On Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:10:10 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But I gotta say, these
Amazon Prime Gaming announcements always leave me feeling a bit
depressed. It's a chore I don't want to do because the offerings are
usually so bleak.
But maybe this month will be better?
So... no. This wasn't really a better month of Prime Gaming. It's not
that the games are necessarily bad (honestly, this month has a much
better selection than previous months had) but none of the games are >EXCITING. None of them are games I'd rush out to grab. They're games I
add to the library simply because 'they are there'.
I miss the excitement.
Was there ever at Amazon? It went downhill fast when it stopped being run through Twitch. I'd almost rather they give out fewer games and make them
good (or better) ones, but it's clear they're letting GOG and Epic do the
heavy lifting (presumably to bring eyeballs to their respective stores),
so Amazon probably wouldn't pay for that.
Twitch did the heavy lifting before. Amazon has no need to grab eyeballs.
They will probably never have an enjoyable freebie program again. They're fluffing their Prime service with other companies' advertising budgets.
I'm almost to the point of ignoring it, but then you post and I'm "Well,
the Atari reboots might be fun."
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