Why are people acting like this doesn't make sense? This makes total sense. As it stands right now, the pre-orders are being counted twice (pre-order and redeeming the pre-order) and thus are pushing the albums up twice, which simply isn't fair. Now the pre-orders will only push albums up as they're being processed as opposed to as they're being processed AND then again when they're redeemed.
This doesn't mean that people will be all that affected. Most big-name artists sell enough on the first day of release to go #1 without pre-orders pushing them up.
Basically this just gives fans something else to brag about. "MY FAVE'S ALBUM WENT #1 DURING THE PRE-ORDER PERIOD AND WHEN THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED."