PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch Sales Drop - Global Hardware Feb 20-26

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Mar1217 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Wow.  I've never seen an OLED model at a retail store.  I've checked many different stores at various times since it's been released.  I've just never seen one.  I guess this means that every model is in short supply to some extent, but availability can depend a lot on where you live.

The thing is that anecdotal evidence or personal stories aren't much proof of any trend really.

I've been to my general stores and EB Games recently and they all had at least a few of them OLED models, except one store. 

Anecdotal evidence doesn't prove a trend, but it has more use than you think.  If there is a shortage in one store, then we can conclude shortages exist.  It doesn't mean that shortages are everywhere or necessarily that they are widespread. 

On top of that, the fact that you and another poster said what things were like in your area gives a slightly better picture than my anecdote alone.  If we got enough anecdotes from a variety of sources then at a certain point we'd have a pretty good picture of the whole situation.  Anecdotal evidence isn't useless.  Anecdotal evidence is where you start when you have no better information.