Microsoft is preparing to discontinue Microsoft Points, the virtual currency used to buy content on the Zune Marketplace and Xbox Live, according to a report. Inside Mobile Apps reports that Microsoft ...

Microsoft has confirmed its plans to retire the company's Microsoft Points currency system in favour of using real world money, a change that will take place later this year. The actual switch-over ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It has been a long time coming, but Microsoft is reportedly ready to officially kill off its Points system of virtual currency, primarily used through ...

Kiala ponders on how to spend a thousand MS Points now that Microsoft is doing away with the system. Rumor has it [link] the confusing and pointless (heh) Microsoft points system is on it's way out, ...

Earlier this year, Microsoft had made its intentions of phasing out the wretched Points system on Xbox Live rather clear, but what it didn’t outline was the timeline. Larry Hryb, Director of ...

Microsoft Points are something most people either hate or are indifferent to, with not many people viewing the virtual currency favorably enough to champion it as something that should stick around.

Microsoft Points are being scrapped as part of a new Xbox 360 dashboard update. From today (August 26), Xbox 360 users will be able to purchase downloadable items with local currency, instead of ...