Since its release on November 12, 2020, the PS5 has remained difficult to reliably locate in stores thanks to a combination of high consumer demand, opportunistic resellers and their loyal bots, chip shortages impacting manufacturing, and supply chain irregularities related to the global pandemic. Scarcity has developed into a big enough issue that lawmakers pushed legislation to combat scalpers and bots, which continue even now to serve as one of the biggest contributors to the ongoing difficulties.

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When a parent works so hard to acquire that perfect gift, it’s important to have some fun giving it away on the big day. One ingenious parent decided the best way to generate some personal enjoyment was to decorate the PS5 so that it appears like a common household toilet. A Reddit post shows the console decked out in blue wrapping paper and looking very toilet-like indeed. There’s little likelihood the joke will be poorly received. Gamers tend to appreciate a little toilet humor, as suggested by the fact Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 lets players throw things down toilets. Jokes like that wouldn’t keep being put in expensive blockbuster games unless there were a demand for them.

Consoles have a long tradition of exciting gamers of all ages, such as when one gamer dad was surprised with a PS5 for Christmas. The weeks immediately following Thanksgiving account for a sizable portion of annual sales for many hardware manufacturers and software publishers, and it is a foregone conclusion that requests for the latest games (as well as established classics) will appear frequently in any letters addressed to the North Pole.

Disguising a PS5 as a toilet might seem a bit mean-spirited, but the gift’s recipient will likely forgive everything once he tears through the gift wrap and finds he finally has the hardware he needs to play some of the industry’s biggest games. And when it comes to his next birthday, perhaps he can look forward to one of the 10 best PS5 accessories dressed up like a lawnmower.

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Source: Reddit