NZXT’s Flex PC rentals are still ‘misleading’ and ‘predatory,’ claims Gamers Nexus

Avid gamers Nexus has launched a video deconstructing NZXT’s defense of its Flex gaming PC buy and rental program. In it, host Steve Burke says the corporate continues to be deceptive clients, regardless of changes made in response to his earlier video through which he called the program “a rip-off.”

NZXT said in its response this week that it might make clear particulars about its Flex program, which Avid gamers Nexus had criticized for having specs that may change generally “day-to-day.” The corporate has appeared to replace specs and efficiency numbers for its buy builds. However Avid gamers Nexus stories it nonetheless noticed points like inconsistent FPS numbers and a FAQ that implied NZXT’s for-sale Participant: Three Prime construct makes use of an RTX 4090 graphics card, regardless of its specs saying in any other case.

The FAQ entry Burke mentions appears to be gone now, however as of this writing, there’s nonetheless an entry titled “What GPU is true for me?” that lists the RTX 4090 and its advantages. Such inconsistencies are an issue for potential clients, Burke says.

The truth that NZXT misrepresented its product, even after its assertion, as having a 4090 when it nonetheless had a 4080 Tremendous … seemingly signifies that even NZXT can’t sustain with its personal specs adjustments. If NZXT can’t sustain with it … how are they anticipating the client to maintain up with it?

Avid gamers Nexus gives different criticisms of the corporate’s rental program, from “improper packaging” injury charges with higher bounds that exceed the price of equal non-rental variations of the PCs to the creator-based advert movies that live on, regardless of the corporate saying it had “pulled all influencer-led Flex promoting.” NZXT didn’t instantly reply to our request for touch upon the brand new video.

Avid gamers Nexus stated Thursday that it’s engaged on a deeper investigation, and its video right now ends with Burke saying he’s obtained “a lot of very regarding ideas” from former workers and clients.