Thread: X-Box avatars are completely useless
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Old 07-26-2010, 07:18 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball View Post
Short answer is because in general gamers are dumb enough to spend real money on a virtual person or in the case of Farmville, a virtual farm. Its the same with PSN, Apple's Ipad/Ipod touch, and certain MMOs/PC games.

Initially it was rumored Microsoft was considering having people exchange gamerscore points into MS points to help boost the interest in buying stuff for their avatars. They ended up canceling the idea after the widespread banning due to people boosting/hacking their gamerscores.
That is what I was guessing too. It would be nice if you could get free merch from the games you play...well I guess I did get a rdr shirt I don't wear.
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