By Ben Kuchera | Last updated April 8, 2009 10:47 AM CT

Buying Microsoft Points on Xbox Live can be a frustrating experience. You can get $6.25 worth, or $12.50 worth, or even $25 and $62.50 worth... but you can never buy as many as you need for a $5 game. That means you're always left with points left over, which means you buy more points to buy more games to still have overlap. Today, Amazon has launched a new service allowing you to buy Xbox Live Arcade games from it. The big news? The games are sold for their actual cost.

It's live right now. You can buy a $10 game for $10. You don't have to worry about points, or how many points to pick up—you simply buy the game. Amazon then gives you a code to download the game, or to give to a friend. After that, you download the game as usual.

It's still convenient, since you can buy from your home; the only difference is the whole garbage aspect of Microsoft points has been thrown out the window. No more buying points you don't need, no more converting points to cash—you just pay the dollar amount. It's liberating!