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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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[-] Abnorc@lemm.ee 5 points 21 hours ago

Amazon tried getting into game production as well and seems to have middling results at best. Having the financial backing is significant, but it doesn't guarantee success.

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

Honestly I was excited about o3de and still follow it from time to time, but the project feels so industrial versus Godots work

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