The link http://amazon.com/apps now redirects to the Amazon home page, once it was the home page for several popular apps from the Android and Apple market were displayed. Our take on the new Amazon app store is that it overlaps with Google’s existing Android Market, and users can find several apps offered at a discounted rate for the same app offered on Google.
One big addition to the store – Call of Duty: Force Recon, which taps into the first-person shooter game franchise – biggest property in console gaming right now. The company also has secured a deal with Rovio Mobile of Angry Birds fame, to carry its upcoming film tie-in game Angry Birds Rio exclusively — meaning Google’s Android Market won’t get the game at all. Amazon also gets ads-free versions of Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons.
Amazon did the same thing when it rolled out its MP3 store against the dominant presence of iTunes, keeping its prices below Apple’s to help make itself a contender. Expect Amazon to work to keep as many prices below Google’s as it can, whenever possible So far, though, the prices aren’t anything to cause a mass Android Market exodus.
Competition is sure good! Google watch out!
