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:

• Coquitlam Public Library - CPL
• New Westminster Public Library - NWPL
• North Vancouver City Library - NVCL
• North Vancouver District Public Library - NVDPL
• Richmond Public Library - RPL
• Vancouver Public Library - VPL

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!