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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' (www.pcgamer.com)
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I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 42 points 5 months ago

And they have plenty of competition. Just that none of the competition tires hard enough to be compelling.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

Because they're trying to compete on a product level, not a service level. They want your money, but don't want to have to put forth the effort Valve has to get it.

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