This is a strategic decision by GameStop. Pre-orders ensure GameStop/Ebgames get sales. Think about it a second, you start taking pre-orders shoppers who would usually buy their games from BestBuy/FutureShop ...etc... instead go to EBGames/GameStop because they have a gaurantee that they will get the game day one. I am the perfect example I don't usually buy games from EBGames but when ever I want a game I know will be hard to find launch day then I pre-order.
I don't know about you but I spend hundreds each year on pre-ordered games and the only place to pre-order games just happens to be EBGames and GameStop. Once in a blue moon FutureShop takes pre-orders as they did for Halo3 so I went there instead. I just wish other retailers accepted pre-orders!
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
