Based on the pricing, they unlaunched the wrong one. The price of the 16GB 4080 is way higher than the 3080. Based on pricing alone, it's the 12GB card that should be called the 4080 and the 16GB card called a 4080Ti or Super or 4085 or something.
So hopefully this is a sign that they're going to adjust the pricing of the 16GB 4080 to the price announced for the 12GB former-4080.
What I bet will happen is: 4080 16G is going to be a very fast card that's going to sell as hot cakes at set price point. Just like the 4090 is selling very well despite all the moaning about power and price.
In this case, I'm not sure that hope is really even worth it. This whole launch has been blatantly artificially inflated to move more of the backstock on the 30 series.
So hopefully this is a sign that they're going to adjust the pricing of the 16GB 4080 to the price announced for the 12GB former-4080.
I doubt it, but one can hope.