Xbox 360 now offering rewards based on Gamerscore

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Microsoft has offered Xbox 360 gamers a way to show off their prowess with the Gamescore feature, whichs shows a player's overall score based on the Xbox Live Achievements he or she accululates in Xbox 360 games. Until today, a high Gamerscore was simply a cool thing to show off to your friends.

Now Microsoft has confirmed that getting a high Xbox 360 Gamerscore can also generate some real rewards. The company has launched a new program called MyAchievements which will give Xbox 360 gamers even more of an incentive to play and get a higher score.

Everyone who gets a Gamerscore of 3,000 and above and is a member of MyAchievements will receive some kind of special "gift" for their birthday. The fine print says the gift will be priced around 25 cents so we suspect that it's some kind of Xbox Live avatar gift item. People who reach the 10,000 Gamerscore level will receive a one percent refund on any Xbox Live Marketplace purchase every month.

For the truly dedicated Xbox 360 gamer, Microsoft will offer a two percent monthly Xbox Live Marketplace rebate if they reach the 25,000 Gamerscore level. While the rewards may be pretty small, it's still better than nothing and it's possible that Microsoft might add to the MyAchievements program in the months ahead.

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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/xbox-360-now-offering-rewards-based-on-gamerscore

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AR15Posted:

Good day to have 53,210 legit gamer score.
I think it's cool Microsoft is finally giving us achievement whores some respect

EmazedPosted:

-Khalifaa- What about all of the people that modded their gamerscore, lol?


I think they check if you've modded your gamerscore before.

TywinPosted:

What about all of the people that modded their gamerscore, lol?

TreyarchedPosted:

shadow1 if im correct, 2% of 1600 msp is 32 msp... so much for savings


better than nothing, i spend about 2-3k MSP each month so it will add up eventualy

Rage_KnifedPosted:

Gamerscore modding here i come

oohPosted:

Kind of pointless, but hey, it's better than nothing :)

AquastraPosted:

Everyone is getting mad about this. If you think about it, They are giving us more than they gave us before for GS. Before the GS Rewards were even mentioned what did you get? Nothing besides the ability to boast about it to your friends and make fun of other kids or whatever. Your getting points to do nothing so just stop complaining...

TL;DR: Quit complaining, they're giving us free MS points to play Xbox.

carlos-Posted:

Time to mod the gamerscore.

shadow1Posted:

if im correct, 2% of 1600 msp is 32 msp... so much for savings

xIT_ON_A_STICKxPosted:

My friends laughed when I said I liked getting achievements. And they probably will still laugh when I tell them that my gamerscore will get me a "two percent monthly Xbox Live Marketplace rebate."