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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by socialist_coder on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @06:14PM (#8726505)
Hmm, why would Twitch want to own multiple eSports teams? How does that advance Twitch's goals?
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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by effekt on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @06:40PM (#8726621)
It's not about the teams - it's about the people that handle the teams.
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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by socialist_coder on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @05:11AM (#8728514)
That makes total sense.
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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by NamTaf on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @09:40PM (#8727390)
Because then they have control over the generation of some of their flagship content, which in turn drives revenue. It's no different to Apple buying fab labs, sapphire plants, etc. to ensure that they can continue to churn out cutting edge devices.
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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by towelguy on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @06:21PM (#8726537)
That way they make sure those teams stay on their platform?
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