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RE: point #2. To be fair you should also factor in the time, effort and gas it takes to go to Redbox, wait in line to rent and return discs. All the while hoping that new release is available and not scratched up. For most of us, that extra $2 to get it from Xbox is money well spent.

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It depends on how close you live to a Redbox or if you stumble across them during the day. I only have to walk across the street to one & as as result have started using it a lot more over premium streaming services. They tend to have'm in grocery stores and other heavily trafficked areas as well. For reference I'm in the mid-west....

Redbox is a movie rental vending machine (AFAIK there are not any stores). You don't really need to ever wait in line for it in my experience. There is a redbox at almost every drug store in my area so it's much more convenient than paying the outrageous XBL prices.

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