The service isn’t just limited to games, either; you can buy points or subscriptions to the Microsoft service, too, and since you’re dealing with codes, if you want to give the items as gifts, just hand over the number.

The service, which just launched, is nice if only for one reason: I’d much rather see a price tag in dollars than in Microsoft points!

[Amazon Xbox Live Store via Ars Technica]

The best part of the contest – all you need to do is fill out this form to be entered to win. With 100,000 Gamer Points (worth about $1250 USD), you’ll be set for Xbox Live Marketplace for a very long time. Now if only they’d come out with a bigger hard drive….