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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wontonPosted:

yay!!!! no google plus or boat loads of adds

GaryPosted:

This surely is better then Google buying it, this means that they won't stuff Google plus down our throats.

vWatsoncPosted:

That is made but good for twitch employees because they have such a good website and hands down the best site for streaming games !

SwiftPosted:

TridentialX Nooo this is such a bad idea omg :(


Did you even read the article? This is nothing like the google deal.

TridentialXPosted:

Nooo this is such a bad idea omg :(

OrthoPosted:

So happy about this!! Maybe prime members will get something special too

JoveticPosted:

I'm going to be streaming a ton during FIFA 15's release. I'm really hoping Twitch doesn't go to hell or else I'm off to hitbox.

MissPosted:

About time someone actually bought it.

BankshotPosted:

Can someone explain how Amazon will make profit out of this deal?

SwiftPosted:

Kex well thats kinda weird.
Wonder whats gonna happen.


absolutely nothing. Amazon will give Twitch the resources that they could not have gotten without this deal.


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