Ex-Amazon Gaming Exec Explains Why No 1 Has Beaten Steam

Ex-Amazon Gaming Exec Explains Why No One Has Beaten Steam
A surprising contradiction sits at the heart of PC gaming: the medium’s most open platform is nevertheless dominated by a single storefront. That storefront belongs to Valve, it’s called Steam, and despite plenty of challenges in the two decades since it launched,
Former Prime Gaming VP Reflects On Amazon's Failure To Overtake Steam
Ethan Evans, the ex-VP of Prime Gaming, shares his thoughts about why Amazon couldn't catch up to Valve's Steam.
Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam
Everything except making a store people wanted to use? Ethan Evans, who was previously Vice President of Prime Gaming at Amazon, has a short retrospective of trying to take on Steam.
Amazon tried to beat Steam, but despite being “250 times bigger,” it still lost
A former Amazon Games executive has explained why, and how, the company's strategy to take on Steam never worked, despite all it tried.
Why Amazon Luna Failed To Beat Steam
And Steam is still going strong. Despite all their advantages, Amazon just couldn't break into the PC gaming market. And recently, one of the higher-ups behind it all has given us a post-mortem. Speaking in a post on LinkedIn,
Former exec admits Amazon tried and failed to beat Steam, says the company "needed to build something dramatically better" but "gamers already had the solution" in Valve's store
It's likely Evans means Amazon is a bigger company than Steam, not that its platform was bigger. I can't imagine any digital library bigger than Steam's, except maybe Itch.io. "Th
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Former Amazon VP Reveals Why They Couldn't Usurp Steam
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