Video game renting from Netflix is dead

It seems like so long ago that Netflix was giving "Qwikster" the axe. The horribly misguided decision to split the DVD by mail service from the streaming business rubed no one the right way and was ultimately killed before it even launched.

One small good thing to come from the Qwikster debacle was that the Qwikster side of the company would soon offer video games by mail in a similar way that GameFly does today. A little over three months after the death of Qwikster, Netflix has chosen not to go forward with their video game plans.

GameFly owns the video games by mail space now and some competition would be a welcome thing. Netflix has many more distribution centers than GameFly which means it takes a few extra days to get games than it does to get a movie from Netflix. A new rival might have pushed GameFly to add new centers or reduce pricing but sadly Netflix is no longer a threat.

via: The Verge