I'd like to know this as well.Forgive my ignorant Canadian ass here, but is trading in games/buying used games just as big in Japan as it is here? I'm assuming (perhaps erroneously) that the practice is just as common at home for Sony as it is here. How do the big Japanese game chains deal with used games? Is it seen as a huge problem by Japanese game makers? Do they feel they are owed money every time a little kid trades in a game, and buys another one? Can Japan Gaf shed any light on this? (I'm just curious).