Windows 8 defaults direct cash payments for music and movies, puts Microsoft Points on backburner
Microsoft’s real money to “Points” conversion has always been a point of contention among consumers, but that may all be about to change — if the Windows 8 Zune Marketplace is any indicator, that is. Movies and music purchased via Windows 8 no longer default to the bizarre indirect system Microsoft set in place years ago with its Xbox Live platform, instead allowing actual currency for payment as well as MS Points (Windows 8 exclusively used the MS Point system for media purchases throughout beta). In fact, the system even automatically selects hard currency as the standard, reports The Verge . The MS Point system converts 80 MS Points to $1, and points much be purchased in a minimum of 400 point blocks — a practice criticized as both deceptive and consumer hostile
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Windows 8 defaults direct cash payments for music and movies, puts Microsoft Points on backburner
