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GameTap was conceived primarily as an online subscription rental service, competing against mail-based services like GameFly.GameTap offered two subscription levels: a Premium subscription with access to the entire content library, and a Classic subscription with access to older console and arcade games running in emulation.
GameFly is a privately held American online video game rental subscription service that specializes in providing games for Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft systems starting from the sixth generation onwards. The business model of GameFly is similar to the DVD-by-mail subscription service Netflix and Blockbuster online.
Gamefly told existing customers the news, and revealed it on its support line, Variety reported. The Netflix-for-games-like company will continue the mail-in rental service it started with back in ...
In May 2011, GameFly acquired Direct2Drive from IGN Entertainment, Inc. and renamed the service to GameFly Digital. [6] In October 2014, GameFly released a statement in their website indicating that it had sold the digital download service to AtGames Holding Ltd., and that the transition would be completed by the end of the year.
EA Israel, formerly GameFly Streaming and Playcast Media Systems, was a cloud gaming service company, based in Caesarea, Israel. [3] [4] [5] In June 2015, Playcast merged with rival cloud gaming company GameFly. [6] Playcast was backed by Venture Capital firms Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and MK Capital. [7] EA acquired the company in 2018. [8]
GameZnFlix was a DVD-by-mail subscription service offering flat rate rental of home videos and video games to customers in the United States. On September 6, 2007, the company did a 1:1000 reverse split of its stock and changed its ticker symbol from "GZFX" to "GMZN." [2] The company's home page went dark in November 2008. [3]
Services like PlayStation Plus, or GameFly allow players to play games that are run on remote servers on local devices, eliminating the need for specialized console hardware or powerful personal computers, outside of the necessary bandwidth for Internet connectivity. These otherwise operate similar to game services, in that the library of ...
I've added an external link to a GameSpot interview with one of GameFly's co-founders, which verifies (as of September 2006) that GameFly only has one distribution center, and that it is in Los Angeles. The USPS Customer's Guide shows that the average transit time for Media Mail is 2 - 9 days and First Class is 1 - 3 days. So if we assume that ...