If someone has any ambition of getting the console they should be able to get it. Just show up when the store opens and you should find one. The PS3 was a nightmare because they were doing 1 shipment a week which arrived at ANY TIME during the day. My brother call the local gamestop around 1 oclock during school and the employee said the truck just arrived and they are available. Getting a PS3 was a complete crapshoot because shipments were occuring during the day so you had to call everyday and be lucky to. The shipments werent arriving prior to the store opening, they were being shipped at random times during the day.If Sony can actually produce the 10 million units, I think they will be "easier" to find in larger markets in the weeks following launch. The people paying absurd amounts on ebay/Craigslist are in smaller markets who will not be replenished with that many units. I remember being able to walk into the Best Buy in NYC during the Wii shortage and seeing stacks of them. I went to my local stores when I returned home and you could not find them at any store. I think the average consumer will have a hard time locating them shortly after launch unless they walk in the store during a delivery (that's how I got my PS3 during the launch week and they only got 4 that day). Hopefully both Sony and Microsoft can meet the demand this time around.
The PS3 came out on a friday, that next friday was black friday, believe it or not not a single store had PS3's on black friday. The second shipments didnt arrive for awhile.
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