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[-] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 92 points 8 months ago
[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 61 points 8 months ago
[-] hawgietonight@lemmy.world 54 points 8 months ago

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

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

My Son likes the Wii 😂

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 50 points 8 months ago

"Lack of shortages"

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

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago

You know who. ChatGPT.

[-] Dogs_cant_look_up@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago
[-] credo@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

The word Surplus already denotes a lack of shortage.

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Tell me you missed the point of my comment without telling me you missed the point of my comment.

Surplus just means more than is needed. Lack of shortage does not mean more than is needed. It can mean a number of things, and in this case, it means that scalpers didn't manufacture a shortage, which is news because last time they did.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

But to me it implies they are making consoles that would never be sold.

[-] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 16 points 8 months ago

They are really short on shortages this year.

[-] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

An abundanceage?

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

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

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 8 months ago

it might have no games but at least the scalpers are also losing

[-] Kelly@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

This ones probably more current.

https://youtu.be/UtG11pmBe3U

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 30 points 8 months ago

A steamdeck is a better deal!

[-] ahornsirup@feddit.org 10 points 8 months ago

Not always and not for everyone. If you want to output a decent quality image to a TV to play on the couch, then the Steam Deck isn't exactly a great choice because it can't really do that, it struggles to maintain playable framerates in modern games at its own native resolution, nevermind a TV's (either 1080p or increasingly often 4k). If all you play is older and/or indie games it might still work fine, but it's not a one size fits all.

[-] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Understatement of the decade, IMO!

I’ve barely touched my Steam games library as it is, have just dived headfirst into emulating my retro game collection (PS1, 2, 3 & Portable); along with SNES predominantly - because fuck Nintendo.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

It's almost as if less people are going to buy it because this lineup as it is has been a sham without the 200$ increase

[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 8 months ago

people are buying this shit?

[-] EnderLaw@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

It's too damn expensive.

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Wonderful news

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

This reminds me it’s nearly time to get my next second-hand PS4 game.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Legit nelson muntz'd

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I fully support scalpers getting fucked.

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