Well, not guaranteed new and not super cheap, but I still scored a good deal. Got myself a brand new copy of Makai Kingdom for $38 this way ($12 off of retail)

A) Sign up for a 10 day trial of Gamefly (gamefly.com)
B) Rent some just released games you want
C) If they're new releases, chances are you're the first (or very close to first) person to handle them. My copy of Makai Kingdom was untouched.
D) Go to their website and opt to "Keep it". They'll ship you out the manual and case for free.

So yeah, $38 and free shipping for a game that sells for $50. I can deal with that

 

sweet.

i been wanting to sign up for gamefly but its kind of pricey monthly. h:

 

that's the game thats next in the saga of disgaea games, right?

Tell me how you like it.

 

I though it was $20/month. that doesn't sound too bad to have a constant rotation of 2 games.

 

It's like they took the good parts of Disgaea and kept those (Madcap humor, netherworld setting, general evilness of all the characters involved, main character has a monstrous ego, etc), the best parts of Phantom Brave (gridless combat system, more involving between-battle cutscenes), and added a bunch of other good stuff (Best voice acting so far, summonable buildings as remote spawnpoints, and apparently vehicles can be brought into play too!).

Of course, I'm only partway into the second chapter of the game, so I can't say too much, but I like it so far. Has already surpassed Phantom Brave in my mind, and I'm hoping that it will prove to be more of a game than even Disgaea.