Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Amazon music and GTA

If you have played GTA (Grand Theft Auto) series before, I think you will agree that one of the best parts of the game is that you whenever you are driving, you can tune into your favourite radio. Personally, the soundtracks from GTA have always rock me so I am very excited when I found out that in the fourth installment of GTA (Grand Theft Auto), Rockstar Games has installed an in-game system for GTA IV called ZiT that allows gamers to purchase the track that they are listening to via Amazon. As your character driving around the city, you can bookmark a song by dialing ZIT-555-0100 then you will receive a text with the artist and track details. And if you are a member Rockstar Games Social Club, they will send an email with link to your favourite tracks on Amazon.com where you can buy for less than a dollar per track. This is a clever move from Amazon.com to get a chunk out of Apple Store’s market share but I wonder how they are going to implement it in Europe.

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