No more Microsoft Points

[pyoro64]

http://www.webpronews.com/microsoft-points-2012-01

What do you guys think?

[Hipserious]

I remember when I got 20 microsoft points for my birthday, only later to realize it was about 25 cents.

I'll be happy to have this thrown away.

[Combat Lobster]

Well glad to know I won't be sitting on that 10 MSP I still have since 2011 anymore.

[Yawackhary]

It's about time is all I can really say. After all PSN, Steam, Apple App Store/iTunes, Google Play all have currency top up cards (values in $/£/€) and Nintendo switched from having a point system themselves to a currency based one. Even though Microsoft was the first to offer a downloadable store from what I'm gathering, I don't know whether XB Live was before or after Steam. On paper, the points system sort of made sense [so MS wouldn't list a game in 3 currencies or more, I think Sony pretty much lists nearly every country that has a PSN store at least when a game goes on sale since on their store it is region based so it displays the money where you are, Steam is region based as well and Nintendo I think just puts yen/dollars/pounds/euros] but really it is easier to just list a price of the game/DLC. After all say you have 1200 MS points, it gets confusing on how much it is for the customer on how much you have to spend to get points to spend.

Now the problem you get is a game that is say 14.99 so if you have a 15 top up card, you get a penny/cent left over that is useless until you top up again until you get to something that ends in a 9 but that's money in a nutshell.

To be honest, I think the only reason why Microsoft is changing it is because of Apple and Google, MS wants to compete with them. They didn't change it when Sony kicked the whole PSN into force and they didn't change the point system when Nintendo changed it to currency based.

[A Zombie Riot]

I don't know whether XB Live was before or after Steam.

Xbox Live launched in 2002 and Steam was in 2003.

[Ghost Nappa]

I'm sorta ok with this.

[Arjahn]

The only game I ever bought on Xbox Live was Castle Crashers, and with my leftover change I bought an imaginary hat.
Money well spent.

[Psychospacecow]

Okay. This will be annoying in regards to family but okay.

[Antwan]

Well hold on, are they really going to do this? Because this article was written in January 2012. The only thing I can still see this having relevance is that they'll be removed when the next XBox premieres.

Edit: Oh wait, was this the article you meant to link? http://www.webpronews.com/the-next-xbox-...ts-2013-05

[BumblebeeCody*]

'bout BLOODY TIIIIIIME!

[antican]

Good riddance to it, I say. If they're so keen on screwing people out of a couple of extra cents (which is all that ever seemed to happen), they can just do what Valve does with the Steam Wallet and make you add $ to your wallet in amounts divisible by $5. That way you're pouring $10 into buying that $8 game and you may or may not ever use the extra $2

[Arjahn]

No more microsoft points,

Now there's no more microsoft customers