BT Games - Rental System!

[W0lver1n3]

BT games rental

I just cancelled my games rental service with BT games. I was with them for 1 and 1/2 yrs and spent R3600 on game rental (R200 per month option) but noticed i was not playing all the games i took and ended up buying the games i liked anyways. For those who have a lot of time to play games and kill off (complete) 2/3 games per month, its way worht it. If u like collecting games, and play and complete games less regular than that, then buying games is a better options especially when game sales come along.

I was priviledged to get 3 games at a time for R200 but cancelling for me made sense! I now have R2400 per year extra to spend on games . Need to hand in my games by end of August as this is my last month - am enjoyin wolverine (360), street fighter 4 (360) and sonic riders gravity (wii).

All in all, its a cool service and its nice to look forward to a cool game that became available and also to bring back a game that just didnt work for u.

 

[cougar_clg]

I just cancelled my games rental service with BT games. I was with them for 1 and 1/2 yrs and spent R3600 on game rental (R200 per month option) but noticed i was not playing all the games i took and ended up buying the games i liked anyways. For those who have a lot of time to play games and kill off (complete) 2/3 games per month, its way worht it. If u like collecting games, and play and complete games less regular than that, then buying games is a better options especially when game sales come along.

I was priviledged to get 3 games at a time for R200 but cancelling for me made sense! I now have R2400 per year extra to spend on games . Need to hand in my games by end of August as this is my last month - am enjoyin wolverine (360), street fighter 4 (360) and sonic riders gravity (wii).

All in all, its a cool service and its nice to look forward to a cool game that became available and also to bring back a game that just didnt work for u.

thanx W0lver1n3, i was on the fence bout the whole rental thing, cuz i dont game 4/5 hours a day , only on weekends, and maybe 1 or 2 evenings in the week. so it makes sense buying the games. i still havent finished Fallout or Mass Effect...so if i have 2 or 3 extra games in a month in my house, i would go crazy.

 

[Piesang]

Do they still do this? I tried to register but I can't seem to get the registration finished.

 

[diabolus]

Do they still do this? I tried to register but I can't seem to get the registration finished.

Yea, they do, their website is totally screwed though..or their system. I suggest go into the store you're planning to rent from and sort it out there.

I'm on the R99 option and so far i'm quite happy, i've played about 3-4 games a month. Some were crap, some were great...but that's cool thing about rentals, no risk, if you don't like it, you take it right back and get something else. I've played games i would never have considered for purchase, and enjoyed them and likewise games that are AAA titles 90% reviews which i hated..

Currently i'm more onto the PC games again, so i'm probably playing 1 game a month tops...but if you consider a new game costs R699 , that is 7 months rental sub right there.

I've also actually had almost no problem getting the games i wanted, but don't bother with the online wishlist, it is broken to hell, go into the store and tell them to reserve it there. And they do actually get a game from another store if need be.

thanx W0lver1n3, i was on the fence bout the whole rental thing, cuz i dont game 4/5 hours a day , only on weekends, and maybe 1 or 2 evenings in the week. so it makes sense buying the games. i still havent finished Fallout or Mass Effect...so if i have 2 or 3 extra games in a month in my house, i would go crazy.

Well, you must consider wolverine was on the R200 option, which is not the option you need if you're gaming casually. R99 a month = R1200 a year. That is TWO / THREE games a -year- tops which you can buy.
Now for R99 you can rent 3-4 games a MONTH , if you're casual, you can rent 1 game a month and R99 is -still- worth it imho. I mean where can you BUY a game for R99 every month?

Also keep in mind, this covers Xbox 360 , PS3 , Wii , PSP , DS-Lite ....consoles, same account.

And remember, console games cost R699 ....R2400 = 3-4 games max ....that's not alot for a year of "savings" . Obviously if you ARE only going to buy 3 games a year, great, but then run into the issue of buying the wrong games and then there's no turning back

 

[Piesang]

Yea, they do, their website is totally screwed though..or their system. I suggest go into the store you're planning to rent from and sort it out there.

I'm on the R99 option and so far i'm quite happy, i've played about 3-4 games a month. Some were crap, some were great...but that's cool thing about rentals, no risk, if you don't like it, you take it right back and get something else.

Currently i'm more onto the PC games again, so i'm probably playing 1 game a month tops...but if you consider a new game costs R699 , that is 7 months rental sub right there.

I've also actually had almost no problem getting the games i wanted, but don't bother with the online wishlist, it is broken to hell, go into the store and tell them to reserve it there. And they do actually get a game from another store if need be.

I couldn't register or create a wishlist with Firefox but Google Chrome worked perfectly. Created a wishlist, and registered about 10minutes ago.

 

[FarligOpptreden]

I just cancelled my games rental service with BT games. I was with them for 1 and 1/2 yrs and spent R3600 on game rental (R200 per month option) but noticed i was not playing all the games i took and ended up buying the games i liked anyways. For those who have a lot of time to play games and kill off (complete) 2/3 games per month, its way worht it. If u like collecting games, and play and complete games less regular than that, then buying games is a better options especially when game sales come along.

I was priviledged to get 3 games at a time for R200 but cancelling for me made sense! I now have R2400 per year extra to spend on games . Need to hand in my games by end of August as this is my last month - am enjoyin wolverine (360), street fighter 4 (360) and sonic riders gravity (wii).

All in all, its a cool service and its nice to look forward to a cool game that became available and also to bring back a game that just didnt work for u.

Be sure to read my rant about canceling the rental contract.