Hopefully that face represents an "OMG" and a "WTF?!" to you.
I love AMD. You know this. But apparently, last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, AMD decided to give some free stuff away. The gave away a Radeon R9 270X Battlefield 4 edition GPU, a copy of the game, an HP Notebook, and a $500 voucher to be used towards a PS4, Xbox One, or Wii U.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mwe2FCxqJY
Now, I kind of get this; it's a good way to get your products out to people who wouldn't normally know about them. But the average person isn't going to know jack shit about nearly any of this, ESPECIALLY the GPU. Seriously, it makes me sad because 95% of the audience won't know what to do with the stuff when they get home, but the thing that makes me even more sad is the fact that of the 5%, only half of them will probably have a computer capable of running the R9.
AMD, I'm going to tell you guys how to make some money. I know, right? Stupid ass kid with a blog who thinks he knows stuff. Well, here's the thing: You have your foot in the door with all three video game consoles. You are starting to gain a following with budget builders. Your technologies are quite literally the most interesting thing I've seen in years, and a lot of the PC veterans are even wondering what you've got going on. To go on a talk show to try and sway some people over to your side is moronic. The people who give a shit about you aren't going to be found in a studio audience.
The people you're trying to pander to don't know you, don't care about you, and probably don't care about computers. Stop doing stuff like this to try and boost your popularity. You're already making money hand over fist by having your technology in the main consoles, you are already the budget conscious option for PC gamers, and yet you are still the company computer enthusiasts think of when they think gimmicky.
Want to get some credibility? Push your CPU technology forward, get Mantle out the door, help make computing better for everyone. If you're making a buttload of money, do you need recognition from people who don't care about you anyway?
I love AMD. I love everything they do. But I really can't support this that much. If you really wanted to be taken more seriously, don't just give people a graphics card and a crappy laptop and a console. Give them a PC powered by your technology. A gaming PC. One that will make them say "Wow, I can't believe how fast and easy this is!" Cause what you gave them yesterday was "Wow, I wonder how much I can get for this on eBay!"
Stop doing stuff like this. It hurts you in the long run.
Happy gaming.
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