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Humble subscription service is dumping Mac, Linux ...
I didn’t know IGN bought Humble. That really explains a lot.
schnevets
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It just introduces more questions. Namely, "Why did Ziff Davis (a mostly media and marketing company) feel the need to buy a gaming storefront?"
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I imagine the sales pitch went something like: "Portfolio diversification and a committed customer base for cheap".
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Synenergy is there. If you could push referrals from your media to your own store. As a whole it makes lot of sense. Not that I think it got implemented.
yawnxyz
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it sounds like the same reason why AOL + Time Warner merged, or whatever it is Yahoo has been doing in the last 20 years...
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