And so it begins. You all remember the partially torn document that lead to the media frenzy a few days ago right? Well you all can let out a sigh of relief and the media outlets who linked to the story can now officially smile.
Xbox Live Members Earn Rewards for Achievements was just announced to the media! GameInformer has a spread on the pilot program detailing a bit of its structure. The program is starting in the US only for now and will expand depending on response so for all you fans in other regions, be sure to hit up your fellow US gamers to urge support. Old Spice is the first sponsor up to partner with Microsoft on this program.
Here are a few additional details about the program’s structure:
Reward Package Qualifications
Level 1 (Gamers with an annual gamerscore between 0-4,999 at time of entry): Game Picture, Dashboard theme, Contra for Xbox LIVE Arcade
Level 2 (5,000-9,999 annual gamerscore): Level 1 Package, 100 Microsoft Points and a contest T-shirt
Level 3 (10,000+ annual gamerscore): Level 1 Package, 200 Microsoft Points, contest T-shirt and Fusion Frenzy 2
To register for this program, gamers need to visit www.xbox.com/rewards on Feb. 12! What say you?
February 6th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
[quote comment="15378"]YAY! Another thing Microsoft decided to screw the Europeans out of even though we pay more for Live and the console! I love it![/quote]
qft
for my more blunt response, look at the forums.
February 6th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Looks pretty cool but I definately see a problem, What about games like King Kong and the 2006 sports games? I haven’t played it but those are easy points that I could get in several hours. MS needs to find a solution to this.
February 6th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Hopefully we’ll see this in Canada soon enough. Other than that, it sounds like a pretty cool, rewarding program.
February 7th, 2007 at 12:52 am
It will be great to get things for achievements, but I have to kind of agree with gravedigger abit. There are some easy ways out there to rack up some points, but I am one not turning down some free stuff. I guess you can only go so far doing it that way. I am sure they will have some set of rules on how you have to earn your points.
February 7th, 2007 at 3:07 am
1,500 points? Easy.
But I have a question, when I Increase my gamerscore, will I automatically advance to level 3 since I have more than 10,000 gamerscore points?
February 7th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Groovy! I wonder in the future if they will add Level 4, 5, etc. 1,500 pts should be easy. Heh…heh…heh.
February 7th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
When it says annual gamerscore does that mean amount of points we got in a year or got when we got the console? I only have about 4500 that I got within a year so I’d need to boost my score quickly so I can get upgraded to level 2.
Another question:
Level 2
The popular Xbox Live Arcade game Contra (rated: E10+) from Konami
Exclusive Old Spice Level 2 Xbox Rewards gamer picture
100 Microsoft Points
An experience upgrade to Xbox Rewards Level 3
Does that mean I am level 3 then? I had a few readers e-mail me confused.
February 7th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
assuming you complete what’s required for Level 2, then you’d be bumped to Level 3. details are sketchy. i’ll try to find out more.
February 7th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
I’m trying to also. The details will become known when the program ends but it’d be nice to know them before the program begins.