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

It’s really interesting to see how out of touch with reality these folks are, really an eye opening article.

  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s very simple, really. The meteoric rise of the gaming industry is unparalleled in entertainment so of course it quickly attracted an entourage of greedy finance people with dollar bills in their eyes who wouldn‘t even think of touching a controller or even watch a game trailer. They‘re in it for the money and think in numbers and spreadsheets. That‘s the root of many problems plaguing AAA studios today.

    You would think a game journalist would at least have heard of Luna though. Even when it was dead on arrival.

    • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If Gaben wasn’t in it for the money, he wouldn’t be able to afford a fleet of 6 mega yatchs worth 1 billion and costing him 100 million per year just to maintain. He grabs 30% and enjoys his soft monopoly just like every other big videogame store.