They order as few copies of new games they can get away with, as their profit comes from ripping people off for trade-ins. I remember when Final Fantasy VI Advance came out, I was like "rad, I'm gonna buy one for me, one for a friend, and this buddy of mine is coming up to get a copy!" so we headed down to GameStop and I was able to get one copy. They only ordered 3 copies total, and two were preorders. Should a game store only have one copy of a new game (and especially one from as big of a game franchise as Final Fantasy) for people casually coming to the store to pick it up? This can't be good for the industry, nor the people who don't put the effort in to preorder crap (which is most people).
