Xbox 360 Update Brings An End To Microsoft Points Starting Today

Xbox 360 Update Brings An End To Microsoft Points Starting Today

Microsoft has been planning to do away with its arbitrary Microsoft Points system it first introduced with the Xbox 360 in time for the release of the Xbox One. We first heard it as a rumor earlier this year, but has since confirmed they will be transitioning its Microsoft Points system to one where your local currency will be reflected in the pricing of content. Today marks a a milestone many who hated the Microsoft Points system have been waiting for as Microsoft has just officially released an update to the Xbox 360 that does away with the old pricing structure. (more…)

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    The next Xbox 360 update will finally officially kill Microsoft Points dead.

    The next Xbox 360 update will finally officially kill Microsoft Points dead. All your points will be converted over to an amount of currency equal to or greater than your points. Any Microsoft Points Cards will still be valid too (and transferred to real dollars). [Microsoft]

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    Microsoft Points Converted To Local Currency Will Expire

    Microsoft Points that have been converted to local currency will expire after one year.

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    Microsoft Warns Of Circulating Scam Promising ‘Free Xbox Points’

    Microsoft Warns Of Circulating Scam Promising Free Xbox Points

    Every day, we’re bombarded with spam that promises to make us rich, famous and well-endowed. A new scam promising “free Xbox points” seems to be circulating, which we think is the first time such a scam has even popped up.

    According to Microsoft, the scam is circulating in hopes people will fall for the promise of free Microsoft points to help celebrate the company’s 38th anniversary this week. Microsoft commented on the scam through the company’s official Facebook page. “Please do not respond to [the scam],” it said in the post. “There won’t be free Xbox points for the occasion, but we hope you’ll celebrate with us nonetheless!” (more…)

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    Windows 8 defaults direct cash payments for music and movies, puts Microsoft Points on backburner

    Microsoft Points dropped on Windows 8 Marketplace, Xbox Live still using them for now

    Microsoft’s real money to “Points” conversion has always been a point of contention among consumers, but that may all be about to change — if the Windows 8 Zune Marketplace is any indicator, that is. Movies and music purchased via Windows 8 no longer default to the bizarre indirect system Microsoft set in place years ago with its Xbox Live platform, instead allowing actual currency for payment as well as MS Points (Windows 8 exclusively used the MS Point system for media purchases throughout beta). In fact, the system even automatically selects hard currency as the standard, reports The Verge.

    The MS Point system converts 80 MS Points to $1, and points much be purchased in a minimum of 400 point blocks — a practice criticized as both deceptive and consumer hostile. Points were first implemented on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 for purchase of games and associated content on Xbox Live Marketplace; the practice has since expanded to Microsoft’s Zune music and movie platform, as well as Xbox.com. Direct payment is available as well, but only for select content, such as Games on Demand.

    As of this morning, the change hadn’t affected the Xbox 360 Marketplace, though rumors earlier this year indicated that MS Points may be wholesale phased out by the end of 2012. Microsoft had yet to respond to a request for comment as of publishing.

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    Microsoft Is Finally Fixing the Dumbest Thing About Microsoft [Windows]

    Microsoft Points are the worst. You’re already trying to spend money—why do you need to send your cash to a halfway house of misleading round numbers and uneven transactions? You shouldn’t. And thankfully, it seems that Microsoft finally agrees, and is doing away with Microsoft Points. More »