Take some time and read the OP more carefully. They never said they are sold out world wide. Neither console is sold out world wide. But both are sold out at tons and tons of retailers world wide.

Oh, my bad, they were being deceitful and playing with words. When you hear "they're sold out at retailers around the world" you think "retailers around the world don't have any to sell". You don't think "oh, only certain retailers don't have them". 

eh, the "console wars" got mundane for a while. Stopped caring when the PS3s library starting blowing up around 2008 and I had a 360 as well. Guess I cared more about playing games than discussing them. 

But, now we're back to square one with consoles that are doing so much more, and we don't know where the possibilities stop, so here I am. It'll probably happen again in a few years....or sooner if /r/gaming doesn't stop pissing me off

You should put your old avatar, the one in the hoodie. That was tight.

No I think anyone using common sense would take it as many retailers around the world are sold out, which is true for both consoles.

Only people looking for something to bitch about with MS would take it as a "deceitful" way of implying you cannot find a single one anywhere in the world.

You have to admit that it's evasive, don't you think?

He was given ps4 numbers, asked for one was doing, and didn't provide numbers.

Whether it's evasive or not depends on what was asked and how he answered. We don't know any of that, all the article states is he provided no real sales update. And that is irrelevant to the discussion anyway.

Ok guys I know saying sold out worldwide is easy as hell to nitpick, but the overall message is that demand is meeting supply. Good news :)

I think the point of the article was, he don't have numbers, and what we were given isn't even true (even if it actually is), so where does the x1 really stand.

That's what I got out of the article, not my opinion, just seems to be where they were going with it. Anyway, just fyi, I predicted very good sales for x1, because I believe in the product and feel the consumer base will respond well to it, especially over time. It's just curious why MS has been so tight-lipped.

you live in boston? nice, i live in brockton, GO PATS!!!

on topic: i think MS really allocated a lot of stock for NA, and mosot of the ones shipped here probably did sell out. Europe might be a different story though.