Hi c/Vancouver!

This is a follow-up to my initial post.
I have since checked libraries of Metro Vancouver for video games and made similar lists for those which offer them on loan - afaict there is a total of six:

First, you should know about InterLINK and member libraries.

Second, those six libraries have different borrowing rules / limits w.r.t. video games:

Library CPL NWPL NVCL NVDPL RPL VPL
How Long? 2 weeks 3 weeks 2 weeks 3 weeks 1 week (²) 1 week
Renewals? 2 2 + 3 (¹) 1 2 0 (²) 3
How many games? 2 5 5 30?(³) 2 (²) 5

NB: Any renewals are conditional on the games not being on hold for anyone else / the games not being in demand.
(¹) 2 automatic renewals and 3 manual ones
(²) The writing is specific to “Nintendo Switch Games”, but you’ll see they only have a handful of those listed on the website. This probably applies to other platforms but you might want to double check.
(³) I couldn’t find a clear “limit”, so this is the maximum number of items which can be requested at a time - I am assuming the actual number of video games that can be checked out is lower, I will attempt to confirm with staff.

Lastly, here are my HowLongToBeat collections for each library:

Library CPL NWPL NVCL NVDPL RPL VPL
3DS 17 games
PS3 62 games 23 games 53 games 9 games 131 games
PS4 224 games 50 games 159 games 49 games 52 games 583 games
PS5 56 games 28 games 21 games 107 games
Switch 189 games 46 games 78 games 3 games 199 games
Wii 41 games 35 games 17 games 20 games 82 games
Wii U 18 games 23 games 7 games 3 games 76 games
Xbox 360 62 games 6 games 36 games 9 games 119 games
Xbox One (inc. games with Smart Delivery) 156 games 36 games 93 games 33 games 34 games 399 games
Xbox Series X (inc. games with Smart Delivery) 57 games 30 games 18 games 81 games

A few things that are good-to-know:

  • There’s strictly no M rated games at VPL or NWPL.
  • If you want a blast from the past, there’s a single OG Xbox game at CPL, Tom Clancy’s Splinter’s Cell - and FWIW it is backwards compatible with every Xbox model - with a disc drive - in existence.
  • RPL
    • I was told by staff that they have another 10 Switch games on a first come, first serve basis, but I haven’t heard back yet as to what those might be or where they are (and they’re not in the system - that much I’ve been told). If you come across any of those games, please ping me so I can add them to the list!
    • I was also told that they should begin buying new PS4/PS5/Xbox Series games at some point in the near future, budget permitting.
    • Lastly, there’s technically around 450 games listed on the RPL website, but I’ve found that they were either impossible to place a hold on or had a due date well in the past (> 6 months ago), thus the far lower number of games I listed above. I’m still checking with staff whether that’s correct.

If you see any mistakes or for instance a game that is not actually available but is still listed in the collections, do let me know!
And if any of you is familiar with Chilifresh or the Polaris ILS, please get in touch with me :)

Happy gaming!

  • jonjennings@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Wow - thanks. It never occurred to me that NWPL (or any library actually) might still have Wii games… going to have to see if mine still turns on lol.

    And cataloging on HowToBeat by library & platform with links… that’s going above & beyond - amazing, thank you.