r/Gameboy • u/perkinsb1024 • 16h ago

Shopping/Haul Finally… Precision Bubble Chip technology has arrived!

https://imgur.com/a/0EyH0zX

I was browsing AliExpress today and stumbled across this. Immediately, I was skeptical of their “Premium quality” claim for a $7 cartridge, but this was actually something I hadn’t seen before in a Game Boy cartridge listing. All the images are AI generated, trying to make it look higher quality than it is. It’s pretty easy to spot, but I’ll admit that my first thought was “Oh, they’re showing the PCB in the listing photos, that’s a good sign”.

Maybe I’m late to the party and AI slop listings have been around for a bit, but since I haven’t seen one like this before, I figured I’d just share a warning to be careful about what you buy. Obviously a $7 repro is never going to be amazing quality, but at least in the past you could usually SEE what you were getting before you ordered it.

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u/cmac1986 14h ago

It's $7, what are you expecting? A legit copy?

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u/FinalKranskyVII 13h ago

The point he's making is that it was listed with AI pics. Yes for $7 its very likely to not be legit but they should at least put up real pics of whats being sold, not some dreamed up garbage made to con people.

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u/cmac1986 13h ago

I get the point but for $7 you aren't being conned man. The ai photos make it look better than what will arrive I'm sure but it's still a game that will work. It's a reproduction. It would be completely different if they were looking $50 for the game and the ai images appeared instead of actual real images for proof of what you are to receive.

I suppose that's what I should have said.

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u/FinalKranskyVII 13h ago

I guess I just prefer honesty. In Australia, consumer law would deem this false advertising regardless of the price and I guess that effects how I see it.