Breaking: Amazon has officially purchased Twitch for $970M
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[url]http://www.twitch.tv/p/thankyou[/url]
[quote=Twitch]Dear Twitch Community,
It’s almost unbelievable that slightly more than 3 years ago, Twitch didn’t exist. The moment we launched, we knew we had stumbled across something special. But what followed surprised us as much as anyone else, and the impact it’s had on both the community and us has been truly profound.
Your talent, your passion, your dedication to gaming, your memes, your brilliance - these have made Twitch what it is today. Every day, we strive to live up to the standard set by you, the community. We want to create the very best place to share your gaming and life online, and that mission continues to guide us.
Together with you, we’ve found new ways of connecting developers and publishers with their fans. We’ve created a whole new kind of career that lets people make a living sharing their love of games. We’ve brought billions of hours of entertainment, laughter, joy and the occasional ragequit. I think we can all call that a pretty good start.
Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster. We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch.
I personally want to thank you, each and every member of the Twitch community, for what you’ve created. Thank you for putting your faith in us. Thank you for sticking with us through growing pains and stumbles. Thank you for bringing your very best to us and sharing it with the world. Thank you, from a group of gamers who never dreamed they’d get to help shape the face of the industry that we love so much.
It’s dangerous to go alone. On behalf of myself and everyone else at Twitch, thank you for coming with us.
Emmett Shear, CEO[/quote]
[I]Developing...[/I]
And cue the mindless circlejerking and raging from misinformed idiots.
Here's a properly formatted version of the letter: Apparently Emmett Shear didn't get the memo re: HTML needing <br> tags:
[quote]Letter from the CEO
August 25, 2014
Dear Twitch Community,
It’s almost unbelievable that slightly more than 3 years ago, Twitch didn’t exist. The moment we launched, we knew we had stumbled across something special. But what followed surprised us as much as anyone else, and the impact it’s had on both the community and us has been truly profound.
Your talent, your passion, your dedication to gaming, your memes, your brilliance - these have made Twitch what it is today. Every day, we strive to live up to the standard set by you, the community. We want to create the very best place to share your gaming and life online, and that mission continues to guide us.
Together with you, we’ve found new ways of connecting developers and publishers with their fans. We’ve created a whole new kind of career that lets people make a living sharing their love of games. We’ve brought billions of hours of entertainment, laughter, joy and the occasional ragequit. I think we can all call that a pretty good start.
Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster. We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch.
I personally want to thank you, each and every member of the Twitch community, for what you’ve created. Thank you for putting your faith in us. Thank you for sticking with us through growing pains and stumbles. Thank you for bringing your very best to us and sharing it with the world. Thank you, from a group of gamers who never dreamed they’d get to help shape the face of the industry that we love so much.
It’s dangerous to go alone. On behalf of myself and everyone else at Twitch, thank you for coming with us.
Emmett Shear, CEO[/quote]
Well, that was unexpected and sudden.
What could Amazon bring to the table that Google can't?
Better then Google buying it.
Gwoodman just got saved from a permaban.
[QUOTE]But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch.[/QUOTE]
"even better twitch" excluding the 30 second delay I bet
amazon is pretty cool
I love Amazon they have the best customer service.
So it wasn't the evil Google overlords forcing them to mute VODs
Does this mean possible removal of that new VOD system?
Better than Google.
[QUOTE=LZTYBRN;45797181]"even better twitch" excluding the 30 second delay I bet[/QUOTE][url=http://pastebin.com/U6PhGYTm]Current word[/url] from people with connections to Twitch is that they're currently working on reducing that delay for smaller, more chat-focused streams like speedrunners and Minecrafters. Bigger channels like eSports will not get this feature.
[QUOTE=Shotz;45797219]Does this mean possible removal of that new VOD system?[/QUOTE]I wouldn't count on it. If it wasn't Google twisting their arm about it, it would almost certainly be RIAA or other such.
so... now that they have the server strength, getting rid of the delay?
[QUOTE=Shotz;45797219]Does this mean possible removal of that new VOD system?[/QUOTE]
No, the new VOD stuff was to make them buyable, no one wants to buy a company and then get sued for copyright infringement.
Free Amazon Prime for Twitch partners would probably bring even more people to Twitch.
Will we have to buy Prime to get rid of the delay?
[QUOTE=smurfy;45797214]So it wasn't the evil Google overlords forcing them to mute VODs[/QUOTE]
Nope they were just acting retarded without Google's help it seems.
amazons cool
People on Twitter work fast.
[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv6Q5dJCQAEwhv1.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=usaokay;45797299]Post source so I could rate him winner.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1394713&p=44844904&viewfull=1#post44844904[/url]
Narrowly avoided it by ~$30M.
[QUOTE=The Kins;45797243][URL="http://pastebin.com/U6PhGYTm"]Current word[/URL] from people with connections to Twitch is that they're currently working on reducing that delay for smaller, more chat-focused streams like speedrunners and Minecrafters. Bigger channels like eSports will not get this feature.[/QUOTE]
This isn't that bad, imo. eSports don't need chat, aside from viewers communicating with each other.
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;45797354]People on Twitter work fast.
[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv6Q5dJCQAEwhv1.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
pretty dumb though considering the whole point of the arrow was to go from A to Z
I really wonder if the employees get a bonus or something from this, always thought about it when some company buys another company. According to wiki they have around 80 employees.
[QUOTE=LZTYBRN;45797181]"even better twitch" excluding the 30 second delay I bet[/QUOTE]
If you'll check the video playback settings or even just time it yourself, most streams are now sporting a 10-15 second delay.
[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv6Vjh2CEAEebvg.png[/IMG]
[editline]25th August 2014[/editline]
oh max you ninja
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;45797584][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv6Vjh2CEAEebvg.png[/IMG]
[editline]25th August 2014[/editline]
oh max you ninja[/QUOTE]
this one is better anyway
