My Microsoft Points Buying Strategy  I’ve owned an XBox 360 for
nearly a year and I’ve never once purchased anything in the XBox
Live Marketplace because there was never anything I really
wanted – until I bought Rock Band. With the music games like
Rock Band and Guitar Hero, the producers are releasing new songs
via the XBox Live Marketplace and, if my memory serves me right,
Rock Band songs cost 160 Microsoft Points a piece (they also
bundle them in packs of 3 for 440 MS Points).  The math on how
much a Microsoft Point is worth in the retail market works out
to be 1.25 cents per point in the US, with prices slightly
higher abroad (not on purpose there, it’s just exchange rates).
You can get them slightly cheaper elsewhere and so you never
want to pay retail price for points. There is always a cheaper
alternative, unless you absolutely have to have points right
now.  My goal is to pay, at most, a penny per point, and often
times you can get them for even less if you’re willing to look.
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