Would You Purchase an Xbox Live Gamertag?

Own an Xbox 360? Subscribe to Xbox Live? Have a cool gamertag that wasn’t forced onto you because a thousand variations of the same nickname already existed? Well, Xbox live user “Hitman” sure does, and he realizes it – so much so that he’s working on getting it sold. Seriously. Hard to blame him though. People will pay for virtually anything nowadays, as long as it strikes their interest.

In the case of the name “Hitman”, it’s wanted by virtually everyone (except me). It’s one of those names that seems to scream “elite” and “top dog”, and something of some vital importance. I admit, I think choosing such a popular name to use as your own moniker is a little foolish, only because it’s far from being unique, or personal. If I have to count how many times I’ve seen the name “Legolas” in an MMORPG…

But I digress. I might not have interest in the name, but it’s clear that many people do, and I for one am curious to see how well the eBay auction performs. But it begs the question. Doesn’t Microsoft have some policy against this type of action? If not, we might very-well see some other Live old-schoolers going down the same route.

Update: Looks like Microsoft might have had an issue with the eBay auction after all… it’s now been removed.

Graziano said he thought there might be some big money in selling Hitman, particularly because he said he once saw an article on a video game site that estimated “Hitman” was the most commonly used term in Xbox Live gamertags. Indeed, he said that when he plays, he commonly encounters comments like, “Wow, so you’re the original Hitman?” and, “How’d you get that screen name?”