2015考研英语阅读网络游戏流入亚马逊
<p> <span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="Amazon">Amazon</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="video">video</span>-<span word="game">game</span> <span word="streaming">streaming</span> <span word="site">site</span></p><p> 亚马逊为何要购入一个流媒体视频游戏网站</p><p> <span word="ON">ON</span> <span word="OCTOBER">OCTOBER</span> 4<span word="th">th</span> 2013, <span word="tens">tens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="ofgamers">ofgamers</span> <span word="packed">packed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Staples">Staples</span> <span word="Centre">Centre</span> <span word="inLos">inLos</span> <span word="Angelestowatch">Angelestowatch</span> <span word="SK">SK</span> <span word="Telecom">Telecom</span> <span word="T">T</span>1 <span word="triumph">triumph</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="Royal">Royal</span> <span word="Club">Club</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="finals">finals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="League">League</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Legends">Legends</span>, <span word="ateam">ateam</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="video">video</span> <span word="game">game</span>; 32<span word="m">m</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="games">games</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="point">point</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 50% <span word="morethan">morethan</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="Night">Night</span> <span word="Football">Football</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="television">television</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="Twitch">Twitch</span>.<span word="tv">tv</span>,<span word="a">a</span> <span word="website">website</span> <span word="founded">founded</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="streams">streams</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="video">video</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="users">users</span> <span word="computers">computers</span>.</p><p> 2013年10月4日，成千上万的游戏玩家挤在洛杉矶的斯台普斯中心围观<span word="SK">SK</span> <span word="Telecom">Telecom</span> <span word="T">T</span>1在团队视频游戏英雄联盟年度总决赛上击败了<span word="Royal">Royal</span> <span word="Club">Club</span>;观看这场游戏竞赛直播的观众人数多达3200万人，这比观看周日橄榄球之夜的观众人数多了约50%。但他们没有用电视观看直播，而是使用 <span word="Twitch">Twitch</span>.<span word="tv">tv</span>，一家在2011年建立的直接面向用户电脑的流媒体视频直播网站。</p><p> <span word="On">On</span> <span word="August">August</span> 25<span word="th">th</span> <span word="Amazon">Amazon</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="Twitch">Twitch</span> <span word="for">for</span> $970<span word="m">m</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="indication">indication</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thegrowing">thegrowing</span> <span word="importance">importance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="video">video</span>-<span word="streaming">streaming</span> <span word="websites">websites</span>. <span word="Amazon">Amazon</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="interested">interested</span>: <span word="afew">afew</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="Google">Google</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="rumoured">rumoured</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="verge">verge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="offering">offering</span> $1 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="firmas">firmas</span> <span word="well">well</span>.</p><p> 在8月25日，亚马逊宣布其将花费9.7亿美元收购<span word="Twitch">Twitch</span>，这显示了流媒体视频网站日益增长的重要性。亚马逊并不是唯一一家对<span word="Twitch">Twitch</span>感兴趣的公司;数月前，有传闻说谷歌也差点想以10亿美元收购这家公司。</p>
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