Wow What a Difference...Blockbuster Video

Blockbuster used to be where you got hot games from 3 months ago.  But now that nobody seems to step into Blockbuster anymore, you can actually rent new games pretty soon after their release.  It's really a shame they put all the local video stores out of business, though, because that was the best place to rent a game.  At a dollar a day, five dollars a week, you could afford to beat Final Fantasy II.  I miss that.
 
I also miss that damn Blockbuster add campaign.  That's pretty effective that I still have the damn "What a difference" song from Blockbuster stuck in my head.

Blockbuster used to be where you got hot games from 3 months ago.  But now that nobody seems to step into Blockbuster anymore, you can actually rent new games pretty soon after their release.  It's really a shame they put all the local video stores out of business, though, because that was the best place to rent a game.  At a dollar a day, five dollars a week, you could afford to beat Final Fantasy II.  I miss that.
 
I also miss that damn Blockbuster add campaign.  That's pretty effective that I still have the damn "What a difference" song from Blockbuster stuck in my head.

Yeah, I used to go into a local blockbuster that was almost deserted by the public. It was great because I bought tons of used games for under 10$ and most of the time it was buy 1 get 1. Sadly they closed and I have to go to gamestop with everyone else :(

Last time I walked into Blockbuster was one of the saddest experiences of my adult life. Beat up TVs with blown speakers showing some dumb kids movie, stains all over the carpet, the whole store smelled like ass, the only people in there were trashy kids walking around barefoot and the dude behind the counter looked super hung over. He had that I-slept-on-someone's-floor-last-night hair and didn't even look up when I walked out without stopping by the counter... 
 
Thank god for Netflix and Gamefly. :(

The blockbuster's around me, (expect for one) are in pretty good shape. I still enjoy going in every few mouths to check what they have. I was able to get Valkyrie Chronicles for 19.99$, and at that time I couldn't find it ANYWHERE at all.

Mine looks kinda sad, but they get a lot of business, since they're set up next to a bunch of houses, and Canadian steaming services are poor-to-nonexistant. They've always had the new games the day of release though, since the N64 days at least. 

" Last time I walked into Blockbuster was one of the saddest experiences of my adult life. Beat up TVs with blown speakers showing some dumb kids movie, stains all over the carpet, the whole store smelled like ass, the only people in there were trashy kids walking around barefoot and the dude behind the counter looked super hung over. He had that I-slept-on-someone's-floor-last-night hair and didn't even look up when I walked out without stopping by the counter...  Thank god for Netflix and Gamefly. :( "

Blockbusters here in Canada are legit.

So far with Blockbuster I have rented 3 games on day of release, Resident Evil 5, World At War and  New Vegas. 
 
Not too shabby, it's a shame Blockbuster will cease to exist by the end of the decade.

I have never bought a game from blockbuster.... PLAY.COM REPRESENT!

" Blockbusters here in Canada are legit. "

" @fwylo said:

" Blockbusters here in Canada are legit. "

Blockbusters in the UK is perfectly alive and well. Probably because we don't have NetFlix. "

mine was just alright. they didn't have a great selection of games. if you wanted a game that was new you would have to like go there when it's open to get it. they usually sold out. there were only new games and crappy games that nobody wants to rent.

The trend of mom & pop video shops being displaced by Blockbuster video shops was sad, but at least the mom & pop shop turned into something else.  What do you do with a Blockbuster video shop?  What sort of store needs that sort of space or that sort of look?  We had a BB that died early; it turned it into a Curves Gym.  But of course that meant they had to paper over the windows so the fat ladies working up a sweat in there didn't feel ashamed.  Big glass storefront papered over outline of a Blockbusters sign covered by a temporary cheap vinyl Curves sign, "Wow, a real attractive look for an already run down strip mall."    

" So far with Blockbuster I have rented 3 games on day of release, Resident Evil 5, World At War and  New Vegas.  Not too shabby, it's a shame Blockbuster will cease to exist by the end of the decade. "

I never really go to Blockbuster, but streaming is almost non-existent in Canada so they're pretty alive. 
 
I guess that's the downside of everything becoming more digital and streaming based; retailers suffer heavily. We might not even have any malls in the future. :3

I got Uncharted 2 from Blockbuster on day one. They were usually good to me, but I don't have much use for them.

" Blockbusters here in Canada are legit. "