inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoTwo Nvidia-branded trailers were stolen, then recovered as they were filled with nothing but sandwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down17
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minus-squareToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·4 days agoWhy does this read like a marketing stunt?
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·4 days agoCause it likely is. Edit: thinking about it further we have never heard of, nor seen, an Nvidia branded trailer. We have never heard about one getting stolen before. Now suddenly 2 get stolen, and were bait? Who were they baiting?
minus-squareToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoNo mention of this being run by police, and why would Nvidia advertise on the sides of trucks? Lots of mentions of the transport company name.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 days agoWho’s “we”? Do you live near an Nvidia facility? If not, then there’s no reason you’d be likely to see them.
minus-squareSteveTech@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoKitKat managed to turn a stolen truck into a marketing campaign. I wouldn’t be surprised if NVIDIA was trying to do the same thing.
Why does this read like a marketing stunt?
Cause it likely is.
Edit: thinking about it further we have never heard of, nor seen, an Nvidia branded trailer. We have never heard about one getting stolen before. Now suddenly 2 get stolen, and were bait? Who were they baiting?
No mention of this being run by police, and why would Nvidia advertise on the sides of trucks? Lots of mentions of the transport company name.
Who’s “we”? Do you live near an Nvidia facility? If not, then there’s no reason you’d be likely to see them.
KitKat managed to turn a stolen truck into a marketing campaign. I wouldn’t be surprised if NVIDIA was trying to do the same thing.