Η Amazon bought the Twitch service for 970 million dollars, according to announcements issued by both companies.
Η movement this comes as a surprise since there were rumors that they wanted her Google to be very close to closing a deal with Twitch. Rumors suggested that Google wanted to use the gaming video streaming service to boost YouTube, a service that already has a large gaming community.
It seems, however, that the Amazon decided to grab the company, pulling it from the middle Google.
"I am pleased to announce that the Amazon. We chose Amazon because we believe in our community, we want to share our values and our long-term vision, and they will help us get there faster. We keep the most: our office, our employees, our brand name, and most importantly our independence. But with her support Amazon we will have the resources to give you an even better Twitch, ”reads a message posted by him CEO of Twitch, Emmett Shear.
Η Twitch is a platform that allows users to broadcast live feeds of their game and has around 55 million unique visitors every month who watch the content created by around 1 million broadcasters.
"Broadcasting for gameplay is a global phenomenon and Twitch has created a platform that brings together tens of millions of people who watch billions of minutes of games each month. The amazing thing is that the service Twitch "He is only three years old," he said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com.
