Japanese stores are banning sales of RTX 5080 and 5090 for tourists

Since they were launched by Nvidia, the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 models of their GPUS have been difficult to obtain, especially for the price recommended by the manufacturer. Aware that many consumers are having difficulty buying the products, Some Japanese retailers are barring their sales to foreigners.

Store chains in the city of Osaka have begun to display warnings that they will no longer sell hardware to people of other nationalities, at least for a while. The main buyers from outside the country have been the Chinese, who often resell the products obtained by the most pronounced values.

Before taking the drastic measure, the Japanese shopkeepers had already prevented the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 to be sold with tax exemption. However, not even this has helped to reduce the demand of foreigners, who have appealed to all possible means to purchase products without giving up abusive remarks.

RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 situation should not improve soon

The situation demonstrates very well how unable to fulfill the desires of consumers who want to upgrade to their latest GPUs. This is reflected both restrictions on their production lines and the fact that many hardware is not being directed to ordinary consumers.

Since RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 have been launched, reports that companies – many of them Chinese – have been common are redirecting much of their productions for cryptocurrency operations. This is not exactly a new situation, but it has become even more problematic with the rise of artificial intelligence – which has also increased demand for high performance plates.

Thus, the expectation is that the situation of the two GPUS should not improve in the near future and consumers will continue to have difficulty finding them. And it will be nothing strange if other companies follow the tendency of Osaka shopkeepers, preventing the few units that reach their inventories from being obtained by foreigners.

Fonte: VideoCardz