Unknown Soldier
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I believe this story as much as I believe the story that President Obama was actually born in Kenya.
Gears of War 4 coming free with Nvidia 1070 & 1080s through Oct 30
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I believe this story as much as I believe the story that President Obama was actually born in Kenya.
Yeah and my uncle works for nintendo
infinit777
Member
Bought a key from a guy on reddit 7 hours ago and have yet to recieve a code. beware of PaladineBR
Worth noting, before now i thought these were legit as a lot of people were mentioning it possibly being computer part stores and whatnot. either way, was a waste of my money.
Worth noting, before now i thought these were legit as a lot of people were mentioning it possibly being computer part stores and whatnot. either way, was a waste of my money.
toastyToast
Member
More often then not a glitch like this doesn't exist and the computer part story is the main way people acquire mass amounts of keys. My pre-order hasn't been revoked yet so I think that Amazon/Nvidia/Microsoft might just eat this little screw up. It's not like it was on slickdeals or anything. Probably works out to a few thousand copies at most.
Unknown Soldier
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The glitch where you could order a copy of Dirt Rally for $0.99 on Newegg which was also supposed to be a bundle key actually did make it to Slickdeals. They were out of stock on those in less than an hour. Newegg let everyone keep the keys. I still have my copy of Dirt Rally in my Steam account. It supports VR now so I'm going to give it a whirl one of these days.
Stiler
Member
Same guy I bought mine from, got the code earlier today and it said that it was disabled and to contact nvidia support, so most likely it was from the amazon glitch.
I haven't heard a peep from him after i sent a msg asking for a refund or for a poor of purchase so I could activate the code.
Going to give it another day and if I still haven't got a msg going to have to do a chargeback.
infinit777
Member
Thanks for the info, ill do the same.
Eanan
Member
Not saying hes lying, but you'd be surprised how many "friends" own computer shops all of a sudden with this game deal.
hamster3 3
Member
I remember my crashes were from the app install location being on a different hdd from Windows in settings. I had to rollback, change it then update.
Generally speaking whenever these GPU deals come up, you can always find these codes on the resale market. There are always a few guys who legitimately do work at a computer shop or something of that nature and are able to get them.
The difference here is that there were literally 100s of them and they all appeared at the same time. While there is no doubt that there were/are legit sellers out there the chance of there being more than a couple this soon after the promo began (this past Tuesday) is pretty slim, especially the ones who were selling high #s of copies. It takes a while for these to proliferate normally, typically 1-2 weeks after the promo starts beyond a small # of people who will get them right when the promo starts from upgrading their GPUs and not wanting the game and prices usually reflect the rarity early on and its typically singular copies until later in the promo when the resellers are stocked. I even asked one guy Ive bought from multiple times yesterday and he has not even gotten 1 GW4 yet. Its been the same since Splinter Cell Blacklist (which is the furthest back I can remember getting a GPU pack in game on the resale market). It usually takes roughly a week for them to start trickling in and then by the 2 week mark, there'd be a small handful of people who had multiples and prices start to go down due to competition. For some of them (Arkham Knight and Pick Your Path) by the time we got to the 1-2 month of promo start, it was possible to get them for $10-$15 and by the time the game in the promo was actually released they were even cheaper (I got uPlay Watch Dogs 3 days after release for $6 via buying a nvidia promo on resale). Add to that is that many times over the past 2 years or so, there have been glitches (espc on Newegg) that have allowed these promos to be sold for literally 1C and in some cases they legitimately sold them for cheap to get rid of em.
I've gotten just about every GPU pack in game since Blacklist (every one thats been on Steam or uPlay) and its pretty much always followed this pattern. Sources vary but I regularly saw the same people selling them either on Reddit SGS or Steamgifts or Id get them from Newegg on glitch. Only one time the pattern above Ive not seen happen and that was MGS Phantom Pain, where the price actually went up on the resale market due to demand but the same pattern in terms of them appearing in the first place did happen.
The chance that your reddit guy is being truthful about his source is slim, and Im basing this simply on the history of how these things have proliferated before. If he had many multiple copies, Id bet on him being a legit source at 1%. It takes a while for shops to amass enough of the promo to sell multiples as they have to receive the stock. At the same time, until games start being revoked there's nothing to worry about. Hopefully the game is out before anything of that nature happens.
Its really going to be interesting to see how Nvidia and MS handle this. They'll likely base it on how many activated vs how many codes they were able to wipe out by putting the proof of purchase caveat in place. I think its 50/50 that they revoke, simply because theres really not enough info to make an educated guess at this point.
metareferential
Member
They won't revoke anything.
It's Amazon's fault. They'll swallow it and be done with it.
Plus, if the game is actually as good as it seems, it's all free PR for Microsoft (since I guess those codes are already payed for by nvidia/partners).
Hopefully the poor interns that made the fuck up happen won't get fired xD
I tend to agree that they won't.
Abstrusity
Member
How much are these codes going for? I just ordered a 1070 from Amazon yesterday and they said I was able to get a code.
proof of purchase:
proof of purchase:
mdsfx
Member
You're a little late to the partyHow much are these codes going for? I just ordered a 1070 from Amazon yesterday and they said I was able to get a code.
proof of purchase:
They started at $45 but due to the error they dropped to as low as $5.Abstrusity
Member
You're a little late to the party
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That was gonna be my keyboard fund, heh. Oh well, I'll sit on it for a little bit, I guess.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
You can get way more than 10 bucks. You have the receipts that nvidia want so your code is more valuable than others that used that fake cc method.vgsvgsvgsvgs
That was gonna be my keyboard fund, heh. Oh well, I'll sit on it for a little bit, I guess.
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That was gonna be my keyboard fund, heh. Oh well, I'll sit on it for a little bit, I guess.
The price is bound to rebound a bit since the glitch has IIRC been plugged (or will be plugged at least) and those cheap keys are going to dry up. So take a look around in a week or so.
Though in order to sell it you may need to provide the invoice to your buyer since Nvidia are asking for it thanks to the exploit, so if that is not something you're comfortable with, I'd just redeem it.
Abstrusity
Member
That will not be a problem. So I'll hold onto it and try to get a good bit out of it.
metareferential
Member
Sell it as an Xbox One code mentioning that it's legit and you can get a good bit out of it.
Chairmanchuck
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BBQMan
Member
No not true. Because it is an Xbox One code.
metareferential
Member
wtf are you talking about?
It's a play anywhere legit code (since he's actually bought a gpu from the promotion).
So it's an xbox code. The fact it comes from the nvidia site has no meaning whatsoever. You have to link your MS account (the same you use on xbox, you know).
Chairmanchuck
Member
Oh. He bought it. I thought it was a free code from the amazon glitch.
Abstrusity
Member
Yeah, i bought a 1070, it'll be a legit code.
metareferential
Member
I realize my post was harsher than intended; but people (not necessarily you) are so quick at throwing around fraud and other accusation that sometimes you need to be a bit of a dick xD
Aztechnology
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Anyone with a 1070 over a month old able to get newegg to give them a promo code?
CreateNowSleepLater
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Where are these codes going for $5? Not Ebay.
Can someone point me to a few decent 1070's? There are so many of them, hard to tell the difference.
Can someone point me to a few decent 1070's? There are so many of them, hard to tell the difference.
nvidia disabled all affected codes.
Aztechnology
Member
Not retroactively though from my understanding.
Blam
Member
Currently every code has been disabled.
Blam
Member
Which will not happen. Because whoever setup benefits was the one at fault at amazon. They have multiple ways of sending out codes and this one is only used for betas. Never should have put an actual game on this way of benefits.
They've disabled all codes in general, not just the amazon ones. As far as I can tell anyways.
Sniffynose
Member
I tried but no luck, I guess a week maybe but mine was about 6 weeks so I got told to get rekt lol
orichalcos
Member
Interesting:
My friend spoke with NVIDIA Support:
"-I am sorry, the codes from GoW has been disabled. We are currently investigating the issue. All valid codes would be re activated , would request you to try redeeming the code at a later time.
-thanks. when? in a few days or weeks?
-Sanjib: may be week or before 11th of October"
My friend spoke with NVIDIA Support:
"-I am sorry, the codes from GoW has been disabled. We are currently investigating the issue. All valid codes would be re activated , would request you to try redeeming the code at a later time.
-thanks. when? in a few days or weeks?
-Sanjib: may be week or before 11th of October"
It still shows up in my library on Windows and games and apps on Xbox.
Caayn
Member
It's common for illegally obtained keys to be deactivated even if the buyer wasn't aware of that fact.
shanafan
Member
Dummy file?
I think the preorder placeholder until the preload is up?
superNESjoe
Member
Disabled codes? The game is still in my library on Win10.
kittoo
Cretinously credulous
Yeah thats what I meant.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Is there any sure way to know if your copy was obtained illegally? I too have that small file downloaded already, so I'd like to know if I should put in a return if there was any backdoor shady movements going on and if they'll revoke access for those in a similar position.
Nope. Just enjoy the game. If you do feel shady about it. Just buy the game normally? Idk
That is interesting.
I don't think Microsoft would revoke access if you have it in your library, but I'm guessing the current batch of NVidia codes that are out there are going to be invalidated.
BBQMan
Member
They are talking about the codes you used to activate it. Generally if you already activated it you should be safe.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I would think that placating those who legitimately acquire the codes is more important than a blanket-wide ban that only permits legitimate codes after some effort.
I think all codes will be enabled closer to the game's release.
I think all codes will be enabled closer to the game's release.