Your Xbox Sells You Movie Tickets

Microsoft has struck a deal with MovieTickets.com that allows the company to sell gamers tickets through the Xbox 360. Sorta.

According to WebProNews, the service piggybacks onto movie ads on Xbox Live. Players can click on the ads and get prompts to use their mobile phones to activate a Microsoft-created tag that lets them buy movie tickets.

Would you buy movie tickets through your phone thanks to coaxing from your video game machine? If you’ve used the service let us know how it worked out.

MovieTickets.com Partners With Xbox Live [WebProNews]

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