The only conclusion I was able to draw up was that since LIVE is a $60 a year service, they have more money to prevent things like this from happening.
Maybe, I mean, thats what everyone assumes. But considering their loosing a bunch of money on Microsoft points... 10,000 MSP is the same as $125, and 10000 MSP is about $100, Microsoft is loosing about a 5 cents per point.