Just in time for Christmas, the Xbox Live team has launched their new gift points system. Now you have something to give that special someone who won’t pry his lazy butt out of his gaming chair.

The new gift points feature is currently in its beta stage and for the time being is only available in the US (sorry Steen). Another downfall of this current testing phase is that you must know the recipient’s Windows Live ID in order to send them points. Major Nelson has requested the ability to send points based on someone’s Gamertag, something that the development team has said that they’ll work on in the future.

It’s new and it’s very rough, but at least they can combat Nintendo’s Wii Gifting now. This is especially helpful for me, because I have a few friends on Xbox Live that I’d like to get gifts for, but I don’t like them enough to actually go to the post office and mail a package. You can buy points through Major Nelson’s site, or you go here to buy them directly from the Microsoft site. Simply buy points like normal and then check that they’re for a friend, not yourself, and enter your friend’s Windows Live ID. Easy as delicious Christmas cake.

Tags: major-nelson, microsoft-points, Xbox 360

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