{"id":8626,"date":"2013-06-10T11:23:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2013-06-10T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:23:45","slug":"e3-2013-microsoft-points-are-officially-dead-and-done-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8626","title":{"rendered":"[E3 2013] Microsoft Points are officially dead and done for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/k-bigpic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/k-bigpic.png\" alt=\"k-bigpic\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8627\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Marc Whitten just revealed at E3 2013 that Xbox Live is officially doing away with their points system when Xbox One launches this November and that from that moment onward everything will then be priced in local currency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nMicrosoft&#8217;s Marc Whitten just revealed at E3 2013 that Xbox Live is officially doing away with their points system when&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8626\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo; 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