Amazon.com Introduces Online Store for Microsoft Xbox 360

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 8, 2009 - 11:45am.

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Wednesday launched a beta of its own online store compatible with Microsoft's (NASD: MSFT) Xbox 360 online game service, Xbox Live. The Amazon Xbox LIVE Store will let consumers purchase and gift select Xbox Live online games, subscription cards and Microsoft Points cards. "PC gamers have enjoyed the convenience of digital downloads on Amazon.com for some time," said Greg Hart, vice president of video games and software for Amazon. "Now Amazon.com and Microsoft are bringing that same level of convenience to platform gamers by expanding the reach of the Xbox LIVE digital platform to millions of Amazon customers."

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