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Jeff Bezos is a smart dude, but I’m gonna need a pretty lengthy explanation from him about his latest venture. As of today, Amazon has announced that they will be purchasing the web-streaming company, Twitch, for $970 million IN CASH. I first heard of Twitch literally a week ago. From what I can gather, it’s a streaming site that’s particularly known for live video of people playing video games.
Jeff Bezos himself made the announcement: “Broadcasting and watching gameplay is a global phenomenon, and Twitch has built a platform that brings together tens of millions of people who watch billions of minutes of games each month.”
That’s right, Amazon just dropped a bil on a company who makes money off of people wanting to watch other people play video games. I don’t even like watching my friends play video games, and that’s when I’m there in person to make jokes, drink beer, and slap the controller out of their hands at inopportune moments. Give me a call, Jeff, because this one puzzles me.
[via New York Times]
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If this blows your mind Knox, know that there are people who make a living out of playing Call of Duty and posting the videos to YouTube, probably earning more than most people in the middle of their careers.
Asia is a weird place.
I’m a socially well-adjusted college graduate with a good job in my field. I say this to make it clear that I’m a functioning adult. High functioning, even.
And… I watch Twitch. Shit, I wish I could make a living as a game announcer. I’m good at it.
K. Cool. Thanks, Knox.
Whatever, nerd
Well let’s put it this way for you: 15 million people watched The World Series. 32 million people watched the league of legends championship on twitch. 80,000 people watched fucking p
God damnit. 80K people watched Pokemon live for days on end. Not counting the advertising revenue you’d rake in for all of that, but just to be able to regularly command audiences of that size is worth the almost billion.
Why do you know this?
Thirty seconds worth of research.