Cooliest Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) Not Sure If You Noticed But You Just Paid In Real Currency Today when you hopped on your Xbox 360 (figuratively) you probably got prompted to update. That is if you have Xbox Live Gold. This update had only one purpose in mind and that was to change from the old "Microsoft Points" to actual real life currency. So for me here in the US I know see Dollar Signs ($) When I want to purchase a new game or get DLC. In my opinion this is great I was tired of buying Microsoft point just to pay for something else. To me this makes things a lot less confusing and a little more streamline. But enough about me, What do you think about this update? Recent Update: Current Microsoft point can be converted but will only be available until June 1, 2015. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxCp9NmdcOM This post has been promoted to an article Edited August 27, 2013 by CooliestRap - Gwam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinWarrior Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Well, that is interesting. I guess the 40 MS points I had are now worthless? Or maybe they convert? I dunno, I'm not going on Xbox today anyways, thanks for the update though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooliest Posted August 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Well, that is interesting. I guess the 40 MS points I had are now worthless? Or maybe they convert? I dunno, I'm not going on Xbox today anyways, thanks for the update though! Don't you worry I updated the OP with some great news! Points can be reversed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanShepherdD Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 You would of seen this months ago if you had the dashboard beta :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooliest Posted August 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 You would of seen this months ago if you had the dashboard beta :3 How do you do that. and also I'm sure not everyone did. Today is the day that everyone was converted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I am not sure if this is better of worse is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamis Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I have been using the Beta in the UK and its great saves so much hassle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankenzer Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 If I bought a new MS points card will it get converted to currency upon claiming it? Or will it be irrelevant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 If I bought a new MS points card will it get converted to currency upon claiming it? Or will it be irrelevant? Gets converted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 They also changed the color of the green highlight bar that shows what category your on (Xbox Dashboard, Achievements, Friends List, Etc.), when you open up the Xbox menu with your controller. They made it a shinier, darker, more detailed and in my opinion much better looking. The windows, apps and tabs all seem a lot faster, smoother and less laggy, some bugs I have run into with xbox live like connection quality, signing in problems, and download or upload content failing, seem to have been fixed, and to top it off XBL itself seems more secure and stable. I like it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooliest Posted August 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 They also changed the color of the green highlight bar that shows what category your on (Xbox Dashboard, Achievements, Friends List, Etc.), when you open up the Xbox menu with your controller. They made it a shinier, darker, more detailed and in my opinion much better looking. The windows, apps and tabs all seem a lot faster, smoother and less laggy, some bugs I have run into with xbox live like connection quality, signing in problems, and download or upload content failing, seem to have been fixed, and to top it off XBL itself seems more secure and stable. I like it. Hmmm. I didn't notice that in particular... But I will now look to see the more beautiful highlight bar. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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