Perhaps there's more to this than we're considering -- here's what I'm thinking:
Sony may not just have one great big warehouse in San Diego that they're feeding both direct orders and retailer consignments out of. It makes more sense to me that they'd have a smallish stockpile for their direct orders, and the retail consignments would come from someplace else (wherever the great big warehouse actually is). And those two processes may not be on the same time-table.
So it may be that we've burned through the initial stockpile for direct orders, and the retail channel is completely unaffected.
Before you pan me for being too optimistic, remember that I was the only one saying that "in time for the Holidays" didn't mean New-Year's Day.
I think everyone will agree (however grudgingly) that they've made it out in time for the Holidays. I know it's tough to be patient and see how the roll out actually rolls out, but there's not really any other choice. Maybe their actually making this launch earlier than most folks would concede that they could, ought to buy them a bit more than three days' time to get the supply flowing fully before we eviscerate them for it?
