tippy2k2 said:
No. In English: They're changing your Xbox Live points to real currency at an unspecified exchange rate that will be best for them (Microsoft) while claiming it is the best for you (the consumer). Remember who you are dealing with, people.
I actually liked the points system. First off, I never had to give a company like Microsoft any of my personal information, especially a credit card number. Second, if you paid attention and applied a little common sense, the points system was the only place you could actually game the system in your favor. Paying retail prices for points cards is for suckers and idiots. I always waited until points cards went on sale on Amazon or Ebay, and always bought them at a price equivalent to 1 cent per point. IE: buy a 1200 point card for no more than $12 or a 4000 point card for no more than $40. Anyone who went to Best Buy and paid $19.99 for a 1200 point card is a moron and paid 1.66 cents per point. Therefore, anything they purchased with those points, they paid more for it than I did. An 800 point DLC would cost them $13.28 (800 x 1.66) whereas it only cost me $8. That's a big difference in price for two people using the same currency model (dollars). I suspect this is a big reason why Microsoft wants to get rid of points.
