In Canada(toronto), it is just fine

on best buys website i cant check 120 availability for store pick and its unavailable online. 250s are only in stock at 1 of 6 in the store availability page.

Again? Really?

Gamestop already said they are out of stock 80% of the time in the US (largest gaming retailer in the world)

Isnt this enough for you?

it's not in stock o amazon, and barely in stock on gamestop (with store bundled to lower the demand, and make a bit more money off selling a hard to find system, and amazon if its selling is selling it form a 3rd party for $370)

Here in miami, the best buy I went to two weeks ago had no PS3s, but alot of black wiis and selling alot too.

No, you are missing the point.

A) There is short stock in more than just the US. Just because it isn't sold out elsewhere, doesn't mean it isn't close to it. My local shops are all low on stock or sold out altogether. You can not buy a PS3, unless you buy a bundle, and some places don't even have bundles.

B) It doesn't matter if there is an abundance of stock in one area, as Sony does not own the PS3s in retail. They have already been sold. GAME in the UK aren't going to sell PS3s to Gamestop in the US, because they aren't affiliated and it does not help them by doing so.

C) It doesn't take months, but it does take weeks. There is shipping involved, and the vast majority of consumer electronics are shipped by sea as it is far cheaper.

D) You also can't just divert a PAL shipment to NTSC. They are built differently. There is slightly different technology in there. This ties in with the original forecasts. If SCEA had a forecast for 4.5 million units, the manufacturing plant wouldn't have ordered much more than 4.5 million NTSC-compatible components, as it would generally be a waste. If they have run out of components (which is the most likely cause of a shortage, or else stock being held back), then they can not build more US PS3s.

No, what we've seen generally, is that there are shortages. I know MikeB (how trustworthy he is is debatable, but that's for another time) showed images of sold out PS3s were he was. I believe he is from the Netherlands or somewhere around there. That is not the US, but there are shortages. There is not stock in abundance in most places.

To tie in with D): Whether it is a lack of components or stock being held back, it would be expected that there would be US shortages. If it is components, they can not make more US PS3s. If it is stock being held back, it makes perfect sense that there are shortages.

Please just accept it already: There are shortages, would people stop trying to deny it. 

Always some here.

Hyruken is denying shortages?  Wow.  It's been mostly limited / out of stock on amazon and most online sites for months, including bestbuy and sonystyle, and major chains have referred to shortages.

Anecdotally in my area, Best Buy is almost always out of them; I asked a clerk if there were shortages and he said that they'd get a small shipment which would sell out either that day or the next day, and then they'd be out of them until the next shipment arrived.

I live in Northern California, You can't find a PS3 anywhere, I look at Target, Kmart, Walmart, The game store, Best Buy, as soon as they get a few in, they fly out, Thank God my 3 year old 40 gig fat has never given me a problem, and is still going strong. I use my PS3 for everything, Gaming is its number 1 job, but then I use it for Netflix, Blurays, DVDs, It gets so much use its crazy. But If it did die, I don't know if I could find another to replace it with, so Hopefully it stays strong !!

lol where your from is lacking gamers it seems, and where is the dust you speak of? you should have ultra zoomed in ya know :P i jest i jest

anywho my local gamestop = nada, only used and 250s still :S they are low on GOW3/3Ddgh also

@ hyruken: why would they - if they could - divert stock to the US when they make more money per unit (or lose less, depending on the view) in Europe? Wouldn't make sense.