GameStop’s PowerPass plan lets you rent all the used games you want

By Leif Johnson

The shift to a digital marketplace hasn’t been too kind to GameStop, so now the brick-and-mortar video game outlet is attempting to focus on rentals in addition to its usual sales of new and used boxed games.

As Mashable reports, GameStop is introducing a subscription-based model called “PowerPass” that will let subscribers rent as many games as they want (one at a time) for the price of $60 for six months.

At the end of that six-month period, you’ll be able to keep the last game you rented for free. You’ll also need to be a member of GameStop’s PowerUp Rewards program, which fortunately has a free tier. Below you’ll find the original ad that was posted by a user named Virtua on ResetEra:

In effect, this partially puts GameStop in direct competition with RedBox, which already enjoys a bit of an edge in the game rental business with its widely dispersed units. You can usually only buy the games that are “hot” right now from RedBox machines, but you can also usually find them in remote, tiny towns where GameStop would never think of opening a store.

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming