NVIDIA launched the GeForce RTX 4060 today, but one country that doesn’t seem to be too concerned about it is Japan. Heritage Akihabra, a local publication that covers PC hardware, has shared a photo that shows how only one person showed up to buy green team’s new $299 Ada Lovelace GPU at one of the country’s major electronics chains—in particular, an MSI GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING X 8G. “In the end, one person purchased at the PC studio Akihabara main store,” the publication confirmed. Another photo from the @akiba_ten_M account shows how Dospara, another major retailer, was similarly empty. Around 50% of Japanese households do their shopping online, according to Statista.
Sources: @hermita_akiba, @akiba_ten_M
【アキバ取材班】結局、パソコン工房 秋葉原本店で1名が購入して終了しました。売れたのはMSI「GeForce RTX 4060 GAMING X 8G」。GeForce GTX 1060から久しぶりの乗り換えとの事でした pic.twitter.com/8vagoFlZzu
— エルミタージュ秋葉原編集部 (@hermita_akiba) June 29, 2023
パソコン工房とドスパラ pic.twitter.com/MfIzbRuOMA
— M氏 モリケン自作PCチョットデキル (@akiba_ten_M) June 29, 2023