Microsoft giving away 1 million Microsoft points
Microsoft's latest and greatest step in its ongoing effort to save PC gaming was the recent folding of Games for Windows into Xbox.com and to celebrate that bold maneuver, the company is holding a "One Million Microsoft Points Giveaway" promotion. Just be one of the first 2500 people to actually buy something from the GfW Marketplace and Microsoft will email you a code for 400 Microsoft Points, absolutely free.
"Games for Windows Marketplace is open to millions of Xbox Live gamers around the world," Microsoft said in a message that I have to admit left me completely baffled. "Log in with your Xbox Live account and enjoy a single unified identity across Xbox Live and Games for Windows - Live. It's the same gamertag, friends list, achievements and gamerscore on both platforms."
The contest began today and runs until 11:59 pm on August 1, or until all points are gone, whichever comes first, but unlike the Games for Windows Marketplace it's open only to citizens of the United States. And surely I can't be the only one who finds it disheartening or maybe schadenfreudistically hilarious that Microsoft is effectively admitting that it might not be able to ring up 2500 GfW Marketplace sales over the course of an entire freakin' week? Come on, guys, Steam probably racked up 2500 sales in the time it took me to type that sentence.
For more information about how you can earn 400 free MS points just by purchasing something from the GfW Marketplace [please, anyone], check out Xbox.com. The Games for Windows Marketplace is also now available at Xbox.com, under "Games + Marketplace" [third tab from the left], between Xbox Downloads and Avatars.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/111863-Microsoft-Marks-GfW-Xbox-Merger-With-Million-Microsoft-Points-Giveaway
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0nslaughtPosted:
Nicasus Guess they have to do something to sell that sh*t.
Though, when I read the title of this article I thought you could win literally 1 millions MSP lol, would be able to buy all the content in the Marketplace then lol.
Thats what I thought too
NicPosted:
Guess they have to do something to sell that sh*t.
Though, when I read the title of this article I thought you could win literally 1 millions MSP lol, would be able to buy all the content in the Marketplace then lol.
Though, when I read the title of this article I thought you could win literally 1 millions MSP lol, would be able to buy all the content in the Marketplace then lol.
elders_TROLLPosted:
Bapcykn11 totally not worth it.i agree i was like so i might spend 60$ in msp to get free msp and its only 400... make it 1600 hundred and you got a deal
400 msp free for buying something that is atleast $20?
hb no
WalteePosted:
That's cool, it's not like us in the U.K. ever want anything even remotely worth while.
No, don't worry about it, Microsoft, it's not like we pay just as much for Xbox LIVE as anywhere else but get half of the promotional offers or deals. No, don't worry about it...
No, don't worry about it, Microsoft, it's not like we pay just as much for Xbox LIVE as anywhere else but get half of the promotional offers or deals. No, don't worry about it...
snot72Posted:
x_PhOeNiXx_oFappin Wow! Spend $15-$60, and get $4 in a virtual currency! How enticing!
Exactly whatI was thinking.
It's still better than getting nothing when you buy something from there :/, it's not like people are actually going to buy something for just 400 points.
suckit206Posted:
liqour_manxXiiNFiiNiiTYnot small at all lol besides it would be smart if they did stretch to uk since the us dollar has gone down in price.X_Final_Blast_X Wy is stuff like this always US only...
because the US is the home of this company and their too god damn lazy to go to your country to do **** like this. Besides, 99% of the people who buy this **** is in the US. They really don't wanna spend a million dollars to stretch to a small country (AKA UK) and make like a thousand bucks. lol
I agree that they'd make some money doing this, but the profit wouldn't be that great. You have to remember (and as much as I love Microsoft, I have to say this), they are greedy.
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