48 points

“Lack of shortages”

Just say Surplus you weirdo. Who the heck wrote that headline?

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It makes sense in the context of how scalpers thrive. A surplus is normal, a shortage is what they rely on and the lack of these shortages has impacted them.

It also helps SEO when people search ps5 pro shortages.

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4 points

You know who. ChatGPT.

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29 points

Good, fuck scalpers with fire.

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4 points

Fuck them gently with a chainsaw.

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95 points

Good

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39 points

A lack of shortages?

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16 points

It’s too complicated to say “a surplus”.

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6 points

It makes sense given the context. The article is trying to distinguish between a surplus and a lack of shortage for 2 reasons.

  1. There were shortages worldwide for the ps5, and much of the issue was attributed to scalpers. So it is significant that there are no shortsges this time.

  2. Saying a surplus of ps5 pros means everyone can buy one, isn’t really news without there being a reason that might not have been the case.

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The word Surplus already denotes a lack of shortage.

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1 point

Sounds like a clever way to avoid saying they’re underselling.

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16 points

They are really short on shortages this year.

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3 points

An abundanceage?

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54 points

I find it pretty telling that my kid and his friend where at home playing on the almost 20 year old ps3, with the ps5 right next to it.

To be fair they do fire up the 5 for that soccer game, but I have soo many games in the cabinet for the 3 that it is a goldmine for them

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56 points

Good games are good games regardless of when they’re made

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23 points

And in one sentence you’ve completely encapsulated the reason why Nintendo is terrified of emulators.

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9 points

And they still remake the same handful of games every couple years. We JUST got a new Mario Party that looks identical to the previous two. The only different ones are probably Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

I don’t think I’ll ever understand Nintendo fanboys that replay essentially the same shit with a slightly different skin on it.

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3 points

If this was the reason then they’d be trying to sell us these old games again…but they’re not outside of their shitty subscription service that offers a few games that nobody wants.

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2 points

Plus, if you can get the right model, you can play PS2 and PS1 games on it. That’s a ridiculous library full of hidden gems.

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7 points

My launch day 60GB PS3 is still trucking along. Every few years I open it up, clean it out, and reapply thermal paste. It now has an SSD in it, and runs like a champ.

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13 points

PS3 is probably the last gen to support a lot of local coop games

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Co-optimous has the best db of co-op features.

For couch co-op they list:

These numbers place the PS4 couch co-op library as larger than all the preceding PS generations combined. (At the moment you could group PS5 in with them too but that won’t be true for long.)

Edit: thinking about this a bit more the interesting pattern is that each of PS2, PS3, and PS4 more than doubled their preceding generation’s figure. We don’t know how long the PS5 generation will stick around but we are probably half way though and its unlikely it reaches 2400 co-op titles.

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2 points

Great site !

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9 points

Mine play the heck out of the Wii U and the DS. I still am occasionally acquiring and playing a new Vita game almost yearly.

I now play my Steam Deck most of the time and the PS5 hardly gets touched.

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4 points

The Wii U is the last console i bought and i still think it’s such a great concept that failed for no real reason. Playing a game on the tv and having the mini map on the controller screen for example is so cool. They could’ve made so many completely different and new games. But i think it’s just that no one really cared

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I think in that case Nintendo was more a victim of its own success and they released the console a little too early. Everyone was still playing wiis back then and there were still so many great games coming out on the Wii.

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7 points

My Son likes the Wii 😂

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