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Started by sinty | | 7 answers
Newegg not offering free game with GTX 970 and 980 ? Why?
I picked up a used 780 for $390 on newegg not 2 days before they released the 970 and 980. Had no idea this was coming or that the older series was going to get discontinued. Noticed that the 970 and 980 do not come with a free game, but the older 780 TI does, as do a number of other cards.

Anyone know why?
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September 24, 2014 4:26:52 PM

sinty said:
Because a lot of other cards are offering the preorder download code. I guess these are too new to offer any bonus's as the other users mentioned here.


M a r k e t i n g.

They are not giving stuff away for free. They are presenting you with an inducement to buy crap they don't want sucking up space in the warehouse.
September 24, 2014 4:20:01 PM

Because a lot of other cards are offering the preorder download code. I guess these are too new to offer any bonus's as the other users mentioned here.
September 24, 2014 12:26:18 PM

sinty said:
Lame! With Borderlands right around the corner too :[


LOL. How can it be lame if the next version of Borderlands is not out yet?
September 23, 2014 9:48:12 AM

Lame! With Borderlands right around the corner too :[
September 23, 2014 9:39:08 AM

The games were a Marketing tactic to get people to purchase the cards before the newly released 900 series. When the 700 series was released, they didn't start offering games for a few months.
September 23, 2014 9:38:13 AM

the Nvidia partners tend to bundle up certain games to up the sales of their cards
but this strategy comes in a little later when sales go down
the 900 is was released recently and it is going to sell anyway
like just a few days before the 900 series release Nvidia bundled the 700 series cards with Borderlands
this was an attempt to boost sales because of the low sales of thier cards due to the 900 series's anticipated release
you'll have t wait a while before they start bundling these cards though
PS: the MSI GTX 970 twin frozer 5 has a cool mouse pad in the box if not a game!
September 23, 2014 9:36:09 AM

Marketing.

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