Unfortunately, the product’s launch wasn’t much different from the RTX 3080 and 3090 releases, leaving many consumers empty-handed and frustrated.
(Credit: Nvidia) Well, that was a terrible experience. Nvidia’s RTX 3070 went on sale this morning at 6 a.m. PST, but the card immediately went out of stock across major retailers, leaving consumers—including us—annoyed, but not surprised. The outcome is a repeat of the RTX 3080 and 3090 launches; both products sold out on day one almost instantaneously, sparking customer outrage. To try and break the cycle, Nvidia decided to delay the RTX 3070’s release by two weeks in the hopes it could build up more inventory. Unfortunately, today’s launch was another kick to the groin. We were among the users hoping to buy the RTX 3070 Founders Edition from Nvidia’s website. The sun wasn’t even out, and yet our adrenaline was up in an all-out effort to obtain this damn card. But when 6 a.m. rolled along, we immediately began to worry. Nvidia’s website failed to offer up a buy button, even after multiple refreshes. (Credit: Nvidia) Minutes later, Nvidia’s website displayed a “See All Buying Options” button. Clicking it brought us to another page, which revealed Nvidia didn’t plan on selling the product directly at all. Instead, the company redirected us to buy the RTX 3070 from Best Buy.(Credit: Best Buy) For a moment, we were relieved. Best Buy’s website showed an actual “Add to Cart” button.
