the boxes, which cost between $100 and $125, come in four tiers. At the top of the stack is the Good Box, which could theoretically include the following: Includes all series of NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards, including RTX3090, RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti, RTX 3060 Ti, RX 6900 XT, RX 6800, RX 6700 XT, RX 6600 XT. The listing adds: “Graphics cards include used and new cards. The GeForce 30 and RX 6000 series are brand new. Next up is the high quality box, but rather than a potential product list it just says “All graphics cards are real and worth your money so you don’t have to worry about them” which looks like the most sketchy thing we’ve ever read.
Passing to the bottom of the barrel, we have the 100% winning box, which is not suspicious at all. The listing notes: “The probability of winning this random box is 100%, so you may find your own surprise and get a random product of equal or greater value.” Finally, there’s the lower tier box, which is cleverly titled “box”, and the description notes that its contents are truly random and secret. “The item in the box is randomly selected. If you want to know the item, you need to unlock it yourself. It’s a brave game. If you like it, don’t hesitate to order it!” A brave game indeed. What is this sentence on “A fool and his money?”
The current craze facing potential GPU buyers.
According to Wccftech Gamer Accounting, the range of possible GPUs you can find in the box spans from the 2014-2015 era GTX 900/Radeon 300, up to the current RTX 30 and AMD 6000 series. The website estimates that the chance of getting a specific GPU halves the higher you go up the food chain. So that puts the chances of getting a GPU from 2015 at 16% and 8% for a GTX 10-series/RX500 GPU. As we go down the line, there is a 4% chance of scoring an RTX 2000-series/RX5000 GPU, and a simple two percent chances are you’ll find a shiny new RTX 3000-series or RX6000-series GPU staring at you. This leaves a 70% chance that you will get some kind of GPU, and that’s all. That said, chances are it’s just a GPU that has the following characteristics: it’ll be old, it’ll be used, and it’ll be cheap.
It’s also possible that it’s not even a real thing, so maybe someone’s kidding, so to speak. If anyone had access to a decent supply of GPUs, regardless of age, you could make a lot more money just selling them on eBay than you could with a Loot Box. Perhaps the majority of boxes sold, if any, were simply filled with trash. With the proliferation of scam products on Amazon these days, that wouldn’t surprise us. There’s also the issue that there are only two reviews for the boxes, and neither of them seem very reliable. For example, the first reads: “I didn’t buy it, but it looks like a lot of fun.” Now call us cynical, but that doesn’t sound like legitimate criticism. The only other reviewer humbly reports, “This is a product that has been used in many ways.” So sign us up!
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