free xbox 360 points

mailrewop

turned on the xbox and went to download a trial game and saw that i have 500 xbox points wen i should ave none. said it to a friend he had 60 but now he has 1060, strange but im not complaining

ironictoaster

mailrewop wrote: »

turned on the xbox and went to download a trial game and saw that i have 500 xbox points wen i should ave none. said it to a friend he had 60 but now he has 1060, strange but im not complaining

Big discussion about it on xbox forums

http://forums.xbox.com/1/21793744/ShowPost.aspx#21793744

Vic Vinegar

Odd! I noticed I had 500 extra today as well! Haven't a clue where they came from.

TheWitch06

I want some free points too!

Basq

Oooohh.. let me check..

.. Nope, no free points for me. Actually got 500 free for purchasing GTA IV and never used them.. they expired just before I remembered!

Mr E

Yup, I got 500 too..... Nice to get Geometry Wars 2 for 300 points.

Mr E

Without reading pages and pages of "Me too" on that xbox thread, anyone know why we got them? (and its nothing to do with GTA4, because some people got 1500)

Kinetic^

Would it be something to do with how long you've been on Xbox Live? Perhaps they're feeling generous (not forking likely though) and want to give back to the customer.

Riesen_Meal

Ive a feeling theyre gonna stop charging for Live now and they are probably re-imbursing people with points???

Davexirl

I didnt get any points.

silvine

I got nothing. Out of interest, when did you buy your Xbox Live subscription Mountain Lips, Mailrewop?

jester77

I'm not sure if I got any, can't remember what my balance originally was!

Mr E

Don't think its down to where you bought your sub... you'd never know though. I got mine in Gamestop last year.

Maybe its down to how much you've spent on the marketplace? I have paid for about 10-15 games I think....

Davexirl

I have had my sub since back when the original xbox days so maybe it is how many points you have bought...

AdMMM

I think I've got 500 at least, maybe 1000. I haven't checked my balance in a while!

mcgovern

No points for me

mailrewop

silvine wrote: »

I got nothing. Out of interest, when did you buy your Xbox Live subscription Mountain Lips, Mailrewop?

i bought a new 12+1month subscription off ebay the end of april.

moonboy

is there anywhere where id just get 100 ms points? i have 500 and want to get the halo maps for 600..but couldnt be bothered buying 2100 points..

Vic Vinegar

silvine wrote: »

I got nothing. Out of interest, when did you buy your Xbox Live subscription Mountain Lips, Mailrewop?

I do it the stupid way and just buy a month every month + I didn't have it for 3 months a while ago due to moving house, so I don't think it's to do with that!

moonboy wrote: »

is there anywhere where id just get 100 ms points? i have 500 and want to get the halo maps for 600..but couldnt be bothered buying 2100 points..

You can buy 500 point packs on the 360 for €6.

dazftw

woo got 500 points stoked!

Fieldog wrote: »

Ive a feeling theyre gonna stop charging for Live now and they are probably re-imbursing people with points???

That would be pretty cool now. *Fingers Crossed*

silvine

I'd love to see it go free. EUR60 was always a bit pricey. Maybe they're changing the format of payment because of the introduction of the various gameshows and new dashboard in Autumn?

FreeOSCAR

Micro$oft stop charging for live? Not that I mind paying for the service but they also though that 12 million people are giving them money so I doubt they would change. Maybe a 60euro once of subscription would work .

Jerichoholic

They stopped charging for Windows Live so it's quite possible.

Fingleberries

I think they stopped charging for Windows Live because Windows players are used to playing Peer to peer for free anyway, and there was no way to realistically change their mindset on that.

XBox gamers are more used to paying for their service ...

Also, a lot of the new features are specifically for Gold Subscription holders, so I don't see them getting rid of it any time soon.

Pity.

rizzla

Fingleberries wrote: »

I think they stopped charging for Windows Live because Windows players are used to playing Peer to peer for free anyway, and there was no way to realistically change their mindset on that.

Also, if you have a silver account you can play those cross platform games online for free. Like Supreme Commander and Lost Planet....and whatever else that was on Windows Live and Xbox.

Oh, and I didn't get the points

Mikeyt086

No points for me

Vic Vinegar

Does anyone actually have an actual confirmed reason for this charity yet? I think it could be the start of a brainwashing conspiracy somehow.

Kinetic^

Just checked there, pretty sure I got about 1000 free points although I'll have to check my transaction history just to check how much exactly.

robinph

No points for me either.

Been on Live! since the original Xbox but probably haven't bought that many point since then.

mayordenis

0 points got my hopes up

Fol20

microsoft are doing a summer giveaway for people who play the summer arcade games that are released....you could be one of the lucky ones............take a look here

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http://gameinfowire.com/news.asp?nid=12607

Justlikemike

100,000 MS points!!!

Mr E

I was one of the few who got points earlier this week. Just got a message from Microsoft on my XBox:

Dear Xbox LIVE customer, we deposited 500 points to your account, at no charge, in relation to the GTA IV 500pts pre-sell promotion. We apologise for any inconvenience you might have experienced. Thanks for your continued support of the LIVE experience!

Don't know what 'inconvenience' they're talking about - I had already spent by GTAIV free 500 points. I'm not going to turn my nose up at another 500 though....

Basq

Huh? Like I said earlier in the thread, they took away my 500 points I got for my GTA IV purchase.. I assumed they expired and I never got them back.

Might pop them an e-mail.

Mr E

Yeah I saw that. Thats why I thought it was strange. Maybe they expired all free points by accident, and didn't know who had or hadn't spent them.

Doesn't explain why you didn't get your points back though....

Basq

Yeah, was gonna buy a Rock Band song pack a week or two back with it and they'd vanished... thought it was odd.

Will switch on my XBox and check again.. as I haven't checked since the other night.


.. just checked and nope!

Jerichoholic

That wouldn't explain why some people got 500 points, some 1000 and others 1500.

Mr E

I know... I was just reporting on the message I got from MS.

MarkR

Can you check it online from a pc?

Mr E

Yep.

1. Go to http://www.xbox.com and log in (using your registered email address).
2. Click on your Gamer Tag at the top of the screen.
3. Click "Manage Profile" (half way down the left side of the page)
4. Click on "Add Microsoft Points" on right side of screen.

That screen will tell you your current balance.

super_furry

basquille wrote: »

Huh? Like I said earlier in the thread, they took away my 500 points I got for my GTA IV purchase.. I assumed they expired and I never got them back.

Might pop them an e-mail.

Same thing here, only I got a message to say 500 points were added but they never showed up.