Looks like our friends in Japan now have the ability to get their Microsoft points via their cell phones now and you thought Americans were lazy.
Microsoft points are now just a phone transaction away: Japanese mobile phone provider NTT DoCoMo is adding Xbox Live spending through its handsets.
Starting May 26th, users of phones from NTT DoCoMo will be able to use the “DoCoMo Keitai Harai” (DoCoMo Mobile Payment) service to pay for Xbox Live Gold Membership subscriptions and to load up on Microsoft Points.
Leave it to the technically advanced Japanese culture to add the ability to even purchase video game points to your cell phone, you can pretty much use your cell to get anything in Japan now. I get all my points through my console, but I guess this would be useful for those gamers that don’t want to link their credit cards to their consoles or go out to a store and buy a game point card.
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Write a Comment»Japan probably have a better cell phone than the iPhone, is this just for the 360 atm? The 360 is the least popular console in Japan so I thought they’d tackle the PS3 or Wii first.
Can you also make Xbox live purchases from the phone? If not, then it’s a waste of time.