gamesindustry.biz - 2/4/2009
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Online retailer Amazon has launched a casual games download service, boasting over 600 titles at GBP 9.99 or less. The digital distribution service is currently being run as an open beta and Amazon promises more functionality as time goes on. Customers can download any game from the site for ...
joystiq.com - 2/3/2009
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joystiq.com —
Amazon.com is jumping into the digitally distributed games
market with its straightforwardly titled, um, " Amazon Game
Downloads ." The service begins its beta today and offers 500 casual titles for under $10 each. During the initial launch week, ...
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GameDev.Net —
... mobiles for the first time ever. The study of US consumers showed that the number of smartphone owners downloading a game nearly tripled, while downloads on traditional phones dipped 14 per cent. iPhone owners now represent 14 per cent of all downloaded mobile game in November, with 32.4 per cent of all iPhone users reporting they downloaded a game in the month, compared with a market average of 3.8 per cent. Not that we weren't expecting it, but online retailer Amazon has launched a casual games download service . With over 600 titles, the digital distribution service is ...
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Bruce On Games —
... Amazon launch digital game distribution. The biggest news this year. Expect Amazon to be one of the biggest suppliers of games to end users via online some time soon. This is another massive blow to high street retail. I am not a financial analyst but I know which shares I would be dumping on this news. 88 million active customers is a lot of retail presence. ...
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