In the last decade, video games have become the most popular form of entertainment in the world, and as a result are also extremely profitable (the current revenue for video games doubles the revenue generated by the music industry); so it was only a matter of time before tech giants participated to get their share of the pie, as we recently saw when the introduction of Google Stadia or GeForce.
Following in the footsteps of Google and Nvidia, we find Amazon, according to a recent article released by New York Times, they were planning to launch this year their video streaming platform, currently called Project Trao. However, according to sources close to the development of the stadium, this was introduced could be delayed until 2021 due to the current detention situation where we are.
Amazon has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to become one of the biggest creators and distributors of video games
Jeff Bezos's company has spent years investing in the market to become stronger and more competitive; as they show are developing their own graphics engine called Lumberyard either creation and adoption of different studios In the final years as Defntless, the flagship of Amazon Game Studios, which will launch its first title, Crucible, next May.
Team shooting team Opposition will not be the only topic developed by Amazon Game Studios which will come next May, because with him The new world will come again, an MMO set in a fantasy-inspired world created after the purchase of Double Helix Games by Amazon last year in 2014.
In addition to the articles outlined above, Amazon would have another great article in development, MMO free to play based on the Lord of the Rings universe, which was to be developed by a third party internal research company led by John Smedly, past president of Sony Online Entertainment.
The company's investment in the sector is the biggest one that Amazon has made since it started producing its movies and series, and with the advent of the aforementioned titles, as well as the announcement of its ProPo streaming platform, he says. directly on who will be its strategic competitors, Google and Microsoft.