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Xbox 360 Microsoft Points

Transitioning from one payment system to another can be laborious and costly.  Could these be the reasons that Microsoft seems to be in no hurry to overhaul its points system for the Xbox 360 to the simple currency model being used by other video game systems?  

Xbox 360 has used the point system since its inception 

Microsoft's point system is not only relegated to the Xbox 360, but also to its other digital offerings such as Games for Windows and its Windows Phone Marketplace.  

Microsoft Points Conversion sample

You may have no problems or qualms with the points system.  However, Microsoft should, in my opinion, keep it simple, and transition from the points system to the dollars and cents payment method.  To give credit where credit is due, Microsoft always used the monetary system in its Games for Demand content on its Xbox Live Marketplace.

Of course, the video game being played is probably more important than how it was paid for.  That being said, the conversion process of Microsoft points to dollars and cents has to be taken into account as well.

Microsoft may be heeding the call to phase out the points system.  In light of striving to have a big presence in the mobile phone market, it is  "rumored" that the Microsoft Points system will be phased out and replaced with dollars and cents.

When will this actually happen?  For now, we will just have to wait and see.

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