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Microsoft Points, introduced in November 2005 as Xbox Live Points, [1] were a digital currency issued by Microsoft for use on its Xbox and Zune product lines. Points could be used to purchase video games and downloadable content from Xbox Live Marketplace, digital content such as music and videos on Zune Marketplace, along with content from Windows Live Gallery.
Xbox Games Store (formerly Xbox Live Marketplace) was a digital distribution platform previously used by Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console and formerly by the Xbox One. The service allowed users to download or purchase video games (including both Xbox Live Arcade games and full Xbox 360 titles), add-ons for existing games, game demos ...
Xbox Games Store (formerly Xbox Live Marketplace) was a unified storefront for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One which offered both free and premium content for download including Xbox Live Arcade titles, Xbox indie games, original Xbox games, Xbox 360 game demos, game expansion material (e.g. extra maps, vehicles, songs), trailers, gamer pictures and ...
Pre-orders from Microsoft Store received 1600 Microsoft Points for Xbox Live. [ 60 ] Customers ordering from Amazon received access to the Tomb Raider: The Final Hours Edition , including with a 32-page art book, an in-game Hunter Skin for Lara, and a digital copy of Geoff Keighley 's The Final Hours of Tomb Raider for the Kindle Fire . [ 61 ]
Based on popular demand, Phil Spencer, Microsoft's Head of Xbox, announced that Xbox One consoles would be able to play 13 games made for the original Xbox console, first released in 2001. [21] The compatibility works on all consoles in the Xbox One family, including the Xbox One X , and was made available as a free update in the fall of 2017.
Competitions: Join and create tournaments directly through the in-game Xbox Live menu. Xbox Live Aware: Receive invitations and view Xbox Live friends, even when playing single player modes. XSN: Xbox Sports Network, a service for Microsoft-developed sports titles that allows for web-based player tournaments and statistics.
Upon the release of XNA 3.1, Microsoft changed the games to "Xbox Live Indie Games" with hopes that it will help increase the "understanding and discoverability" of user-created games. [7] After the fourth quarter Dashboard update in 2010, the Indie Games tab on the Marketplace was moved to the "Specialty Shops" section of the dashboard, away ...
The Xbox Live Marketplace service and the PlayStation Store offer HD movies, TV shows, movie trailers, and clips for download to the console's HDD. [ 176 ] [ 177 ] Other regional PlayStation Stores only allow download of movie trailers and short segment clips.