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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'

www.pcgamer.com

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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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They came out of the gate with anti consumer bullshit in the form of exclusivity deals. Trust was shattered before they even got going.

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