Author: Jay Peters
Redbox is exiting the game rental business, the company confirmed to The Verge on Monday.
The company’s trademark rental kiosks have been a handy way to rent physical copies of movies (if you still have a disc drive to use to play them, that is), and they have been one of the few remaining places to rent physical copies of video games. But if you relied on Redbox kiosks as your place to rent or even buy new PlayStation, Xbox, or Switch titles, you won’t be able to anymore. In a statement, Redbox says it is “permanently transitioning out of the games business” to focus exclusively on movies.
You can still buy games through the end of the year
Some Reddit users first noticed yesterday that Redbox rental kiosks were no longer offering...
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Redbox is exiting the game rental business, the company confirmed to The Verge on Monday.
The company’s trademark rental kiosks have been a handy way to rent physical copies of movies (if you still have a disc drive to use to play them, that is), and they have been one of the few remaining places to rent physical copies of video games. But if you relied on Redbox kiosks as your place to rent or even buy new PlayStation, Xbox, or Switch titles, you won’t be able to anymore. In a statement, Redbox says it is “permanently transitioning out of the games business” to focus exclusively on movies.
You can still buy games through the end of the year
Some Reddit users first noticed yesterday that Redbox rental kiosks were no longer offering...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...