Xbox Live real-world currency rollout starts 'late 2013'
"Our goal is to make this transition as easy as possible for you," it said in an update issued today.
"After the next Xbox 360 system update, when you go to buy something or redeem a Microsoft Points card or code on your console with your Microsoft account, we'll add to your account an amount of currency equal to or greater than the Xbox Marketplace value of your Microsoft Points, which will be retired," it explained.
Those with MS Points Cards after the transition will still be able to redeem them via Xbox Live for "equal to or greater" sums of local currency, assured Microsoft.
The company has also confirmed plans to release new 'Xbox Gift Cards' available in your local currency through online retailers and in local retail stores.
The new Xbox dashboard update and its real-world currency has been in beta testing in recent weeks. Uproar was sparked when testers noticed the significantly diminished value of their MS Points when converted to real money, but Microsoft was quick to clarify that the inflated beta test prices were "an unintended error".
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slapshot101Posted:
This has been out for awhile now and I think it is a good change because it was very weird how some things cost money and other things cost points. I think it is good that they stuck to one or another.
FidPosted:
UtilitiesAffirmance I'm a Beta tester, it already changed the currency for me.
I don't like the idea..
Why, it would make better pricing for stuff.
_Bale I don't like the idea at all, it was fine how it was...
I like it now they can actually price games normally and stuff.
haastePosted:
Affirmance I'm a Beta tester, it already changed the currency for me.
I don't like the idea..
Why, it would make better pricing for stuff.
AffirmancePosted:
I'm a Beta tester, it already changed the currency for me.
I don't like the idea..
I don't like the idea..
MortarPosted:
It is a shame that the MSP system is being made redundant, but I guess it is for the better as it may mean that you would have an awkward amount of funds left to use to purchase items (20MSP for example).
_BalePosted:
SuckBoar I don't understand what is wrong with the Microsoft point system..
Me too, I find it easier to use as sometimes my card won't work
There is no point changing it.
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