I left after my last response to go find a PS4. I enjoy the hunt.
First I stopped at Toys R Us. They told me on the phone that they had 10. As I'm walking up to the line, some soccer mom LEAPS in front of me right as I'm stepping up, glares at me, and then drills the clerk about a PS4. No dice. She RUNS back out of the store. I walk back out, scratching my head.
Next I stopped by a Gamestop in a nearby mall, where some pimple-faced recluse was arguing with the poor clerk about why it's stupid that they don't stock PC games. The guy would not leave! I'm standing behind him patiently waiting, the clerk has answered all of his questions, but the fucker would not go away. Finally I just said "dude, go home and download whatever the hell it is you're looking for." He looked at me like I had horns and walked out of the store.
BACKWARDS.
The clerk and I just looked at each other. Anyway, no PS4.
I'm about to leave the mall when I see Sears. I had already checked their online inventory (which said NONE), but figured "what the hell... WalMart was wrong and no one even remembers Sears exists, so let's give it a shot." They had three.
As I'm checking out, another "gamer" tells me that I should sell it on ebay for $1000.
"Umm. No, I think I'll play it."
"I saw one sell on ebay for $1000!"
"Well that's moronic. Anyone who wants a PS4 is going to get one in the next few weeks if they just be patient."
I thought he was going to have a stroke when I said that. He started quoting all of these articles he's read about the supply and demand of the PS4, blah blah blah.
Whatever. I'm home. Downloaded the update in 2 minutes flat. Installing now. Going to spend the day playing Battlefield 4. Suck it.