[quote name='I LIEK CHOCOLATEMILK']Thinking about getting gamefly. How is the wait for newer games and just popular games in general?
Also, do you know if I can do the free trial and then do the referral?[/QUOTE]
As long as you have a new game on your list the day it comes out, you're pretty much guaranteed to get it. Its rare that I have a game on my list when it comes out and I don't get it. Even if that does happen, there is always a billion other games that I can rent while I wait for it to become available again (which only takes a week or two).
Games are given a likelihood of being shipped out - low, medium, high, available now. Games that are popular are usually available immediately as long as they aren't relatively new. (Both CoD:MW2 and Super SF4 are available now for renting without any wait.) A game like Castlevania: LoS or Enslaved are listed as "low" which means that there is a 25% likelihood of them being shipped to you that day. It usually takes a week or two for the availability to go back up on new games after they are released.
In regards to the free trial & referral, it won't work. I had a friend who tried. It only works for people who are signing up for the first time. However, you MIGHT be able to get it to work if you sign up using two different accounts. You might be able to get the free trial with one account and then cancel the account when the trial is over, then sign up under the referral with a second account.
Hope this information helps.
If you are curious as to the availability of a particular game, let me know and I can look it up for you.