Yes.. they will only ask you 7 times if you want a used game as apposed to the 8 times..

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GameStop Easing Off On Used Games Push?

By Michael McWhertor

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Used games sales are the lifeblood of GameStop's revenue, so previously owned titles aren't going anywhere. But according to new internal communications, the push to put a used game in the hands of someone seeking a new game may soften.

According to a GameStop manager who forwarded us details of that internal e-mail, the company is altering one of its more aggressive sales tactics, one which prompts employees to offer a used version of a new title brought to the sales desk. The GameStop Point of Sale system is said to no longer prompt employees to push that used copy for 60 days after the game's initial release.

That change was described as part of an agreement to "improve vendor relations."

Publishers, developers and press have gone on record saying that they're not a big fan of used game sales, and while the change doesn't stop an employee from selling a used copy of a game before the two month mark, it might at least help perception.

We've contacted GameStop corporate to learn more about the supposed change.

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Thats terrible used games are bad and killing this industry slowly.

Yeah right. Not everyone wants to drop 60 bones on every single game that comes out. For many people if they can't get the game used, they won't get the game at all.

I wonder which publishers leaned on them?

Thats nice....... I tend to buy my games new and not form Gamestop. You never know how many owned it or how they took care of it before you. However if i am unsure about a game I wait till it drops to twenty new or buy it used.Example Okami Wii. Funny enough it is one of my fav games.

Damn straight...

Gamestop will no longer need the high margins they make on used games as they will make the profits up by charging $5 extra dollars over list price on WM+, Starfy games, Wii Wheels & Wii Zappers.

They could always go back to selling old school games...

Dude that is the gamestop nearby my house at buena park mall, i swear

What's funny about this is that if you replace "used" with "pirated" in this sentence it mirrors arguments from a completely different topic. Just shows how the zeitgeist is moving in "gaming ethics" if such a thing exists.