Okay, I just bought an Xbox 360 and 6 games. I also bought the 1 year Xbox live subscription card. However, I did not get the 1600 points card. Am I missing anything by not getting said card? Do I get a get a certain number of points free when I activate the subscription to live?

you won't be able to get a lot of game content and other things..

NO>. you get NO FREE points when you activate.

Don't cross-post. It's highly frowned upon here.


Yes, you will miss out on the ability to purchase Marketplace content. But you don't have to run out and buy the card, since you can purchase points on your 360. I believe to purchase points you hit X on the first screen in Marketplace (and in several other places, too).

there will also be some free things that you can download on the xbox live marketplace that don't require any points. also, since you can add points to your account at any time, theres not really any big rush to get points with the system.