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But will they do away the stupid points/currency system? I have found myself using the Xbox Zune more than iTunes but hate the stupid points/currency they use.
by pwelch 15y ago
But will they do away the stupid points/currency system? I have found myself using the Xbox Zune more than iTunes but hate the stupid points/currency they use. Can I just see what I am buying in dollars?!
- ghurlman 15y agoPoints * 1.25 / 100 = Dollars. Assuming retail price for points purchased.
- brianbreslin 15y agowhy not just use dollars or cents directly?
- ttrashh 15y agoPsychology.
- andylei 15y agothey don't want you to directly associate points with dollars. the dissociation allows you to spend points more freely than you would dollars
- georgemcbay 15y agoI'm pretty sure I actually spend less on Xbox Live than I would if everything were done with straight money transactions because it is virtually impossible to buy enough points to cover things you want to buy without having leftover unspent points, the existence of which (even if temporary) makes me feel wasteful. eg. Ok, I would like to buy this indie game for XXX points, but I need to buy points in blocks of YYY dollars which means after I buy this I'll have 200 unused points sitting in my account for who knows how long... screw it, I didn't really want that indie game that bad anyway. Granted this is just one view of the situation and I may be an anomaly, but for me the whole point<->money system causes me to think too much which pretty much kills off any potential for impulse purchases. Straight up dollar values and a click-to-buy system as streamlined as Amazon one click is what gets my money. YMMV.
- andylei 15y agoi'm the same way, but i'm guessing most people don't think like you and i.
- efsavage 15y agoThey can raise prices by making points more expensive, and don't have to re-price everything else.