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How a Bot Bought Dozens of RTX 3080 Units Before Consumers Could Grab Them

The bot was able to help one reseller score 42 units of the RTX 3080 from Nvidia’s website before it went out of stock.

Sophisticated_Chap1334d ago

This is the same kind of nonsense that happens with concert tickets, and it's got to stop.

potatoseal1334d ago

Thankfully Sony made it so at any store you could only get one PS5 per person. I'm sure most scalpers went to as many stores as they could, but still i think it may have helped some. Obviously some will get through the cracks, but this? 42? That's some bullcrap

NomadR3aper1334d ago

Depends on the retailer. I was able to score 2. 1 each day. 1 for me 1 for a friend. Bots definitely took most of PS5 stock. Only way Walmart could sell out of stock before 6pm when their preorders started.

Hungryalpaca1333d ago

I don’t think you know how bots work. They’re specifically designed to work around the blocks you stated.

I have a friend who got 4 preorders using a bot. Granted they’re gifts and one for him so he’s not scalping them but still.

RosweeSon1334d ago

It happens with everything Nintendo, ps5 anything seemingly popular or in demand they’ll jump on it. Time to ban the bots

Dee_911334d ago

ive been saying this for almost a decade. sneaker heads have been dealing with bots since at least 2009 and its not only gotten worse, its going mainstream. hopefully that'll be the push to ban bots from mass ordering. it would be as simple as limiting 1 or 2 items per IP.

Neonridr1334d ago

they need captcha's or 2-step verification introduced on purchases to help curb this.

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RosweeSon1334d ago (Edited 1334d ago )

Most do and it still doesn’t make much difference they just crash the site with sheer volume genuine customers give up and they 🤖 get free reign again

Dee_911334d ago

trust me, that doesn't help at all. i used to have to use scripts and plugins to buy shoes back in the day. I can only imagine how advanced it is today. it's crazy you have to learn about coding to buy in demand stuff online 🤣

crazyCoconuts1334d ago

I had a script polling every 5 seconds and as soon as it alerted me I refreshed the page and it was sold out. Crazy. Hope I can still get one at $700 this year.

CrimsonWing691334d ago

This is absurd it’s why I can’t get a PS5 probably. I’m sitting there spamming the pre order button for like 20 minutes only to finally get through and it tell me it’s out of stock.

SierraGuy1334d ago

Don't even bother...be like me and walk to the store day 1 and buy it...like ps4.

It's a hoax.

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sinspirit1334d ago

Pre-order stock is different from regular stock.

Ri0tSquad1334d ago (Edited 1334d ago )

Due to pandemic related inventory shortages and resellers, i doubt it'll be that easy. Just sayin'!

Silly gameAr1334d ago

Figured somebody would say that.

MazeRunner1334d ago

bullshit system they got in place.

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How And Why Online Multiplayer Is Still A Thing For Dreamcast

A trailblazer for online gaming, some players are still holding a candle for Dreamcast.

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purple1011d 15h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

such a shame, its my fav console by far. it was way better than ps1, problem was ps2 was due to come out, a year or so later, and many just waited for that, especially after the flop that was the Saturn,. (even though it way okay, it didn't sell well,).

ps1 did sell well, a lot of those fans waited for ps2. thus, the downfall of Dreamcast,,

Jingsing22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Every console is responsible for its own destiny, You don't go around pointing fingers at him or her or anybody, cowards do that and that ain't you! you're better than that!

lodossrage21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Not true,

The Dreamcast falling apart was because Sega couldn't make up the pay for the increasing debt from the Sega Master System, Game Gear, 32x, Sega CD, and Sega Saturn. The Dreamcast and Genesis were profitable. But the profits weren't outpacing the debt plus interest.

It had nothing to do with anyone waiting for the PS2

MetroidFREAK2121h ago

You're forgetting the most important part of the story. Sega was losing so much money so fast due to their past failures, they couldn't sustain the business. Even if the PS2 did help the demise of the system, the true blame is Sega themselves

lodossrage18h ago

Exactly

Even Bernie Stolar R.I.P (former Sega exect) admitted in an interview past debt was what hurt the Dreamcast.

Everyone says "Sony killed Sega" when that's not even remotely true. Not just that, but most of their debt came from fighting Nintendo, not Sony

ZeekQuattro16h ago

This. The only truly successful home platform Sega made was the Genesis. Every thing else flopped to varying degrees. The real culprits were Sega of Japan and Sega of America which went to war against each other for some odd reason.

Chocoburger1d 2h ago

I bought a DreamPi to play both Dreamcast and Saturn online! So far I'm only played with two people online with Saturn, and I need to spend more time with the Dreamcast community in order to play with them. I miss ChuChu Rocket online, good times!

Profchaos1d 1h ago

P2P there's even Sega genisis games that still connect online based on this.

Hosted servers wasn't really something I saw regularly on non oc platforms until the 360 era.

Ravenkiss21h ago

The Dreamcast was easily my favorite console of all time, home of many good fighting games

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai2d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga1d 19h ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

ravens521d 23h ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_1d 18h ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

KwietStorm_BLM1d 18h ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka1d 2h ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_1d 18h ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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Xbox No Longer Has Its Head In The Game

Microsoft & Xbox have shut down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks to lay off more workers, insinuating that they're not in the game anymore.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

They're headless for a long time because closing tango isn't exactly a good move

PapaBop1d 21h ago

Ever since that cringe Kinect reveal they've never been the same. They used to make some amazing games and do great deals with third parties Early on in the 360 era they had games like Chromehounds and Shadowrun, both well ahead of their time. Now instead of nurturing their studios, they'd rather gaslight gamers and throw billions on pre existing studios. Not sure how Spencer is still in a job, I wouldn't trust him to organise a piss-up in a brewery.

Father__Merrin1d 21h ago

We've said all along Spencer needs to go. I wish xbox went back to xbox only with new gears fable forza halo releases lots of third party releases

Those early rainbow 6 Vegas days and phantasy star universe are gone forever

S2Killinit1d 18h ago

MS has its head in the game but the game they are playing is something different from what console gamers expect from a platform. MS’s end game has always been to use the xbox as a trojan horse.

XiNatsuDragnel1d 16h ago

Lol that's funny well this plan they have isn't working homie

1Victor2d ago

“Acquisitions always come with cuts”

343 trillion points shield activated
343 trillion percent damage negate activated
All damage reduced to 1 for 343 trillion turns.
MICROSOFT DEFENSE FORCE IS A GO

Tacoboto2d ago

Especially for Microsoft, when Booty pretty much said they didn't know how to handle that many studios.

Why even make the acquisition then.

-Foxtrot2d ago

Didn’t they make the swipe for Bethesda when Sony wanted like 6 months exclusiveness for Starfield

It’s like…chill, you got Rise of the Tomb Raider for a year.

romulus232d ago

Do they always come with senseless cuts becasue that's exactly what cutting Tango was, senseless.

H92d ago

Everyone's acting now that game companies care about games and Xbox is committing the Ultimate betrayal, they are all like this and you have just been quiet about it for far too long

Nuclearmoon2d ago

I wonder if Microsoft do pull out of the console market that it might open the door for valve to relaunch the Steambox. Competition is good for the industry but Microsoft don't even seem to be trying anymore.

UltimateOwnage2d ago

Steam / Valve are one of the few truly pro-consumer bright spots in gaming right now. Thankfully.

Jingsing22h ago

From all the money Valve make from Steam they reinvest almost 0 into creating new AAA titles for the PC platform, Absolutely no giving nothing back in that regard. Wake up.

jwillj2k42d ago (Edited 2d ago )

“Your game has won some pretty significant awards and is a show piece for where we want to go in the future.”

1 hour later.

“We’re gonna have to let you go. You can’t cover our 100 billion dollar acquisition. Oh and take your awards too 👍🏾”

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