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Something I don't get, both in case of Nvidia and PS5 products, is why they don't open the sales with higher prices. They are basically leaving at least 2x the
by foobarian 6y ago
Something I don't get, both in case of Nvidia and PS5 products, is why they don't open the sales with higher prices. They are basically leaving at least 2x the money on the table to scalpers.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoInteresting question. I believe nVidia once had a policy of deliberately crippling the double-precision performance of their regular consumer graphics cards, in an effort to push their high-end computation-friendly 'workstation' cards, but that's not quite the same thing. Not a rock-solid source, but: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/why-include-fp64.199352/ https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/why-include-fp64....
- 2sk21 6y agoRight, why not just conduct auctions?
- Volundr 6y agoPersonally I've always wished they'd just do backordering, especially with the PS5. Pre-orders sold out? That's fine just let me get in a queue instead of having to check back constantly and try to race for one. I think that alone would kill the scalper market.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoI don't think it would, people would still be willing to pay more to cut the line.
- Volundr 6y agoProbably some, but I'm not sure it'd be enough to maintain a market. All my friends I game with seem to think they'd prefer just being able to back-order to the current system, and clearly basing market predictions based on myself and my friend group couldn't be wrong :-).
- Skunkleton 6y agoHey, I would prefer back ordering too. Looks like your model is confirmed 100% accurate.