Since their genesis seven years ago, coinciding the launch of the Xbox 360 and Microsoft’s Xbox Live Dashboard interface, the scope of Xbox Gamerscore Achievements has extended to personal accomplishment, bragging rights, and the occasional black-market pawning of a highly decorated account.
Starting this Fall, however, possibly with the release of Microsoft’s annual Fall Dashboard Update (AKA The Big One), Achievement Points will satisfy gamers in a more…tangible way through the Xbox Live Rewards Program.
“We’ve hit 50,000 followers, which means it’s time for an announcement! Coming Fall: a new way to earn Rewards based on your Achievements!”
Followup tweets would only ask us to stay tuned for additional information in “the coming months,” so there are a few ways we could intuit the current announcement. One is that “Rewards,” which consist solely of Microsoft Points, might expand into a gamer picture or avatar accoutrement (items many games already dole out on their own), and Achievement Points will then be used to unlock them.
Another possibility, one more likely and more enticing, is that Achievement Points will be tracked for those signed up in the program and will periodically dispense Microsoft Points into a user’s balance (1000 Achievement Points might earn 100 Microsoft Points, for example – depending on the level of charity).
For avid gamers who double as avid spenders – those who purchase heaps of downloadable content for games; enjoy dressing up their avatars; or consume the Marketplace’s constant offerings of TV shows, movies, and music – the program could be seen almost as a pay-for-play incentive. That seems to be an image Microsoft wouldn’t mind conveying in order to attract more Gold subscribers – although those who engage in the aforementioned sub rosa swindling of high-point accounts might see a few dollar signs as well.
We’ll keep you updated with any concrete information on the change – we’re interested to see where this goes and what it might mean for Achievement Points in the future.
Ranters, have you utilized the Xbox Live Rewards program? Would Achievement Points for Microsoft Points affect the way you invest – financially and time-wise – in a game?
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Source: Xbox Live Rewards Twitter [via Videogamer]
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I thought my achievements were points when i first got the 360. I found out the hard way when I bought DLC that they didn’t work like that and your gamerscore is worthless
Right now gamerscore is indicative of your lack of life.
The higher it is the less of a life you have.
I made suggestions related to this article many years ago. I should get a percentage of all sales for them using my idea.
so what are these rewards, ms points or gamescore points ?
imo they should first give payers the ability to delete games completely of their account, regardless of whether thy have any points for the game or not. i’m not one to obsess over getting every achievement but seeing a stupid game on my account really gets to me for some reason. it would also be cool if they didn’t just auto add DLC achievements onto the default stuff e.g halo reach DLC achievements added to my account even though i dont have the DLC.
the one thing i really hate though is the ms point system, that is the stupidest currency system i have ever come across b/c no matter what you buy,. you get ripped off by being charged more then everyone else. they should do what the psn does and have those pre-paid cards for those of us that dont want to use our credit cards, this will make things way more straight forward then what we currently have.
just dont buy anything off Xbox live anymore but then again in this day in age it doesnt matter. People get ripped off everywhere
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD ARCADE GAMES COMING OUT THIS CHRISTMAS !!!
i liked the old pricing, the increase in price for arcade games has really pissed me off b/c now they’re pretty much charging $20+ for their arcade games (whilst psn is on average around $15 per game).
XBL does have prepaid cards, just like PSN. You can get them at any Gamestop and/or Wal-Mart. The currency system is also relatively easy to understand also. You just have to know the conversions, here’s the basic. 1 US Dollar = 80 MS Points. The prices on PSN and XBL are usually the same, depending on whether or not the product in question is sponsored by Microsoft or Sony. For example PSN has a monthly Ubisoft sale, XBL does not.
i know they have pre-paid cards, but that is for ms points, not real life money like the psn ones. regardless of how easy it is to convert the 2 currencies, it’s still unnecessary as actual money would be more straight forward then some garbage point system.
arcade and indie are worth 5 dollars each tops or less because your not buying the disc your not getting a case or a booklet. but even with a disc it’s a piece of plastic thats not worth 60 dollars brand new. a brand new game is really worth 20 to 30 dollars at the most. everything is over priced these days. these companies like to think there always right well the customers always right. what’s a piece of plastic worth to you, to me a piece of plastic is worth a penny. and the information on the disc isn’t worth much at all so in all reality were getting ripped by everything that is sold.
tash* the price of a game is not just the disk and case and stuff. think about the millions and millions of dollars that they spend to create these game.they cant just charge 20 bucks for each game and hope to make a profit it doesnt work that way. now if u said that about most other things then i would agree with u cause they charge way to much for most everything else.
In all likelihood, the Rewards would be Microsoft Points – just like they already are. The only difference is that it sounds like Achievements (your Gamerscore) will be used to gain them.
As soon as Microsoft sees how much money they are giving away they will put an end to it.
Jwalka.. They already have those cards. They’re not like prepaid credit cards but you buy them and redeem the code to get your points
I already told him, he doesn’t understand the MS point system either. I think he is poo poo head. He also apparently doesn’t know how to spell properly, for example he fails at capitalizing the letter “I” with that being said I will cite my previous allegation, calling him a poo poo head.
Microsoft does the prepaid card, you go to a store that sells games and buy a prepaid microsoft points card and xbox live gold card
Are you stupid, there already are prepaid cards, go to any video or entertainment store(i.e. Gamestop, Best Buy) and there are a number of cards pre-paid cards to choose from.
@Will2233
Don’t come here trying to call people stupid. We all know there are prepaid cards, but it still uses their currency (MS points). Think before you type, bro.
He meant in the sense that Sony uses them, in the US dollar currency, not imaginary monopoly money like Microsoft lol
Like I said before, Jwalka is a poo poo head.
are we getting points for achievements we have already earned i dont think so this is huge load of s***. if they want to make things right for 1 they would not of waited 10 years for this achievements ms points to be released and for 2 they would reward us with ms points for all the achievements we have already earned and for 3 before you know it xbox 3 console will be here and they will shut down xbox 360 live network just like they did with xbox 1. the reason they shut it is to make you spend more money on the newer products. they had no good intentions to shut down xbox 1 network they did it to make more money. all business cares about these days is money thats why theres so many advertisements on the internet. and business has a big problem with lying to you in order to get your money now a days. lying is not true business it’s s***** business. for example alot want your credit card to prove your 18 thats and next thing you know your getting charged but in those cases they lose cus you have the option to decline there charge on your credit card.
You do realize that Microsoft is a for-profit company? You shouldn’t find it surprising that a large corporation would care about money – that’s kind of the point.
I do agree that it sucks that they’ve waited this long to implement something like this, however.
Hey poo poo head, why are you writing such a big comment, try to compensate for something? *nudge *nudge *wink *wink
OMG… Thank you Xbox!!!
The only question is will they ive me points for all the achievements i already have or will i have to start earning them over again.
WHAT!?!???
So bear with me but I am a PS3 player – I thought the Achievement Points WERE like coupons for XBox Live Arcade stuff. (Like 1500 points equals 50 cents off a $9.99 purchase or something.)
It was one of the only things I thought was very cool on XBox vs PlayStation.
It’s not and it never has been? So achievements are worth as much as Trophies?
yeah. i was new to xbox about 3 years ago. when i got gold, i thought to myself, “hey i can now get some downloaded games!” but then i relized, it needed MSP and not GS. i still cherish the whole achievement process because, on Xbox or PS3, it gives you that feeling of accomplishment of doing that one part of a game that got you stuck for weeks on end.
Think of it this way:
1. You buy games
2. You earn achievements
3. Redeem MS Points
4. Download games (arcade/on demand)
5. Repeat steps 2-4
I understand you loud and clear. I’m just not sure the other poo poo heads do.
I’m guessing they are going to have to be a little more resilient and aware about people simply adding games to their profile and unlocking achievements through modding. Because otherwise, this new idea is easily exploitable and should in no way be put through. I for one will abuse the system if it is that flawed.
I like how Microsoft will “Nickel and Dime” everyone to maximize profit, making the Xbox 360 a small investment but a large sum in the long run. Deceiving those who were torn between choosing an Xbox 360 or PS3. If you know this and don’t care or enjoy Xbox either way then more power to ya!
Companies use tricky financing.
They’re focusing on video games since more people used Xbox for media last year so this would attract more attention. Its virtual money that Microsoft can just give away as they please they don’t lose.
This was one of the things they claimed Xbox Live Rewards would offer 3 years ago when they started the program. What took them so long to implement that feature? I was a little miffed that I was misled then, and I’m a little irritated that they’re talking about it now as if it were something that never occurred to them.
Well to be fair, 3 years ago they didn’t have 50,000 followers on Twitter. Lol
GS are no longer being a cheap cosmetic?
I don’t trust it. This seems as if it could be an enticing sounding way for Microsoft to control what I’m able to do with my Xbox even further. Seemingly free money always has a price somewhere along the line, like with Diablo 3. The moment real money is involved, suddenly they’ll have all these intrusive “rights”, while looking like saints for giving points away.
Good ol Microsoft, still hiding behind their Halo.
That would be cool if they did that
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