pokoko on 26 November 2012
| Kasz216 said: Various articles say they're sold out... while the only people who say there are easy to find are forum posters. Usually who are searching via online rather then actually checking in store. My money is on the articles, and forum posters either being mistaken due to slow updating, or just wanting to be mistaken. |
It's entirely possible and even probable that they are available at the local level in many locations. That has nothing to do with online distribution centers being out of stock. The initial supply is allocated and sent out to retail or fulfillment centers. It's not like they're going to take them off shelves in stores and ship them back, that's a waste of resources unless it's a large quantity. Of course, over-shipments do happen a LOT at the retail level.
When dealing with widely distributed products, "sold out" means "sold out at some sources but possibly still available at others". The degree, of course, is highly variable.
Specialty stores like GameStop are a bit different, obviously, than somewhere like Wal-Mart or Target.
