Blockbuster adding PS3 Kiosks,Tests pricing, and New Formats For Stores

No. 1 U.S. movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc said on Thursday it was testing pricing for its rental formats and will experiment with its store layouts to add downloading stations, books or beverages in a bid to shore up its customer base.

Ideas for its retail format include creating an interactive area in stores for children, a destination for downloading entertainment onto portable media devices or a kiosk for Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 video game console.

[HarryEtTubMan]

A year or two from now PS3 will be platfrom of choice... which it reall has been but people were mad about the price. Get ready for the takeover in the near future....it is coming.

[drtysouf 21]

get more recognition!

[PS3 Limps on and on]

You seem like it, just like I suspect Bloodmask is a professional Sony attacker.

I hope blockbuster does do something to help their business, having PS3 out so people can test blu ray and all.

[drtysouf 21]

Sony needs no defense or no protection.

PS3 has sold at the same rate as the 360 its first year with

higher price point
lack of good advertising and marketing
Less Software titles
No Big AAA titles like FFXIII MGS4 GT5
Competition from Wii and 360
Bad Media Attention

You 360 fanboys are just to blind to realize this.

I own all 3 consoles look at my profile and you'll see for the 360 my last 4 played games are

Halo 3
Forza 2
Madden 08
Bioshock

Just because i favor the PS3 doesn't mean it consumes me. I got more important things to do.

You 360 fanboys just don't like me because you know i own all 3 yet still favor the PS3.

Quit worrying about me and go play your xbox.

Since Bad PS3 news is scarce these days you fanboys try to pollute good PS3 news with your ignorant comments.

Thank God for the IGNORE button.

I suggest that if you don't like me you use the IGNORE button too.

[frostbite06]

I just looked at your bio and you have one sweet set-up.

I couldnt help but notice your favorite games are rpgs so wheres the love for the 360? lost odyssey?? mass effect??
seriously though, that 65' tv has got to be nice

[drtysouf 21]

I am looking forward to Lost Odyssey i'm skeptical about Mass Effect though just because i like RPG's that are the Final Fantasy type. I even liked Blue Dragon but I haven't finished updating my new bio yet so i will have a list for 360 and Wii when i'm done.

As far as my set up yeah I love it!

I just bought the Sony Surround Sound so I'm replaying all my games and re watching all my favorite movies just to see how good they sound!

[Fighter]

I'll admit that the PS3 library for excellent games is pretty slim since most multi platform games look a little inferior on the PS3. The games that are good are fcuking awesome and should be put on display. Even COD4 is worthy.

[beoulve]

WOW Look like Blockbuster really commited to blu-ray.

[Bladestar]

no wonder they are running out of business... shouldn't you be a) supporting all consoles... or b) starting with the console with larger installbase? it seems as block busters is ran by a bunch of sony fanboys.

[Whoooop]

-SLAP-

you ok now??

PS: you forgot c) Go with the one whos going to dominate the industry in the near future... ;)

[kornbeaner]

supports games and movies, so it makes more sense to show off a system that does both right out of the box. The PS3 is the only system that has HD games and movie playback.

[Vip3r]

You have the cheek to have digs at Sony fans but you fail to see how much of a fanboy you are. Blockbuster do have a vast amount of 360 game to rent and buy considering it's the first thing I see when I go into my local store. All the 360 fanboys keep saying HD-DVD has nothing to do with the 360 but when Blockbuster support Blu-ray as their only HD format to rent and buy they're somehow Sony fanboys.

You sir need to think about what you are posting then check over it several times to make sure you ain't spewing up your usual garbage.

[PS3 Limps on and on]

He hates Blockbuster as it is.

[unlimited]

thats good..ps3 is everywhere now..sony need to push their games out and get sales going high again..uncharted is a system seller since it is exclusive and one hell of a great game..

[goodganja]

Blockbuster is the largest rental chain WORLDWIDE. Blu Ray is the leading high definition format WORLDWIDE. Combine that together and you get WORLDWIDE promotion for PS3.

Xbots cant stand to see a Playstation 3 in their sites. Knowing that they will be commiting blasphemy by playing it and actually enjoying it.

I mean why would any retail chain be smart enough to put a 360 out there when it's going to have the red ring? Bad PR for Micro$hit and no one will want to buy their console anymore.

Sorry Red Ringers, this war is over. PS3 won already.

P L A Y B 3 Y O N D

[PS3 Limps on and on]

The reason for that is because PS3 is the only console with high defintion playback. Since they support Blu ray that's why they would use PS3's

And to DrtySouf...

I'm an XBOX fanboy? Are you kidding me? I'm just not blind to the truth.

In the US the PS3 is a complete bust. If PS3 doesn't manage to sell some console in November and December, I declare it over.

[DarkSniper]

Blockbuster Video has been in business for almost 20 years. And originated in the city of Dallas, Texas. Since it's inception, Blockbuster has ammassed to over 2 million stores across the world. Blockbuster is also the in-store leader in rental chains.

Sony has always had a very healthy and lengthy partnership with Blockbuster and it shows with them providing customers the spectacle of enjoying PLAYSTATION 3 while renting their home entertainment for their personal enjoyment.

What I am reading here by the comments by Bladestar effectively proves that jealously equals victory for the Sony Computer Entertainment division. I sense that he is quite envious at the fact that Sony find creative marketing schemes instead of the usual run of the mill "we will pay you this this and the third". I do hope that Microsoft will open their minds to other fair and honest business practices so that Sony will actually have some decent competition for 2008-2009.

$niper

[kingfury]

Ha! Micro$oft wouldnt get dead caught in people actually seeing their product not work.

[aba]

blockbuster is dead.

[jaja1434]

Eep thats one large stock loss. I guess Netflix is really killing them. I know that I stopped going to Blockbuster once I found out about Netflix. But really why wouldn't you want to use an online service, if you have the capability. If you return a video the day after you receive it you can end up only paying 1$ per rental a month. This of course goes for both Netflix and Blockbuster.

[Seriously]

So a dying chain with overpriced rental fees decides they are going to support the highest priced console? Seems like a nice fit!

Honestly, you PS3 owners can’t possibly be that happy over this announcement can you? This is the same as the whole K-Mart supporting HD-DVD only news, lol. Two dying chains last ditch efforts to find a ladder out of there giant hole. I mean do you guys honestly want this type of association? Come to Blockbuster and play PS3 on our kiosks, oh and while your at it buy a $5 coffee and rent an $8 PS3 game for three whole days! Oh and don’t mind the ex-Gamestop employees constantly asking you if you’re a member of blockbuster online or if you want their gamers card for a nominal member’s fee. And just think, on Blu-Ray/DVD release Tuesdays you can go in, play some PS3 at a Kiosk that million other goons have touched and pay full MSRP for your Blu-Ray copy of Cars.

I’m all for innovative marketing but I think Sony and Blockbuster can keep this one. I’ll take Netflix, Gamefly, my own coffee and my personal console at home for as long as I want to play them. Nice try, but nothing that will save Blockbuster or make PS3 any more appeasing to the parents still gullible enough to shop at Blockbuster. I know with games like Ratchet & Clank and Uncharted, you sony fans don’t need to cling to this garbage as a win.