I live in eastern Iowa, and I've never EVER seen anything gaming related sell out. PS2s, PSPs, N64s, Nintendogs... they could ALL be bought post-launch with a little searching.
I'm not saying things haven't been scarce. The PS2 launch was especially bad. I had to call like a dozen stores before I found one that had some. I'm just saying that I've never once known of a piece of gaming software/hardware completely unavailable within a 30 min. drive...
...until now. The Xbox 360 is completely and utterly sold out. I called EEEEVVVVERY store yesterday, including the kinds of places I didn't expect people to think of (Kmart, Sears, etc), and they were all gone.
So make of that info what you will. Not sure if its a good illustration of nationwide supply/demand... but every time I've heard about a system being IMPOSSIBLE to find at launch, it has never been a problem till now.
I'm not saying things haven't been scarce. The PS2 launch was especially bad. I had to call like a dozen stores before I found one that had some. I'm just saying that I've never once known of a piece of gaming software/hardware completely unavailable within a 30 min. drive...
...until now. The Xbox 360 is completely and utterly sold out. I called EEEEVVVVERY store yesterday, including the kinds of places I didn't expect people to think of (Kmart, Sears, etc), and they were all gone.
So make of that info what you will. Not sure if its a good illustration of nationwide supply/demand... but every time I've heard about a system being IMPOSSIBLE to find at launch, it has never been a problem till now.