Lack of PS5 Pro shortages means some scalpers are re-selling at a loss

Good

Deserved.

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
- Good games are good games regardless of when they’re made
  
  And in one sentence you've completely encapsulated the reason why Nintendo is terrified of emulators.
  
  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.
- PS3 is probably the last gen to support a lot of local coop games
  
  Co-optimous has the best db of co-op features.
  For couch co-op they list:
  PS1 - 85 titles
  PS2 - 212 titles
  PS3 - 500 titles
  PS4 - 1207 titles
  PS5 - 393 titles
  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.
- 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.
  
  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
- My Son likes the Wii 😂

"Lack of shortages"
Just say Surplus you weirdo. Who the heck wrote that headline?
- 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.
- You know who. ChatGPT.

A lack of shortages?
- It’s too complicated to say “a surplus”.
  
  It makes sense given the context. The article is trying to distinguish between a surplus and a lack of shortage for 2 reasons.
  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.
  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.
- They are really short on shortages this year.
  
  An abundanceage?
- Sounds like a clever way to avoid saying they're underselling.

Good, fuck scalpers with fire.
- Fuck them gently with a chainsaw.

it might have no games but at least the scalpers are also losing
- This ones probably more current.
  https://youtu.be/UtG11pmBe3U

A steamdeck is a better deal!
- 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.
  
  it struggles to maintain playable framerates in modern games at its own native resolution
  I love people making blanket statements about the SD when it's a fucking PC: what settings are you talking here, because my SD handles games that came out this year no problem on medium settings native, some settings to low when I put it on my big living room TV
  Its not going to replace a console perfectly but it absolutely can play almost anything that isn't an exclusive or designed to just not work on Linux (which you can get around too anyway)
- 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.