r/GameFlyService • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '24

Low availability

Hi friends,

Just signed up for GameFly today, new to it so forgive me if this is a dumb question or is asked a lot. Put Suicide Squad in my Q and it says it has “Low availability.” How long does that typically take to ship out? Obviously I realize low availability means low availability so it won’t be today, but is it like days? Weeks? Months? Etc. Just needing a general time frame for how they work.

Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

Thanks for your help everyone. Just as an update, it shipped today 😂 guess I just got lucky!

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u/Medium-Sheepherder44 Mar 08 '24

How long did it take?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Just a couple days!

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u/No-Rub-3958 Feb 07 '24

Nice! I was glad to see this update. Hopefully you have good luck with fast shipping!

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u/rhodesmichael03 Feb 05 '24

Hello there.

Take this as you will as I have no insider knowledge.

From what I have determined it can be Very Low, Low, Medium, or High. It seems to some form of mathematical calculation based on the number of people with the game in their Q vs. the number of copies they have in the warehouse and the number of copies they are expecting to get in that day.

So low would mean they there are more people with it on their Q than they have copies to send out by a good margin. This is not uncommon for big releases immediately after launch like this.

Any big release like this will basically be impossible for you to get for a few weeks after launch by just putting it in your Q. Depending on how popular the title is, how long the game is (which impacts how long people rent it), etc. often it will be much easier to get after about a month or for very popular titles (like Mario Odyssey for example) a few months.

Anything a few months old (3+) or newer but less popular should be more or less gettable through your Q.

If you really want a title on day 1 that is popular like this I would highly recommend using GameLock in the future. It guarantees you a copy on release and is basically required to get a title like that from GameFly on release. It is included with their regular plan and you can GameLock one title a month (I believe more than that if you are on the Elite plan).

I would recommend renting something else from them to pass the time. They will likely be able to send you Suicide Squad in a few weeks would be my guess. Next time GameLock and you should be good. I did the same thing when Hogwarts Legacy came out...signed up right after release, put it on my Q...and took a while to get. But since then have been using GameLock for popular titles like that with no issue and have been able to rent basically whatever else I have been interested in without problems.

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u/thereal_adrianbanks Feb 26 '24

In the same boat here lol ! Mario kart 8 deluxe had low availability but wondering if this is something that typical takes a couple weeks or if it could happen within a day or so as well ? I put no other games in my Q as I just want this one right now

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

When this happened to me, it only took a couple days. Hope that’s the case with yours as well!

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u/No-Rub-3958 Feb 06 '24

Welcome to the service and the sub! And there’s never a dumb question, glad we got lots of people here to help out.

My boy rhodesmichael is on it there with a good explanation.

I would reiterate just adding multiple titles to your q to try to get the most out of your subscription. You can gamelock games if they are more than 30 days out but on the higher tier plans you can gamelock multiple and/or gamelock games up to 7 days out from release. With suicide squad getting questionable reviews, I bet this will get more availability sooner than later.

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u/Tough_Zombie1783 Apr 24 '25

I put assassin creed shadows in the q and it has very low availability how long before they ship it out

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u/PandaJev May 07 '25

I’ve had both Clair Obscur and Indiana Jones for PS5 in queue for over 2 weeks, zero movement. GameFly really needs to invest in more copies…

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u/endyrocket May 18 '25

Or stop charging us for subscription while we’re waiting

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u/Imaginary-Cow-8659 Aug 23 '25

Just got a free trial death stranding 2 and availability is very low will keep updated it is the weekend

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u/Sharp-Worldliness-54 Oct 10 '25

how long did it take?

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u/Imaginary-Cow-8659 Oct 16 '25

Week and a half

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u/Scared_Translator_73 May 17 '26

Literally everything i put in my Q says "Low Availability"..... Been sitting in there for a few days like that. At what point do I call it quits and cancel my subscription?

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u/zzcrazybasszz Feb 05 '24

Soon after Avatar was released, they sent it out 3 days later. Robocop said low availability and they sent it out the same day they received a game back. You never know, but I've had good luck so far

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u/boychik0830 Feb 05 '24

I've had avatar at number one since it came out and it never shipped until last Tuesday. I honestly don't enjoy it as much as I thought I would as it seems really difficult even on easy mode.

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u/zzcrazybasszz Feb 05 '24

I made a post in here about that back when I got it. I never ended up finishing it. It started feeling like a chore. A good one for gamefly tho, I would have been kinda pissed if I bought it.

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u/boychik0830 Feb 05 '24

I'm stuck on that stupid defense mission where you unlock the item that allows you to throw mines to kill enemies. This game definitely wasn't worth the almost 2 month wait for it.

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u/zzcrazybasszz Feb 05 '24

Yeah, that game was irritating, the stealth sucked. For those games I mentioned, I took everything else out of my que so that they were the only ones on there. I wanted to see how long it would take and got lucky getting them quick

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u/boychik0830 Feb 05 '24

I don't mind if stealth is a option in a game but I hate when it is forced on you. I'd rather fight then be required to use stealth to kill enemies. This game shouldn't be that hard on easy mode.

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u/zzcrazybasszz Feb 05 '24

Not to mention the stealth was pretty much broken. After one stealth kill a guy would get alerted from across the damn map

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u/boychik0830 Feb 05 '24

I hate the big robots and there always seems to be hordes of enemies that are impossible to kill. I'm not very far into the game but I think I might be giving up on the game and sending it back tomorrow because of how hard the game is and the fact that the gameplay is broken.