Well, almost exactly two years ago, Amazon bought Curse. I believe this is forming the basis of their Twitch desktop application. I haven't looked at it, but

Well, almost exactly two years ago, Amazon bought Curse. I believe this is forming the basis of their Twitch desktop application. I haven't looked at it, but I imagine the intent is the same.. use Twitch network effect to build an install base, turn it into a distribution/store to take on Steam. That's what Discord had already been doing at the time, largely accomplished via the Twitch platform too. They must have looked at Discord when they were evaluating Curse, given that they suggested the purpose of Curse was to help build community (though curse was originally a distribution mechanism for mods and add-ons that added community as afterthought, in my subjective opinion). I imagine someone at Amazon is kicking his or herself for the choice today..