Amazon is now paying game devs to make versions of their games for Amazon platforms where all in-game paid content is free.
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Replying to @random_eddie
AZ to users: "Buy this game on Amazon and get all the premium content for free!" AZ to devs: "Make your content free and we'll pay you!"
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Amazon has found a place to arbitrage risk. Users don't want to pay for stuff that might suck. Devs want a reliable revenue stream.
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Instead of hoping that increased playtime leads to premium purchases, devs can just take a straight playtime => income deal from Amazon.
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@random_eddie makes a ton of sense. Amazon better equipped to handle the risk (Amazon finance department: "WHAT risk?") than sole devs.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@random_eddie "hey, boss, I did an experiment, we lost $50M this quarter"
"good work; will $60M work for you next quarter?"
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