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Just had a pretty big update and now everything is in £'s rather than MSP. Running a bit slow at the moment but it says my 260MSP are being converted to £2.38 |
MSP are gone
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Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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D_arkTrooper 1,492 posts
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Registered 19 years agoDid you not have an email a while back informing you of this change? -
neilka 24,021 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI thought it was just Richey that disappeared. -
Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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Registered 10 years agoD_arkTrooper wrote:
Cant remember to be honest but I don't think they gave an actual date? In fact some are claiming this is the fall update rolling out?
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anon_ 211 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt's about time! Monopoly money is no more. Xbox Live is now a normal, transparent digital content service, where a price is advertised and your card charged accordingly. I might actually buy stuff off it now! So many games to catch up on, so little time! \o/ -
Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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Registered 10 years agoFunny how some games look more tempting when in £'s.
How do you add the converted money to a sale or does it automatically ask if you want to?
Thinking of getting SH
ownpour and it will cost just over £5 if I can add my £2.38. -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoGoodbye points, you were fantastic, even Microsoft would sell them for less than they should at times, 4200 for 25 quid from the Microsoft Store was pretty great. -
Excellent. No more having to spend more money than I need on surplus points! -
yay for bare minimum expectations! -
TOOTR 10,459 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAnyone else having trouble dling the update? I keep getting an error and can't get online 
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spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoBaihu1983 wrote:
This isn't news, it's been very widely reported weeks ago that the latest update was bringing this change...
Just had a pretty big update and now everything is in £'s rather than MSP.
Running a bit slow at the moment but it says my 260MSP are being converted to £2.38 -
FartPipe 5,307 posts
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Registered 9 years agoIt's because MS wants a universal system for all its devices so you only need one account to buy anything from it's multiple products, makes sense really and the points system on the 360 marketplace was hindering that. -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoanon_ wrote:
Shame it works out more expensive. Hope you"get rid of ms points" lot are happy now you have to pay more.
It's about time! Monopoly money is no more. Xbox Live is now a normal, transparent digital content service, where a price is advertised and your card charged accordingly. I might actually buy stuff off it now! So many games to catch up on, so little time! \o/ -
wobbly_Bob 5,162 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBaihu1983 wrote:
I think they shot themselves in the foot with points for a number of reasons, one of which is that 1200 seems like £12.00 in your head even when you know it's not... At least for me
Funny how some games look more tempting when in £'s.
How do you add the converted money to a sale or does it automatically ask if you want to?
Thinking of getting SHownpour and it will cost just over £5 if I can add my £2.38..gif)
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Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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Registered 10 years agodarkmorgado wrote:
At what point did I say the change was news? They never gave a date for none beta testers of the new dash.
Baihu1983 wrote:
This isn't news, it's been very widely reported weeks ago that the latest update was bringing this change...
Just had a pretty big update and now everything is in £'s rather than MSP.
Running a bit slow at the moment but it says my 260MSP are being converted to £2.38 -
anon_ 211 posts
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Registered 11 years agodarkmorgado wrote:
I am happy. I'd much rather just be charged a price - even if it is more expensive - and decide if I think it's worth it or not. Let market forces prevail. Better than being tricked.
anon_ wrote:
Shame it works out more expensive. Hope you"get rid of ms points" lot are happy now you have to pay more.
It's about time! Monopoly money is no more. Xbox Live is now a normal, transparent digital content service, where a price is advertised and your card charged accordingly. I might actually buy stuff off it now! So many games to catch up on, so little time! \o/ -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoBeing tricked because you had to use some basic maths? -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoWhizzo wrote:
Precisely... The conversion was hardly difficult!
Being tricked because you had to use some basic maths?
Edited by darkmorgado at 18:55:22 26-08-2013 -
Gruff 3,940 posts
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Registered 18 years agoHad 90 points left converted to £1.06
/enough for a Samba De Amigo Sombrero
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anon_ 211 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWhizzo wrote:
It was the intent that I found distasteful.
Being tricked because you had to use some basic maths? -
Gruff 3,940 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThey intended to teach people maths
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Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI appear to have nothing, which is a bit odd, I had to leave my Xbox while it was updating, I get back to it after it's done it and now I'm not seeing any indication of how much I've got. On Microsoft's account site it's still saying I've got over 3K in points.
Very strange.
edit: must have timed out on asking or something, attempting to buy an indie title as a test and it's done the conversion.
Edited by Whizzo at 19:09:59 26-08-2013 -
Gruff 3,940 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI had to buy something (didn't "have" to but I was jonesing for a sombrero) before it finished the process -
These issues are only valid if you could buy exact amount of MS points that you wanted.
Being 'forced' to buy 800 MS points when all you need are 100 MS points to buy that extra bit of fluff for your AAA you're playing that weekend is where the issue lay.
Edited by graysonavich at 19:30:15 26-08-2013 -
oceanmotion 17,358 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThere might still be a minimum spend so you can't just buy the cheap stuff for the exact amount.
I think PSN does this as it works like funding a wallet first before purchasing. Transaction fees or something, myth for greed, I dunno. -
Dave_McCoy 3,410 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI don't think it actually is more expensive. Unless you got your points on the cheap. The bad conversion was sorted months ago.
If it is more expensive then it's pence more. 800 point games are £6.99. I think it's 19p different if £8.50 was 1000 points. 800 is £6.80? Hardly bank breaking. -
ronuds 21,781 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'll be hot damned if I can find how much money I have currently. I don't remember it being hidden in the past? -
Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYou need to pick the change payment method. Mine is blacked out which is annoying so I can't actually use it. -
Spong 525 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThe latest system update has just given me an E80 system error. I downloaded it, the console rebooted, then it immediately gave me that error.
In an interesting twist though, I was part of the current beta but the update bricked my DVD drive. MS took my console and I got a refurbished one back about two weeks ago. However, I noticed the beta Dash was gone from my console when I fired it up and went through all the licensing stuff. I didn't bother chasing after it and reinstalling it again, but I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it.
Either way, looks like my console's fucked in a new and exciting way. Just in time for Castle of Illusion and GTAV. -
Dave_McCoy wrote:
You could usually get 2100 points for £14-15 so that's £7 for 1000 points, whereas now it's only 800 points for £7, so that means they were originally 25% cheaper, ie every 4 games you bought you got one free compared to the new system. Still, it makes some people happy I guess, and MS more money.
I don't think it actually is more expensive. Unless you got your points on the cheap. The bad conversion was sorted months ago.
If it is more expensive then it's pence more. 800 point games are £6.99. I think it's 19p different if £8.50 was 1000 points. 800 is £6.80? Hardly bank breaking.
ownpour and it will cost just over £5 if I can add my £2.38. 
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