Twitch confirms sale to Amazon for $970 million

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Amazon.com will purchase video game streaming service Twitch for approximately $970 million in cash. There you go, streamers. Happy? It wasn't Google!

"Like Twitch, we obsess over customers and like to think differently, and we look forward to learning from them and helping them move even faster to build new services for the gaming community," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as part of today's announcement.

Twitch CEO Emmett Shear added, "Being part of Amazon will let us do even more for our community. We will be able to create tools and services faster than we could have independently. This change will mean great things for our community, and will let us bring Twitch to even more people around the world."

The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2014.



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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/25/twitch-confirms-amazon-purchase/

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AR15Posted:

Miss
Vauxhall Crazy amount of money glad Amazon got it instead of Google


I honestly think Google could have made it better.


I personally think this as well.

I feel that Google makes things better instead of worse. Usually anyways lol

1989Posted:

duk Couldn't believe Amazon took Twitch, surprising.


same cant believe it aswell tbh

MartialPosted:

This very surprising and I watched the stream last night seemed very interesting.

FinessedPosted:

Couldn't believe Amazon took Twitch, surprising.

RipPosted:

Thank god google didn't get i am happy

lolohnoeszszPosted:

Miss
Vauxhall Crazy amount of money glad Amazon got it instead of Google


I honestly think Google could have made it better.


Like how they made YouTube "better"? Please Google literally kills anything it buys. Thank god Twitch didn't sell out to them.

OrthoPosted:

Miss
Vauxhall Crazy amount of money glad Amazon got it instead of Google


I honestly think Google could have made it better.


Maybe, but amazon is an amazing service and I can't wait to see how they improve it

LatiasPosted:

xxRider702xx
Gossip I thought Google owned this?


Yeah so did I. like i could of sworn people already said google bought it.


They were planning to buy it, but never entered into a contract. We won't know why but Google became less interested in the acquisition.

xxRider702xxPosted:

Gossip I thought Google owned this?


Yeah so did I. like i could of sworn people already said google bought it.

OPPosted:

Thank god google didn't get, they would just ruin it like everything else they own.


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