Honest opinions. Do you feel duped by Nvidia? Would you have waited for Titan instead of buying the 1080? For me. The 1080 was the most expensive card I have ever owned or paid for. I personally am not bothered by this. I would not even consider a $1,200 dollar card. I have my limits of what I personally am willing to pay. Even $699 was really really pushing it for me. I will ride out this 1080 until the next all new card hits. Should give me a solid 2 years out of it. 

Because not everyone is in the know and constantly keeps up with technology. Everything was rumor and Titan was possibly expected at the earliest by people. Holiday time. 

FattysGoneWild
Because not everyone is in the know and constantly keeps up with technology. Everything was rumor and Titan was possibly expected at the earliest by people. Holiday time. 

 
If you are buying $700 and $1200 parts and not keeping up with things, you are wrong.

I still don't get it why Nvidia banged this out so early. 1080 stock issues continue to exist and are a real thing. Many want to buy and cant. Then they announce this. I think the 1080 has so much hype and in demand. This is one way of keeping it in the spotlight as a fire sale alternative. 

It is a different GPU, so that doesn't change anything for the 1080 supply.  Titan X buyers are, by and large, not in the market for a 1080 anyway unless it was a placeholder card.  As well, the $500 premium will keep most people in the "wishing and wanting" place over the 1080 anyway which reverts back to the sentence before this one.

If you bought an EVGA 1060 or 1070 or 1080 in the first place, just use the step up program. You've got 90 days from the date of purchase (not sure what the ruling is for those that pre-ordered).

Problem solved for the HAVE TO HAVE THE LATEST, FASTEST, AND RIGHT NOW crowd.

http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/

arestavo
If you bought an EVGA 1060 or 1070 or 1080 in the first place, just use the step up program. You've got 90 days from the date of purchase (not sure what the ruling is for those that pre-ordered).

Problem solved for the HAVE TO HAVE THE LATEST, FASTEST, AND RIGHT NOW crowd.

http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/

According to Jacob in another thread, this X will be a NVIDIA exclusive unless I read it wrong.  And I thought the Titan wasn't available last round?
 
EDIT:  I was obviously slower that Scarlet this time.  Better? 

wemdee
I am in the market for a 1080. At a $600 to $700 price point, I never thought it would remain the top card for long. I assumed that a new $1000+ card would come out eventually. For me, the ~$650 market is normally where I buy anyway. I don't need the performance of the Titan X. I could understand if you didn't follow the market and didn't realize this, but evga does have the step up program if that helps.

You can't step up to an NVIDIA exclusive through eVGA.
 
Wait, didn't we just address this?  Oh yeah.  Different thread.   Hey, Scarlet!  Can you merge all of this?

CoercionShaman

wemdee
I am in the market for a 1080. At a $600 to $700 price point, I never thought it would remain the top card for long. I assumed that a new $1000+ card would come out eventually. For me, the ~$650 market is normally where I buy anyway. I don't need the performance of the Titan X. I could understand if you didn't follow the market and didn't realize this, but evga does have the step up program if that helps.

You can't step up to an NVIDIA exclusive through eVGA.
 
Wait, didn't we just address this?  Oh yeah.  Different thread.   Hey, Scarlet!  Can you merge all of this?

This is the exact same thread... It is literally right above his post not once, but twice.

I guess my sarcasm was lost on that comment. 

I don't see how a card almost twice the price makes the 1080 outdated, now if it were within the same price range, sure.

EVGATech_RayH

arestavo
If you bought an EVGA 1060 or 1070 or 1080 in the first place, just use the step up program. You've got 90 days from the date of purchase (not sure what the ruling is for those that pre-ordered).
Problem solved for the HAVE TO HAVE THE LATEST, FASTEST, AND RIGHT NOW crowd.
http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/

We currently have no plans to sell the new Titan X card so you would not be able to use Step-Up to go from a GTX 1080 to a Pascal Titan X

And statement aligning with this made by Jacob.  http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2518305
 

I'm very happy with my 1080 and would have not spent another $500 even if the Titan was available at the time.

Agree with the above posts. 
 
Titan is a completely different, targets a different type of  customer, one with deeper pockets at a minimum. 
 
I love my EVGA Titan X SC in 2-way SLI by the way  
 
Besides, technology has always had bleeding edge products; with premium prices, only to be faster, cheaper or bigger next month !
 
( I remember my 1st, 1 GB HD, a steal at $640.00, what to do with all that room -- lol )
 
If anyone was really "upset" they could sell their current 10 series card at a premium (because of backorder issues) and wait for the chance to maybe get a new Titan --- of course by then the next Titan with the better memory or some other new & improved will be around the corner.
 
Unlike your next new car, that will be worth thousands less before the tires even hit the road, right after you sign the documents.
 
Current generation GPUs have held their value well with time.  As many waiting for SLI setups have learned, while waiting for a big price drop before buying a second or third card.
 
 
I'll conclude in simply stating your premise in the title is flawed: 
 
The 1080 is NOT obsolete, just not going to be King of the Hill any more, once new Titans actually ship in August or later.
 
 

The only people who should ever feel ripped off are the original titan owners such as myself. At the time, we didn't know the 780 was coming out months later for hundreds less. Now we all now the game NVIDIA likes to play so whatever. Most people will do their homework before spending 1200 on a new card