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Dashboard update - 8/26/2013

News | August 26, 2013 6:42 am
By Meta
If you were connected to Xbox Live this morning, you may have had your game interrupted.

Microsoft has finally done away with the "points" play-money value system and is going over to cash monies. You will now see content pricing in USD.

Click here for the official Microsoft F.A.Q.
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Cash rules everything around me C.R.E.A.M.,
Get the money dollar, dollar bill y'all.
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so if i buy a 1600 point card for the cod maps will it convert over to 20$?


Nvm i found the information
http://support.xbox.com/en-US/billing-and-subscriptions/account-management/microsoft-points-retire-faq

all card will still be redeemable. im assuming how you pay for the card is how much you get onto your account :)
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Time to look into half priced cards...
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Hmm, I would how much my odd number of points actually become
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I AM OUTRAGED! I LIKED USING MICROSOFT POINTS. AND THEY THINK THAT THIS "CHANGE" IS A "GOOD IDEA", IT'S NOT! IT MAKES IT WORSE! THEY ARE FORCEING US TO SWITCH TO CREDIT CARDS!! What in the heck were they thinking!? BTW, I don't have a credit card, so that's why I'm ranting about this BS!

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I AM OUTRAGED! I LIKED USING MICROSOFT POINTS. AND THEY THINK THAT THIS "CHANGE" IS A "GOOD IDEA", IT'S NOT! IT MAKES IT WORSE! THEY ARE FORCEING US TO SWITCH TO CREDIT CARDS!! What in the heck were they thinking!? BTW, I don't have a credit card, so that's why I'm ranting about this BS!



MS Points are stupid I always hated buying items that were like 240 MSP as it would leave me with an odd number of points,
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Add me to the list of dissenters. Gifting ms points was the best thing they ever developed. They ever allowed and losing that ability sucks balls. I don't want my credit card linked to a box in my exes house. That's just a terrible idea. But- it is what it is. Time to get a prepaid card from Walmart I guess.
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Quote by k0mbatdan:


I AM OUTRAGED! I LIKED USING MICROSOFT POINTS. AND THEY THINK THAT THIS "CHANGE" IS A "GOOD IDEA", IT'S NOT! IT MAKES IT WORSE! THEY ARE FORCEING US TO SWITCH TO CREDIT CARDS!! What in the heck were they thinking!? BTW, I don't have a credit card, so that's why I'm ranting about this BS!



MS Points are stupid I always hated buying items that were like 240 MSP as it would leave me with an odd number of points,



I'm also not a big fan of fake currency. Money makes a better gift then a point card. You can't exchange a 40 dollar point card for nickels at the bank and swim in them Scrooge Mcduck style. PlayStation knew this truth day 1.
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Quote by k0mbatdan:


I AM OUTRAGED! I LIKED USING MICROSOFT POINTS. AND THEY THINK THAT THIS "CHANGE" IS A "GOOD IDEA", IT'S NOT! IT MAKES IT WORSE! THEY ARE FORCEING US TO SWITCH TO CREDIT CARDS!! What in the heck were they thinking!? BTW, I don't have a credit card, so that's why I'm ranting about this BS!



They're not forcing you to switch to credit cards, you can still buy mirosoft credit in stores with cash its just not called msp anymore



This. Yikes.
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Not sure if it was incorporated into the update, but family pack memberships are converting to individual gold memberships starting Aug 27. Effected members get an extra 3 months of gold tacked on to the remaining membership time.
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Once they stop selling 1600 point cards and it becomes 20 dollar card they will never be on sale again which sucks and primarily why no one should be happy about this.

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