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360.kombo.com - 22 days ago

Point Purchasing Pooch Becomes First Officially Recognized Canine Member of Xbox LIVE

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Remember last week, when we brought you the saga of Kotaku reader Greg, whose dog Oscar somehow managed to purchase 5,000 Xbox LIVE points for his owner while chewing on the console's controller? Well, today brought about an official response from Microsoft on the matter. "People spend tens of billions of dollars on their pets every year," they note, "but it's pretty unusual for your pet to return the favor (except in love and tail wagging of course)."

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Xbox Live Gets First Officially Recognized Dog Member
The Escapist : Latest News — ... owner slept. According to Greg, while chewing on the controller, Oscar managed to somehow turn the console on and purchase 5,000 Microsoft Points for his owner's account, which was discovered the following morning when Greg found the confirmation from Microsoft of the $62.50 transaction in his email. While Greg told Kotaku that he wasn't mad, only mystified - and had already spent the points on downloadable games - the story wasn't quite over. Now there's been an official response from Microsoft : "People spend tens of billions of dollars on their pets every year," said a MS ...