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ZDNet UK: Amazon.co.uk stomps onto British gaming scene

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 18, 2000

“Online retailer Amazon announced its intention to take the UK
gaming scene by storm Tuesday with the launch of a games and
software Net store.”

“Amazon believes that, along with regular computer
users, it will be able to attract serious gamers away from
specialist games sites
mainly through cross selling with its
books and providing unprecedented availability of titles.”

“The store will also… offer a range of specialist
Macintosh and Linux software.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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