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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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"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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Valve is a private company with no debts. No reason to sell to anyone.
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    Valve is worth $10 billion and Gabe Newell owns >50% of it.
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      Unfortunately, every man has a price.
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