Those are just eBay consoles. When the buyer can't sell them, they'll return the systems to Target. Now, those Xbox One pre-orders are from REAL gamers.

I'm kinda surprised your store has double the available PS4 pre-orders than X1, I thought it would be the opposite since the X1 isn't launching in as many countries.

At my Target... I know, I know anecdotal evidence but hold your horses there is some relevant information here as well.

First let me tell you how I know my preorders. Today I was talking with a co-working asking if he preorder the Ps4 and he did (online same as I did). We then discussed how crappy it was that Target doesn't ship the system until the day of launch so we won't get it until the 27th at least. We then thought it was a good idea to just preorder at the store. So when I clocked out I went to electronics department and this is what happened.

I asked the guy in electronics if they had started the pre-orders already. He said yes and that they already sold the 10 cards the week they started(Target does their pre-orders through a card for some reason) they had for the Ps4. So this means my Target will get 10 Ps4's at launch. He then said that the cards are an actual item in the system though and I can do an item search to check any other stores to see if they have any... I did... out of 25 stores they were completely sold out.

He then mentioned that no one has pre-ordered that X1 yet and we received 5 of those (when I looked there were 4 so someone probably pre-ordered it today). So, I'm sure the 10:1 will dwindle away but the least it will get down to is 2:1 at my store since that's what we will have to sell. I then did an item search for the X1 pre-orders. 1 store had 13 in stock another had 7... Now, I can't tell you what they started with just how many they had left. Most of the other stores had some type of stock (all less then 7 though) and only a handful had 0... So, this stops becoming anecdotal evidence now. I can see at least 25 different store's stock in the area.

Here is another nifty piece of information. The X1 pre-orders only need 10 dollars down. The Ps4's need 25 dollars. I don't know this is but it is. Ps4 is killing it

Can you tell us what these items are so that we can search them ourselves? The items and your area zipcode would be helpful to verify your story. The items themselves so we can check out areas as well.

(630) 357-0056 - Naperville IL. I believe that was the one with 13 left for X1 pre-orders. I don't have the item number on hand and it's pre-order for the stores so their online store won't show it. Just ask for the pre-order cards and they will know what you are talking about. I also believe the one with 7 was Woodridge IL. I will work tomorrow and can update the totals in case the numbers changed (they update over night). I wasn't looking at the store names but the amount of stock. My store is nearby those stores. I can also tell you exactly when we started taking the pre-orders tomorrow as well since when you scan them it gives you a bunch of information.