Tommi84
Member
Sure fam. I guess this will be your defence IF MS would remove day-one games on GPU, then? Or they only leave one-month subs (and remove 3months one) or never give a yearly one for discounted price?
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Microsoft Rewards: option to exchange points for Xbox Game Pass removed (up: back, post #198)
March Climber
Member
In terms of their public image and how they seem to be the butt of the joke this gen, this is the perfect time for them to make these types of moves.
Take the hits to the chin now while you’re already taking other hits, and profit later
Take the hits to the chin now while you’re already taking other hits, and profit later
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
It is not for free, people are essentially mowing the lawn for MS and getting pocket money for it.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
Such as?
Fredrik
Member
No need to remove ”day 1” releases on GP if they get the most excited fans to buy the games through early releases on premium editions.
Wizz-Art
Member
I redeemed close to $1500 Xbox gift cards over the past 5 years. Never for Game Pass though because I have the reasoning that if I redeem for a Xbox gift card, when I spend it I also generate MS rewards points any time I buy something. I pay the normal monthly price for GPU, to me it's worth it.
What I don't like though is that the monthly punchcard offer for buying 3 movies for at least $4 each which netted you 2500 bonus points is gone since this month, I usually bought those movies on Tuesdays when the new movie deals were up. I hope they come back for August.
What I don't like though is that the monthly punchcard offer for buying 3 movies for at least $4 each which netted you 2500 bonus points is gone since this month, I usually bought those movies on Tuesdays when the new movie deals were up. I hope they come back for August.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Mephisto40
Member
Sony have a rewards program where you can get free PS Store credit when you buy games now
PlayStation Stars | Join the PlayStation loyalty program to earn rewards
Join the PlayStation Stars loyalty program and start earning points to exchange for exclusive PlayStation digital collectibles, PS Store credit and more
www.playstation.com
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
This just reminds me I should be doing my daily xbox rewards...but I just forget and kinda can't be assed..
My loss I guess.
Anyone got a link to the reddit?
My loss I guess.
Anyone got a link to the reddit?
Wizz-Art
Member
Reddit - Dive into anything
www.reddit.com
Drizzlehell
Banned
Microsoft is slowly taking off its mask again.
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
I always buy cash.
GreatnessRD
Member
That's some bitchassness, Microsoft. Par the course for these big game companies, however, so one shouldn't be shocked or surprised.
Topher
Gold Member
Microsoft hasn't said why they pulled the Game Pass options from Rewards so you are making an assumption as to the reason. And nothing else he said was a lie.
cireza
Member
Not as if we could spin good news about MS, they don't exist here.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Oh shit, that is kinda true actually.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
MS needs more money guys. Buying up the industry isn't cheap.
Captain Toad
Banned
Well, Premium is $120 per year. There's not a lot of reason to do that over Extra currently.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Go ahead and name some good news and I’ll clap.
CuteFaceJay
Member
Was this the 'bad news' being talked about in other thread?
ReBurn
Gold Member
Depends on your rewards level, how you redeem, and the length of the subscription you get.
Monthly at level 2 it was possible to auto-redeem 10,500 points for Xbox game pass or manually get a GPU code for 12,000 points. 3 months GPU was 35,000 points. 35,000 points is between $22 and $35 depending on which value calculation they do. The base used to be 1,600 points = $1, but it's different in different scenarios. If you're donating points to charity $1 = 1,000 points. If you're trading for store credit $1 can equal 1,600 points. I'm sure some product manager understands it.
It's pretty complicated sometimes, but you could definitely get GPU for less than equivalent retail cost. I've been getting 3 month GPU codes and I'm good for 3 years. If it comes back I expect the exchange rate to be higher since it didn't go up with the recent price increase.
93xfan
Banned
Nope. They better keep day one games. I was also pissed when they tried to make gold $10 a month without the $60 a year option.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Came to see your post. Left satisfied and with sympathy.
Fucking sucks, Microsoft. if true
93xfan
Banned
That’sa good thing. But i also can still get points when I buy games and points for very little effort to buy gift cards.Sony have a rewards program where you can get free PS Store credit when you buy games now
PlayStation Stars | Join the PlayStation loyalty program to earn rewards
Join the PlayStation Stars loyalty program and start earning points to exchange for exclusive PlayStation digital collectibles, PS Store credit and more
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
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Kilau
Member
True but not really comparable to MS rewards. It’s more of a digital collectible program than a way of earning store credit. You have to spend money to get any significant amount of points whereas MS gives lots of points for no money.Sony have a rewards program where you can get free PS Store credit when you buy games now
PlayStation Stars | Join the PlayStation loyalty program to earn rewards
Join the PlayStation Stars loyalty program and start earning points to exchange for exclusive PlayStation digital collectibles, PS Store credit and more
Mephisto40
Member
You can buy PSN credit with the playstation stars points you collect, I've already claimed a £20 psn card and I've only been on it a few months, you get a surprisingly high amount of points for buying new games
Bogroll
Likes moldy games
Better than a kick in the bollocks but still shit compared to rewards.Sony have a rewards program where you can get free PS Store credit when you buy games now
PlayStation Stars | Join the PlayStation loyalty program to earn rewards
Join the PlayStation Stars loyalty program and start earning points to exchange for exclusive PlayStation digital collectibles, PS Store credit and more
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
They're attempting to buy up the largest 3rd party publishers/industry. This is the behavior you will get for such consolidation.
93xfan
Banned
That’s a good service. I like that and will give credit where it’s due
Hestar69
Member
whats the shopping game?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Boy do they. I have purchased about a dozen games and the Starfield controller using 'free money' just this year.
Daddy bigbucks indeed.
Scroll down and they have a 'game' to pick the item which costs the least our of 3/4 and for each correct one you get 10 pts, you can max it for 100 pts daily (3000 pts a month)
You can do it the "proper" way and open the product pages and choose the one with the lowest price, or just use one of the many scripts people have made to automate the process.
At least one thing wrong is that the conversion won't go away with Gold changes to Core, you can convert console or PC GPU's as well for the same conversion ratio.
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Common sense doesn't work when there is an excuse for a negative Xbox thread.
Topher
Gold Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
ChorizoPicozo
Member
so, is this confirmed true or just a glitch in the matrix?
Hestar69
Member
ty! never knew that!
In Cold Blood
Banned
Looms like now that MS has invested huge amount of money into Gamepass content, they are closing the way people can get that content without paying the actual GP sub fees, which I guess is fair, but I do like free shit.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
Wasn’t that the only thing keeping Bing alive?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
They even removed the autocomplete for when you type google in the search bar like all other browsers do
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Oh my god I'm getting old. Back in my day we fought over blast processing and special sauce. Now a days you kiddos argue about search engines and youtubers. What is this world coming to?
LavitzSlambert
Member
Same old Microsoft. They were never going to maintain the value of Game Pass. Get people to sub, get them used to paying every month, and raise the prices on them to recoup initial losses.
zeomax
Member
Yes the normal one is still available but Gamepass Ultimate is gone.
Fabieter
Member
Because its not sustainable. Turns out it isn't not even for ms.
Vlodril
Member
And yet premium has more subs than extra somehow.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Game Pass is back on the points redemption list, as expected.
Expecting all the fine folks who chimed in to start retracting their commentary any second now.
Expecting all the fine folks who chimed in to start retracting their commentary any second now.
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bender
What time is it?
Game Pass is back on the points redemption list, as expected.
Expecting all the fine folks who chimed in here to be back with their apologies any second now.
Back to showing up in my current auto-redemptions too. Figures since I bought 3 months of Gold on the cheap yesterday. Let's see if it actually renews this month.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
No change to point values either, makes this all the more better even.
Looks like they're doing a good job of garnering good will.
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