GameStop is Launching Play Pass: A New Game Rental Program

<p>In a move surprising to some&comma; GameStop is set to announce a new way to rent games from them&semi; Play Pass&period; Play Pass costs &dollar;60 for a 6 month period&comma; and during that period you can have access to any of their used titles&comma; from new blockbusters to more classic titles&period; At the end of said 6 month period&comma; you get to keep the last game that you rented&comma; which means a guaranteed game on top of however many were rented in that time frame&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;130996" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-130996" style&equals;"width&colon; 768px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-130996" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;28094912&sol;gYUcRW7-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"768" height&equals;"1024" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-130996" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The leaked GameStop ad&comma; found via NeoGAF<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Here is how the program will work&period; First&comma; the fine print states that you must be a PowerUp Rewards member&period; Then&comma; the signup period starts on November 18&comma; and goes until January 31&comma; 2018 if you want to participate in the program&period; Then&comma; you will be able to go to any GameStop to get any used game to take home and play on your systems&period; After you beat the game&comma; or want to try something else&comma; you head on over to your nearest GameStop again&comma; to swap it for another game&period; You can do this as many times as you want during the 6 month period&period; When the 6 month period is up then whichever game you had last&comma; you get to keep&period; This seems like a pretty good deal for those that have GameStops near them and like to play a variety of games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As more and more brick and mortar stores seem to be struggling to stay relevant and stay in business&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s interesting that GameStop is resorting to a rental program to retain customers&period; Stores probably have a good amount of stock in regards to used titles however&comma; so if there is a way to make some extra money off of these titles then why not&quest; It&&num;8217&semi;s worth noting that GameFly and other rental services have been around for a while&comma; but charge about &dollar;20 a month&period; While you have to physically go to a store for your rental&comma; if you have one close to you it easily could be worth paying &dollar;10 a month over GameFly&period; Also&comma; so far it seems that this is a US only deal&comma; and it will be interesting to see if they roll it out to their other stores elsewhere&comma; like EB Games in Canada&period; Is this a service you would use&quest; What do you think about GameStop moving into game rental territory&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;resetera&period;com&sol;threads&sol;gamestop-play-pass-60-for-6-months-of-rentals-and-keep-a-game-at-the-end&period;1770&sol;">ResetEra<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;