http://pulse2.com/2009/02/11/blockbuster-to-add-video-games-to-mail-service-your-move-netflix/ Fri, 25 May 2012 12:58:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://pulse2.com/2009/02/11/blockbuster-to-add-video-games-to-mail-service-your-move-netflix/#comment-31209 Michael Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:08:43 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=10457#comment-31209 With the reported additional $5 charge for Games by Mail, I can't see how Blockbuster can do as well as Gamefly, even considering the slow turn-around and lost titles experienced at Gamefly. Granted, the industry does need some good competition, but don't see Blockbuster as the answer. One question to ponder now is, how will the closing of some 960 Blockbuster stores effect the Blockbuster model? With the reported additional $5 charge for Games by Mail, I can't see how Blockbuster can do as well as Gamefly, even considering the slow turn-around and lost titles experienced at Gamefly. Granted, the industry does need some good competition, but don't see Blockbuster as the answer. One question to ponder now is, how will the closing of some 960 Blockbuster stores effect the Blockbuster model?

]]> http://pulse2.com/2009/02/11/blockbuster-to-add-video-games-to-mail-service-your-move-netflix/#comment-29684 Michael Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:08:43 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=10457#comment-29684 With the reported additional $5 charge for Games by Mail, I can't see how Blockbuster can do as well as Gamefly, even considering the slow turn-around and lost titles experienced at Gamefly. Granted, the industry does need some good competition, but don't see Blockbuster as the answer. One question to ponder now is, how will the closing of some 960 Blockbuster stores effect the Blockbuster model? With the reported additional $5 charge for Games by Mail, I can't see how Blockbuster can do as well as Gamefly, even considering the slow turn-around and lost titles experienced at Gamefly. Granted, the industry does need some good competition, but don't see Blockbuster as the answer. One question to ponder now is, how will the closing of some 960 Blockbuster stores effect the Blockbuster model?

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