XBox 360 Microsoft Points Converter

Details:

When Microsoft first put together the XBox 360 Live Marketplace they decided to sell things in a proprietary currency called Microsoft Points. The currency was designed to not match any of the world's common currencies on a one-to-one basis so that it would be difficult for people to determine how much something is actually costing them. This frustrated me immensely since I like knowing how much something costs while I'm making a buying decision, so I decided to write a script. This is that script.

Microsoft Points Converter:

NOTE: The default values below were pretty acurate for prices in the US during April 2008 (when this was written). They may vary by time and country so for the best results make sure the prices are acurate based on what you would pay. Also, for the time being Javascript is required.

Please enter the cost of 2000 Microsoft Points (in real money):

Please enter the cost of the game/upgrade/etc (in Microsoft Points):

Downloadable Version

If you'd like a downloadable version of this I also have a small CLI-based Perl script. The current version (v0.2) is available for download now. This was in fact the original project that I hacked up real quick one day while trying to figure out how much all the extra Beautiful Katamari levels were going to cost. Bryan Allen suggested I make it available, so I refined it a little and here it is.

The script shouldn't require any packages other than what comes with a basic Perl 5.8+ (or ActivePerl 5.8+) install. Enjoy!