Added: 31.08.2013 12:18 | 20 views | 0 comments


Microsoft recently abandoned its universal Microsoft Points system for Xbox Live in favour of local currencies and the result, at least for Indian Xbox Live users, is cheaper games. There are certain publisher-specific trends visible EAs games are priced almost the same across both, 2Ks games tend to be cheaper on PSN, and Capcoms games are way cheaper on Xbox Live, but by and large, we noticed games are a lot cheaper on Xbox 360.

Added: 28.08.2013 22:18 | 51 views | 0 comments


This weeks episode as a guest in the form of Jordan Lunds wife Jennifer. There was to be a Gaming History, but itll be used next week when theres more time. This weeks news includes: * Microsoft Points transformed into cash * Gamers can return digital titles on Origin after a week * Bungie feels Destiny can be bigger than Halo, as big as Star Wars * Borderlands 2 coming to PlayStation Vita * Sony announces 33 launch titles for PlayStation 4 * Microsoft announces launch titles for Xbox One * The Sims 4 emotional gameplay revealed at GamesCom 2013 All this and Listener Feedback, with the same console or PC gamer? question from last week.

Added: 28.08.2013 9:42 | 36 views | 0 comments


But how does this work under the new real-money Xbox Live?.
Microsoft appears to have Stepped It Up on the GTA 5 front, offering those who pre-order the game from the US Microsoft Store 1600 MP at no additional charge. But how does this work, exactly, now that Microsoft Points are dead as the Dodo, and Xbox Live transactions are carried out in real moolah?

Added: 27.08.2013 11:29 | 24 views | 0 comments


Microsoft Points have been retired, but you won't lose what you've already paid for.

Added: 27.08.2013 9:57 | 32 views | 0 comments


Existing points still redeemable for a period.
It's finally happened - Microsoft has called time on the Points system that has sustained Xbox Live Marketplace since inception. Download the latest Xbox 360 update, and you'll be confronted by actual, real-world pound and dollar signs next time you open a Marketplace listing. A bold new world, gentlemen and ladies. A bold new world.

Added: 26.08.2013 18:17 | 35 views | 0 comments

Latest update converts Microsoft Points to local currency; system had been in place since inception of Xbox Live.

A new Xbox Live update launched today converts Microsoft Points to real-world currency determined by a user's geographic location.

Added: 26.08.2013 16:18 | 34 views | 0 comments


Microsoft has posted a software update to the XBox 360 today, finally and effectively ending the terror reign of Microsoft Points, finally converting them into local currencies. All those leftover 80 points will now be leftover 1 dollars. The update is quite quick, and there will be no visible change in appearance to the dashboard aside from prices being listed in dollars instead of points. When you go to buy a game for the first time, the store will convert your current points into dollars. You have until June 1, 2015 to convert your points. Players can still buy and redeem Microsoft Point cards and those will be converted as well upon entry. Later this year (guessing around Holiday season), Microsoft will be offering XBox Gift Cards instead.

Added: 19.08.2013 11:18 | 43 views | 0 comments


According to Microsoft's official announcement, the Xbox.com PC Marketplace will be closed from August 22, 2013, as part of the recent Xbox 360 system update, and Microsoft Points will be retired, too. That means players will not be able to purchase new games, and many MMOs would be affected, like Age of Empires Online.