Maybe it was just this weekend, but for the past week, I've seen X-box's everywhere here in SoCal (Best Buy, Toys R Us, Target, etc). I live in San Diego. No one I know of who has wanted one has had any trouble whatsoever procuring one. Of course, if you waited until the last minute, then like someone said, everything's out of stock everywhere . Also, no PS2 shortages, I was in TRU the other day and they had at least 50 stacked up on top of their shelves, guess everyone's got one already.