What Are Microsoft Points?
Microsoft Points are used to purchase content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Web and Xbox console. You can purchase bundles of Microsoft Points, which can be applied to your LIVE Marketplace purchases. Microsoft Points cards are also available at many game retailers. Microsoft Point cards can be added to your Xbox LIVE account in Redeem Tokens on the web or directly on your console.
Microsoft Points are the online currency used to buy game addons, Xbox Original games and Xbox Live Arcade games on the Xbox Live. A typical Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) game will cost 800 Microsoft Points, or about S$16, but all XBLA games are available as free trials, limiting you to only a few levels and no Achievements, but it’s a good way to try a game before you buy. Additional songs for music games such as Rock Band, Guitar Hero World Tour and Lips cost about 160 points a song, depending on the title. Track Packs are available for Guitar Hero and Rock Band games for 440 points, and usually include three titles, although larger ones are available. Recently, entire albums, such as Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Pixies’ Doolittle and Foo Fighters’ Colour and the Shape have become available for download, with many more titles on the way. You can purchase Microsoft Points from Xbox.com.
