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Amazon thought it could compete with Steam because it was so much larger than Valve, but Prime Gaming's former VP admits that 'gamers already had the solution to their problems'

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Amazon thought it could compete with Steam because it was so much larger than Valve, but Prime Gaming's former VP admits that 'gamers already had the solution to their problems'

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago

"Just because you are big enough to build something doesn’t mean people will use it."

I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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It’s because the stock market doesn’t care about anything except the next quarter. Valve can think long term because they’re privately owned.

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