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Microsoft discontinues Microsoft points

January 24th, 2012 by Joseph Ruthaford

For all of you Xbox Live gamers out there, news on the wire is that Microsoft is going to be discontinuing its online currency know as Microsoft points. This is not going to happen until the end of year according to most reports. This move is not only going to affect just the Xbox as it will change what developers do for the Windows Phone and also the Zune. The change will be exactly like how normal transactions would take place, it would be best on the region you are in and set up an account that will use real money instead of the Microsoft points. Obviously if you have Microsoft points on your account when the change is officially made you will have those points converted into your currency. Just for those who don’t know what the points are used for, they are there to make purchase of all kinds which include games, downloadable content for games you already own, clothes and accessories for your online avatar, and many more things. This is a big step for Microsoft but a good one, now if you want something you just buy it, unlike now where depending on what you want you will have to buy a certain number of points to get it. For example the minimum purchase on points is 400 which equals about $5. Most stuff for your avatar is going to be under 400, so will be around say 180 or 200. So if you want to make a single purchase for your avatar you are actually having to spend the $5 on 400 points to get something that is around 180 and yes your points stay with you but sometimes you just want to spend $2 and not $5. Thoughts?

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