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Microsoft points going away for good?
Posted on 5/16/13 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 5/16/13 at 4:16 pm
Buh Bye?
I say good riddance. They sucked anyway.
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Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) decision to rid Windows 8 of the Microsoft Points currency system appears to be just a part of the company's planned updates. The Xbox could soon be rid of the mock currency as well, according to The Verge.
I say good riddance. They sucked anyway.
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Posted on 5/16/13 at 4:17 pm to Broke
Good the points are pointless
Posted on 5/16/13 at 4:19 pm to Broke
At least make it to where you can buy the exact amount of points the DLC is worth.
(unless that has changed)
(unless that has changed)
Posted on 5/16/13 at 4:20 pm to LewDawg
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At least make it to where you can buy the exact amount of points the DLC is worth.
Agree
quote:
(unless that has changed)
Has not
Posted on 5/16/13 at 4:26 pm to Broke
I wonder if they will compensate people for unused points. I don't have many but I know some people stock up during sales.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 5:28 pm to LewDawg
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At least make it to where you can buy the exact amount of points the DLC is worth.
this was sooo dumb.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 5:29 pm to lsu223
We'd probably see a USD exchange for any points, it's not like they'd wipe the slate clean.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 5:30 pm to lsu223
quote:
I wonder if they will compensate people for unused points
I don't see how they couldn't just convert it and leave that on your account.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:38 pm to LewDawg
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At least make it to where you can buy the exact amount of points the DLC is worth.
No joke. Pisses me off, especially when renting movies.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 11:43 pm to CocoLoco
Has wiki convinced them to swifch to bitcoins? Lulz
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:08 am to BTHog
This is a slam to bitcoin. Even Microsoft sees the value in just using the dollar. I understand the initial reasoning behind it. Kids were playing XBOX and they wanted them to not feel like they were spending actual money. So let's buy points and spend points instead of money. It's day has passed.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:13 am to Broke
we got beef?
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:13 am to Broke
Like it's been stated already, the really annoying thing about the practice was that they never matched cost of games with point packages. I'd constantly end up with 100 or 150 points on my account that I couldn't do anything with unless I bought more points to put towards a game or DLC.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:14 am to Devious
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we got beef?
Can't a fella just scratch his face in public?
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:15 am to Broke
Oh...well, certainly. Carry on.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:43 am to Broke
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I say good riddance. They sucked anyway.
Yes. We already have a type of money. It's called money.
ETA: It is interesting that as proprietary as Apple has been historically, they never went the points route.
This post was edited on 5/17/13 at 9:46 am
Posted on 5/17/13 at 10:29 am to Broke
So what happens to those of us who don't tie a cc to the XBL account? I use ms pts to renew my membership, but dlc and games
Posted on 5/17/13 at 10:30 am to SaintLSUnAtl
Simple, you just buy a membership card.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 10:41 am to sbr2
What membership card?
Posted on 5/17/13 at 10:43 am to SaintLSUnAtl
The ones you buy off of amazon or wherever for like $40.
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