So if I preorder a non Day one xbox one when will that ship? I have to imagine that if no Day one's are left it may be 2014 by the time this ships. Does amazon have any data on this?
It's going to depend on your place in line. If they restock within 1-2 weeks, you could see one fairly quickly, but if your 21st in line for the standard, and they only get 15 by years end, you'll be waiting.
But in the reverse, if they get 25 extra "day one" units, you'll get one of those right out of the gate. It's just all numbers, and how many they will ship at launch, and afterwards. MS is releasing "ONE" worldwide at launch I believe, so qty's will be very limited. Sony is only doing US and EU, so theirs is more likely to ship in bigger numbers, but it's also cheaper and thought to be the better unit, so demand may be higher.
With it being the holidays, and 2 major consoles being released at the same time, it's doubtful many will get both, so hopefully that will keep qty decent up through the new year, but who knows.