Comment on Nvidia’s RTX 5060 review debacle should be a wake-up call for gamers and reviewers
Kichae@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
“Reviewers” need to understand that, unless they paid their own money, from a bog-standard store, on or after release day, they are not reviewers, they are hired spokespeople.
Often times reviewers will get cards before release day without going through the manufacturer, as cards will ship to wear-houses and stores in preparation for launch day, and reviewers can get access to buy the cards early through contacts at those places.
One of the things nvidia did this time was they blocked reviewer’s access to drivers until release day, despite them having the cards.
People accused MKBHD for “killing” products with his reviews. Both cannot be true
Yup. Customers gotta note and avoid the untrustworthy spokes people, otherwise there is no downside for the spokesperson.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 days ago
In the case of gamers nexus, who paid for their own, they were still pressured by nvidia