The Japanese store will play the right to buy a GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 in the lottery

The expected deficiency of video cards of the GEFORCE RTX of the 50th series forces retailers around the world to creatively approach the organization of sales of new products. For example, in Japan, one of the electronics stores will conduct a lottery for the right to purchase a GeForce RTX 5090 or RTX 5080. Yes, they will not play the video card itself, but only the right to buy it.

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According to the Japanese Goodwill retailer, sales of a new generation of GEFORCE RTX 5000 video cards in Japan will begin on January 31, at 11:00 in the morning local time. There are not enough cards for all coming. Due to the tremendous demand for new accelerators, the store will hold a lottery 40 minutes before the start of sales, the winners in which will receive the right to buy the treasured novelty. The store will report the availability of certain models and their number closer to midnight on January 30.

«The video cards of the new generation, the sales of which will begin on January 31, at 11:00 in the morning, will be sold through the lottery system in our store on the Osa Street in Nagoy. The issuance of lottery tickets will begin at 10:20 in the morning. Only those who by this time will be in line [near the store] will be able to receive a ticket. Parts about available models and the number of video cards will be announced after 11:00 p.m. January 30, ”Reteiler said on his page on the social network.

It is good that retailers for the implementation of scarce video cards have not yet scooped up ideas from “Hunger Games” or “Calmar games”.