In what is possibly the most retarded barometer of success in the upcoming next generation console wars, both Sony and Microsoft have been touting pre order numbers at various stores and chains to tout their horns months before either console has even released. After Sony revealed that Gamestop ran out of a basically unlimited supply of preorders for PS4, and Best Buy announced it had run out of its allocation for Xbox One, Microsoft has gone ahead and announced Xbox One has also sold out at Gamestop, thereby upping the ante. Don’t be surprised if Sony announces great PS4 sales at Best Buy in a few days, folks.

“Demand was through the roof, so preorders stopped for now,” Aaron Greenberg tweeted. “Get on the GameStop first to know list for preorder updates.”

Of course, what everyone fails to realize is, pre-order sales are rarely indicative of anything at all. Remember the Wii U and how it had such enormous pre-order sales that stores basically had to start second and third waiting lists just to accommodate the demand? What happened there? Yeah, the pre-order numbers didn’t exactly translate to any sort of real world success.

May the Xbox One and Playstation 4 have better luck on the market.

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Boy, all that negativity around Xbox One, and people still want one. Maybe it’s because Microsoft went back on all the anti consumer stuff about the new console. Maybe it’s because of the sheer momentum the Xbox brand has at this point. Maybe it’s because they are genuinely interested in the new games coming to Xbox One.

No matter what the reason, the console has enormous demand. Best Buy has just sold out of its entire allocation of Xbox One pre-order units, just one day after Gamestop reported that it would have to close pre-orders for the PlayStation 4.

Of course, remember, pre-orders rarely ever mean anything. The Wii U sold out on its pre-orders too (so much so that Gamestop had to begin a second list of pre-orders), and look at how it’s done in the market so far. Still, it’s hard to deny that it’s some good fodder for fanboys who are priming up for the next round of the console wars, so have at it, I guess.