental Service

You need an online video game rental service with exceptional service online and off. TopTenREVIEWS used these criteria to judge video game rental services:

• Feature Set – Video game rental services should offer free, two–way shipping for video games, should never charge late fees and should offer a trial membership for free. Video game rental services should also rank games for maturity and age appropriateness, make game previews and customer reviews easy to find and should allow you to cancel membership any time.
• Game Selection – A video game rental service should offer a wide variety of game genres for all ages and tastes. These games should work on all the popular gaming systems.
• Search Capabilities – We look for video game rental services that make searching for games simple; you should be able to search by game system type, popularity, name and audience–appropriate rank.
• Game Arrival Time – Video game rental services should have several strategies in place to shorten shipping times. Shipping waits longer than three days aren't acceptable.
• Available Plans – Video game rental services should offer a variety of membership plans to meet the diverse needs of members. There should be plans to fit the light gamer, the weeknight gamer or to fit an entire family of gamers.

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