After many failures and setbacks in gaming, Jeff Bezos says "we" have had a success, and he praises the team for its persistence.

Judge as of 2021-10-01. The claim is that Amazon, after earlier failures and setbacks in gaming, had a gaming success by October 2021. True: there is documented evidence of earlier Amazon gaming failures or setbacks (for example cancelled games such as Breakaway or Crucible, or a delayed New World) and an Amazon game success around October 2021 (for example New World's launch with a peak of more than 900,000 concurrent Steam players). Mostly true: both parts hold, but 'success' is somewhat overstated or the setbacks were fewer than 'many'. Mixed: only one of the two parts (prior failures, current success) is supported. Mostly false: the 'success' was minor or short-lived when the statement was made. False: there were no prior failures, or there was no success.

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1. E1 Jeff Bezos calls Amazon’s ‘New World’ video game a ‘success’ — but it’s too early to determine that GeekWire · 1 October 2021

   “Eight months ago, in the wake of Amazon’s decision to shut down its hero shooter Crucible, it seemed like its gaming division would simply never take off, and analysts were willing to say as much.”

2. E2 Jeff Bezos calls Amazon’s ‘New World’ video game a ‘success’ — but it’s too early to determine that GeekWire · 1 October 2021

   “Still, that didn’t stop Amazon founder Jeff Bezos from congratulating the New World team on its successful launch, and from throwing a little shade at naysayers.”

3. E3 Jeff Bezos calls Amazon’s ‘New World’ video game a ‘success’ — but it’s too early to determine that GeekWire · 1 October 2021

   “On release day, the alternate-history MMORPG had a peak of 707,230 concurrent players on Steam, which is an overall record for 2021.”

4. E4 New World loses almost 60% of its CCCU count but still remains 3rd most played game on Steam | Game World Observer Game World Observer (WN Media Group) · 28 October 2021

   “It eventually peaked at 913,634 concurrent players, which is quite impressive.”

E1 records an earlier Amazon gaming setback: the shutdown of the hero shooter Crucible, after which analysts doubted the gaming division would ever take off. E3 reports that New World reached a release-day peak of 707,230 concurrent Steam players, a record for 2021, which supports a launch success around the judging date. E4 later reports a peak of 913,634, but the quote does not say when that figure was reached. Both parts of the claim hold, but the evidence documents only one setback rather than "many", and E1 itself calls the "success" label premature, so the verdict is mostly true rather than true.