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Xbox Rewards:

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Please read the Xbox Rewards FAQ

All "rewards" are for rewards members. If you aren't a member, join before you try and take advantage of these "rewards."


Ongoing Rewards:

  • Complete a monthly survey - 20 Microsoft Points
  • Renew 1 month Gold membership - 10 Microsoft Points - MUST BE LIVE GOLD MEMBER
  • Renew 3 month Gold membership - 30 Microsoft Points - MUST BE LIVE GOLD MEMBER
  • Activate or renew Gold for the first time ever - 100 Microsoft Points
  • Renew 12 month Gold membership - 200 Microsoft Points - MUST BE LIVE GOLD MEMBER
  • Make your first marketplace purchase ever - 100 Microsoft Points
  • Activate Netflix for the first time ever - 100 Microsoft Points - MUST BE LIVE GOLD MEMBER
  • Refer-a-Friend and get 100 points for every friend who upgrades to Gold - 400 points for the referred, 100 for the referrer (referral link)

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Punchcards:
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[CUSTOMSPOILER="General Info"]
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Q. What is MyPunchcard?
A. MyPunchcard is a part of the Xbox LIVE Rewards program open to all members. Through MyPunchcard, Xbox LIVE Rewards members can get rewarded for performing a specific set of actions outlined in the Punchcard for each offer. Once all punches are earned on a specific Punchcard, get rewarded!

Q. Who is eligible for MyPunchcard?
A. All Xbox LIVE Rewards members are eligible to participate in MyPunchcard. To start earning punches for completing specific actions, join Xbox LIVE Rewards now for free if you haven’t already: http://rewards.xbox.com.

Q. How does MyPunchcard work?
A. Each Punchcard has a set amount of punches required in order to complete it. Once a specific action is completed and a punch is earned, it can take up to 96 hours for it to appear on the MyPunchcard page. Xbox LIVE Rewards members are only eligible to receive a Reward once all punches have been earned and the entire Punchcard is complete. There is a limit of one Reward per one completed Punchcard, unless otherwise noted.

Q. Where can I find the available Punchcards?
A. To check out the available Punchcards, log into the Xbox LIVE Rewards site and visit the MyPunchcard page. The amount of available Punchcards each month will vary.

Q. Do Punchcards expire?
A. Yes. Once a Punchcard expires, no further punches will be provided for actions completed after that date. Expiration dates for each Punchcard vary and are listed on the MyPunchcard page found here.

Q. I completed a Punchcard! How do I claim my Reward?
A. If the Reward is Microsoft Points, they will appear under Pending on your MyRewards page by the 15th of the following month. If the Reward is anything other than Microsoft Points, an email will be sent to your contact email listed here with instructions to redeem your Reward. The Rewards for completion of a Punchcard will vary with each Punchcard offer. Rewards will not be provided during the Punchcard offer period.
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April's PlaytoEarn Punchcard
Check your status - May take 3-5 days to update
XBLA DLC purchases do not count toward the April Punchcard - source

Cornelius's list of sources for last-minute XBLA purchase ideas:
  • The Wikipedia page for XBLA releases, sorted by MSP.
  • Xbox.com's sorted list of best-selling XBLA titles.
  • Major Nelson's most-recent list of top 20 XBLA games purchased.
  • The Twisted Pixel bundle ... seriously, it's 3600 MSP worth of games for 800 MSP!
  • The DOTW for April 30th, listed on our OP, as well as Major Nelson's blog, which will go live around 4/30 @ 2am PDT, and be valid for 14-15 hours up through the promo's deadline between 4pm-5pm'ish PDT (depending how they've configured the reporting servers to account for GMT).
    Note I was going to also suggest the "Angry Birds Trilogy" sale starting 4/30, but since it's a GoD title, it doesn't count. :cry:
  • Games your friends have picked up. Use the "Compare Games" feature on their profile, which will list their games in order of most-recently played by default.
  • Atari-published games, which you should assume will get de-published as soon as its game licenses/IP are sold off in bankruptcy court.
  • Games NOT found on compilation discs, because you can often find them "cheap" on eBay or used-game retailers. See this XBLA thread post (under "XBLA Discs") for more info & lists.
  • And finally, TylerH1701's list of XBLA games yet to go on sale
Hope this helps anyone's last-minute purchase dilemma. ;)


[quote name='"Xbox Rewards FAQ"']
Q. What are the April Punchcards?
A. During the month of April, we are offering three Arcade Punchcards. That’s three different Rewards you can earn!

  • Eat. Sleep. Game.: Earn a punch per 5 HOURS of playing Arcade games.
  • Collect Games, Get Gold: Earn a punch for purchasing any Arcade game from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
  • Spend More, Get More: Earn a punch for spending 800 Microsoft Points on any Arcade game from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Q. How can I earn a Reward for PLAYING Arcade Games?
A. During the month of April, earn a punch per 5 hours of playing arcade games. Play a total of 20 hours of Arcade games under the Xbox LIVE account tied to your Rewards account and earn an exclusive Arcade Avatar item. The Avatar item will be fulfilled via email to all eligible members on or before May 30, 2013.

Q. How can I earn a Reward for PURCHASING Arcade Games?
A. During the month of April, earn a punch for purchasing an Arcade game from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The Arcade game must be equal to or greater than 400 Microsoft Points to qualify for a punch. Purchase a total of four Arcade games under the Xbox LIVE account tied to your Rewards account and earn a token for a 1-month Xbox LIVE Gold membership. The Xbox LIVE Gold memberships will be fulfilled via email to all eligible members on or before May 30, 2013.

Q. How can I earn a Reward for SPENDING 800 Microsoft Points on Arcade Games?
A. During the month of April, earn a punch for spending 800 Microsoft Points on Arcade game(s) from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Spend a total of 3,200 Microsoft Points on Arcade games under the Xbox LIVE account tied to your Rewards account and earn 800 Microsoft Points back. If you qualify for this Punchcard, the Microsoft Points will be added directly to your Xbox LIVE account on or before May 30, 2013.

Q. What happens if I complete all three Punchcards?
A. As a special bonus, all Xbox LIVE Rewards members who complete all three April Punchcards will be included in an upcoming VIP Exclusive!
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Limited Time Rewards:
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Tomb Raider Offers

Uncover Zac Levi Offer
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Q. What is the Tomb Raider - Uncover Zac Levi Offer?
A. Between March 19 and April 20, 2013, be one of the first 4,500 Xbox LIVE Rewards member to purchase the Caves and Cliffs Multiplayer Map Pack from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace to receive a token for Zac Levi, an exclusive multiplayer Tomb Raider character (ARV: 160 Microsoft Points). Purchase(s) must take place between March 19, 2013 00:01 UTC and ending April 20, 2013 23:59 UTC.

Q. Who is eligible for the offer?
A. All Xbox LIVE Rewards members who are 13 years or older and are in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Singapore are eligible for the offer. Xbox LIVE Rewards members are only eligible to receive this Reward once during the offer period. Join now for free if you haven’t already: http://rewards.xbox.com. Registration must take place during the offer period to participate in the offer. The first 4,500 Xbox LIVE Rewards members to purchase the eligible content for the offer will qualify for the reward.

Q. When will I receive my Reward token?
A. If you are one of the first 4,500 Xbox LIVE Rewards members to purchase the Caves and Cliffs Multiplayer Map Pack, you will be sent an email with instructions on how to download the exclusive Zac Levi character by April 30, 2013. The email will be sent to the contact email you have listed on the Microsoft Billing site.
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Scavenger Hunt Sweepstakes
Secret codes :

  • 3/28 - 4/20 - explorer
    • Embedded in an image on the Rewards home page
    • 235x100_2_1.jpg
  • 4/5 - 4/7 - artifact
    • Embedded in an image on the Xbox Facebook page
    • Official schedule says it should have been posted 4/1, but was posted 4 days late
  • 4/10 - 4/14 - navigate
    • Embedded in an image in the XBL Rewards March statement e-mail
    • banner_cta_2.jpg
    • Official schedule says it should have been revealed on 4/8
  • 4/15 - 4/20 - shipwreck
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Q. What is the Tomb Raider - Scavenger Hunt Sweepstakes?
A. Between March 28 and April 20, 2013, register for the Tomb Raider Scavenger Hunt, play Tomb Raider, purchase the Caves and Cliffs Multiplayer Map Pack and find secret codes for a chance to win amazing Tomb Raider prizes!

Q. Who is eligible to participate in the sweepstakes?
A. All Xbox LIVE Rewards members who are 18 years or older and are in the United States are eligible for the sweepstakes. Join now for free if you haven’t already: http://rewards.xbox.com. Enrollment in Xbox LIVE Rewards, registration into the sweepstakes, purchase, play, and submission of secret code(s) must take place during the sweepstakes period.

Q. How do I enter the sweepstakes?
A. First, register by visiting the sweepstakes landing page here: http://rewards.xbox.com/tomb-raider. If you are not already an Xbox LIVE Rewards member, you will be prompted to sign up. Once you are signed up, you will then be redirected to the Tomb Raider Scavenger Hunt registration page. Complete the registration form to register for the sweepstakes and earn one sweepstakes entry.

Q. How can I earn sweepstakes entries for playing Tomb Raider?
A. If you have never played Tomb Raider prior to the sweepstakes period, you can play it for the first time to earn five sweepstakes entries. You can earn additional entries for playing five hours (2 entries), ten hours (3 entries), and twenty hours (5 entries) of Tomb Raider. Play hours must occur during the sweepstakes period. Please make sure that you are signed into the Xbox LIVE account tied to Xbox LIVE Rewards for your play hours to count.

  • Register for the sweepstakes = 1 entry
  • Purchase the Caves and Caverns Map Pack = 5 entries
  • Play Tomb Raider for the first time = 5 entries
  • Play Tomb Raider for 5 hours = 2 entries
  • Play Tomb Raider for 10 hours = 3 entries
  • Play Tomb Raider for 20 hours = 5 entries
  • Find the secret codes = 1 entry per secret code found, total of 4 entries
Registration into the sweepstakes, purchase of Caves and Caverns Map Pack, Tomb Raider game play, and submission of secret code(s) must take place between March 28, 2013 00:01 UTC and ending April 20, 2013 23:59 UTC. Purchase of Caves and Caverns Map Pack must be from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Please reference the Sweepstakes Official Rules for more details.

Q. In order to earn an entry for playing Tomb Raider for the first time, does this have to be my first time ever?
A. Yes, in order to earn the 5 sweepstakes entries for the first time play, it needs to be your first time playing Tomb Raider ever. If you've played Tomb Raider prior to the sweepstakes, you will not be able to qualify for that action. However, you can still earn entries for playing for 5, 10 or 20 hours. Please reference the Sweepstakes Official Rules for more details.

Q. What are the secret codes, and where can I find them?
A. A secret code will be released once per week during the sweepstakes period across various Xbox channels. Once you find a secret code, head over to the Code Entry page to submit it for a sweepstakes entry. One (1) sweepstakes entry is earned per correct code submitted. There will be a total of four (4) secret codes.

Q. How many sweepstakes entries can I get?
A. Xbox LIVE Rewards members who register for the sweepstakes can earn a maximum amount of twenty-five (25) sweepstakes entries via any method.

Q. What are the sweepstakes prizes?
A. The following awesome Tomb Raider prizes are being given away:

Number of Winner(s) & Prizes:

  • (1) Life-sized Lara Croft statue (ARV: $7250)
  • (2) Limited Edition Tomb Raider Xbox 360 consoles signed by members of the Tomb Raider development team (ARV: $1500)
  • (50) Limited Edition Tomb Raider Xbox 360 controllers (ARV $60)
  • (10) Tomb Raider Sweatshirts (ARV $60)
  • (200) Tomb Raider T-shirts (ARV $20)
  • (200) Tomb Raider Lithographs (ARV $20)
Q. When will the winners of the sweepstakes be selected?
A. The sweepstakes drawing will take place after the sweepstakes period on or around April 20, 2013. The Sweepstakes winners will be contacted by May 7, 2013 via email. The email address we have on record for you is the contact email you have listed on the Microsoft Billing site.
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March 2013

Black Ops II Revolution Rewards Offer
[quote name='"Xbox Rewards FAQ"']

Q. What is the Black Ops II Revolution Rewards Offer?
A. Between February 26, 2013 and March 31, 2013, purchase the Revolution Map Pack and receive 100 Points back OR purchase the Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Season Pass and receive 400 Points back. The offer is capped at 10,000,000 Microsoft Points and awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Q. Who is eligible for the offer?
A. All Xbox LIVE Rewards members who are 13 years or older are eligible for the offer. Xbox LIVE Rewards members are only eligible to receive this Reward once during the offer period. Join now for free if you haven’t already: http://rewards.xbox.com.

Q. What Xbox LIVE Marketplace content is eligible for the offer?
A. The Revolution Map Pack and Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Season Pass are eligible for the offer. You must be connected to Xbox LIVE with the Gamertag associated with your Xbox LIVE Rewards account when you purchase the content in order for your purchase to be eligible. Purchase must take place between February 26, 2013 00:01 UTC and March 31, 2013 23:59 UTC.

Q. How many Points am I eligible to earn for this offer?
A. There are 10,000,000 Microsoft Points to give away for this offer. The Points will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis. Xbox LIVE Rewards members are eligible to earn a maximum of 400 Microsoft Points for the offer.

Q. When will I receive my Microsoft Points for this offer?
A. Your eligible purchases will be calculated in the beginning of April. If you qualify, your Rewards Points will then be deposited into your Xbox LIVE account by April 30, 2013. During the Offer Period, your Points will not show up under Pending.
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Hitman Absolution Rewards Offer
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Q. What is the Hitman: Absolution Offer?
A. Between March 8, 2013 and March 31, 2013, purchase HitmanTM: Absolution from Games on Demand and receive a code redeemable for HitmanTM: Sniper Challenge (ARV: $19.99). Purchase must take place between March 8, 2013 00:01 UTC and ending March 31, 2013 23:59 UTC.

Q. Who is eligible for the offer?
A. All Xbox LIVE Rewards members who are 13 years or older are eligible for the offer. Xbox LIVE Rewards members are only eligible to receive this Reward once during the offer period. Join now for free if you haven’t already: http://rewards.xbox.com. Purchase must take place during the offer period under the Gamertag tied to the Xbox LIVE Rewards program.

Q. When will I receive my exclusive Hitman Reward code?
A. If you are eligible for the Hitman: Absolution Offer, an email containing your Reward code will arrive by April 20, 2013. The email will be sent to your contact email listed on the Microsoft Billing site.

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February 2013 - Fun Flicks, Family Kicks Offer

* see note below the official rules

[quote name='"Xbox Rewards FAQ"']

Q. What is the Fun Flicks, Family Kicks Offer?
A. During the month of February, get 200 Microsoft Points when you complete one of the following three actions on Xbox Video:

  • Buy 1 SD or HD TV Season Pass
  • Buy or rent 5 HD Movies
  • Buy or rent 7 HD TV Shows

Q. Who is eligible for the offer?
A. All Xbox LIVE Rewards members in the 50 United States (and the District of Columbia), the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, Italy, and Spain who are 13 years or older are eligible for the offer. Xbox LIVE Rewards members are only eligible to receive this Reward once during the offer period. Join now for free if you haven’t already: http://rewards.xbox.com. Registration and purchase must take place during the offer period in order to qualify.

Q. What movies or TV Shows qualify for the offer?
A. All movies and TV Shows featured on Xbox Video qualify for the offer. Rental and/or purchases must take place between February 1, 2013 00:01 UTC and ending February 28, 23:59 UTC.

Q. When will I receive my Microsoft Points for this offer?
A. Your eligible Xbox Video purchases and/or rentals will be calculated at the end of February. The 200 Microsoft Points for this offer will then be deposited by March 30, 2013. During the Offer Period, your Points will not show up under Pending.
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* Note - It is unknown at this time whether free shows on the marketplace will qualify for this month's offer. CodeTrader has a thread tracking free shows just in case they do count, pasted below for simplicity.

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Lose Pounds, Gain Points
... aka "New Year, New You"

Earn up to 200 Microsoft Points this January! Get 100 Points when you play featured Kinect fitness games, like Nike+ Kinect Training, for 20 hours or more. Plus, we'll give you another 100 Points if you spend 800 Points or more on eligible Fitness Game Add-ons. That makes 200 Points total – and a fitter, stronger you!

Eligible Game Titles:
  • Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012
  • Zumba Fitness
  • Your Shape Fitness Evolved
  • Zumba Fitness: Rush
  • Zumba Fitness: Core
  • Jillian Michaels Fitness Adventure
  • UFC Personal Trainer
  • EA Sports Active 2
  • My Self Defense Coach
  • Harley Pasternak's Hollywood Workout
  • Nickelodeon Dance
  • Michael Phelps: Push the Limit
  • miCoach
  • Kinect Sports
  • Kinect Sports: Season Two
  • Nike+Kinect Training
  • Rapala for Kinect
  • Dance Central 1
  • Dance Central 2
  • Dance Central 3
  • The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout
Have questions? Visit our FAQs for more information about this month's featured offer.

[quote name='"Xbox Rewards FAQ"']
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New Year, New You Offer

Q. What is the New Year, New You offer?
A. Get active and earn up to 200 Microsoft Points during the month of January! From January 1 through January 31, 2013:
  • Get 100 Microsoft Points when you spend 800 Microsoft Points or more on Fitness Game Add-Ons!
    AND/OR
  • Play 20 hours or more of featured Kinect Fitness titles and get 100 Microsoft Points!
Q. Who is eligible for the offer?
A. All Xbox LIVE Rewards members who are 13 years or older are eligible for the offer. Xbox LIVE Rewards members are only eligible to receive this Reward once during the offer period. Join now for free if you haven’t already: http://rewards.xbox.com. Registration, purchase and play must take place during the offer period in order to qualify.

Q. What Fitness Game Add-Ons qualify for the offer?
A. All Game Add-ons for the titles found here qualify for this offer. Purchases must take place between January 1, 2012 00:01 UTC and ending January 31, 2012 23:59 UTC.

Q. What Kinect Fitness titles qualify for the offer?
A. Eligible Kinect Fitness titles that qualify for this offer can be found here. You must be connected to Xbox LIVE with the Gamertag associated with your Xbox LIVE Rewards account in order for your gameplay hours to be eligible. Gameplay must take place between January 1, 2012 00:01 UTC and January 31, 2012 23:59 UTC.

Q. When will I receive my Microsoft Points for this offer?
A. Your eligible Xbox LIVE Marketplace purchases and eligible Kinect usage will be calculated at the end of January. The Microsoft Points will then be deposited before February 27, 2013. During the Offer Period, your Points will not show up under Pending.[/quote]
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Have questions? Visit our FAQs for more information about this month's featured offer:
http://rewards.xbox.com/faq/#fmi
(duplicated above in the "Xbox Rewards FAQ" quote)

For individual account questions check out the Xbox LIVE Rewards forums page:
http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_rewards_support/f/29.aspx

For general Xbox LIVE Rewards questions or feedback, and to stay in the know about all the latest Xbox LIVE Rewards happenings, follow the Xbox LIVE Rewards Squad on Twitter @XboxLIVErewards:
https://twitter.com/#!/XboxLIVErewards

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FAQ:
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Q: So what is this and how much does it cost?
A: Xbox Rewards is a free loyalty program run by ePrize for the Microsoft Corporation. They offer free and Gold Xbox Live members "rewards" for completing survey, making qualified purchases, or other actions during a specified period.

Q: Where do I start?
A: You should start by reviewing the official FAQ. Once you are done there, and you have decided to join, you are ready to start earning rewards.

Q: I never got my reward for my first purchase after joining the rewards program?
A: According to the official FAQ. You will only earn that reward for your first purchase from the marketplace ever. If you made a purchase before joining the program, you are out of luck.

Q: I never got my reward for activating Netflix after joining the rewards program?
A: According to the official FAQ and some discussion with @XboxSupport You will only earn that reward for the first time you ever activate Netflix on your specific gamertag. If you did that before joining the program, you are out of luck. If you are still good, you have to have had Netflix activated for 1 month and have watched 2+ hours of streaming content during that time period.

Q: When will this end?
A: According to the official T&C, the program is scheduled to end at 3:59 p.m. GMT on June 30, 2012. It is possible that the program will be renewed or go after that, but there hasn't been more info on that yet.

Q: Will my Xbox LIVE Rewards Points expire?
A: Rewards Points do expire, so be sure to use them by June 30, 2012.

Q: How do I use my expiring Microsoft Points first?
A: Promotional points with expiration dates are automatically redeemed first before purchased points. [source]
 
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[quote name='MrNinjaSquirrel']I expect I'm up to 10 now, but I've only got the one punch. Took a while for it to update the first time, so I'm not to concerned.[/QUOTE]

I've got 3 punches on my time card which took some time to update so you should be fine.
 
[quote name='vantheman']I am not really concerned about getting an avatar award much at all, as it will most likely be pretty lame.[/QUOTE]

I'm not either, but I figured I'd burned through some XBLA backlog for once and maybe get into whatever the VIP thing is (probably also lame, but eh, it's not really a big deal). I'm expecting a really ugly XBL Rewards shirt or hat, because you know, everyone likes to put ads on their avatars:drool:
 
I don't really care about the avatar award ether, but if I'm going to do the other two I may as well get that one as well so I get whatever the bonus is.
 
As of Thursday, I had all 4 of my 5 hour gameplay punchcards completed...it's helpful having 3 kids. :)

I have to admit that I'm curious enough about the VIP thing to go ahead and complete the other two offers....even though it probably WILL be a lousy avatar item.
 
[quote name='preston181']I'm sitting out the whole punchcard deal. I've bought 130 arcade games over the life of my console, and they just now decide to make a reward for it? Besides, I'm saving my cash for my vacation in June.[/QUOTE]

I have about 350. Quit yer bitchin'.

These things are better late than never... what you're implying is that they should never come up with a new promotion because, you know, they didn't do it right at the beginning.

This is exactly why I always say gamers are the most entitled bunch out there.
 
[quote name='Gabrius']I have about 350. Quit yer bitchin'.

These things are better late than never... what you're implying is that they should never come up with a new promotion because, you know, they didn't do it right at the beginning.

This is exactly why I always say gamers are the most entitled bunch out there.[/QUOTE]
Not really. We buy our games. All businesses have these type of complaints. Companies rarely reward existing customers because there is more profit in obtaining new ones in most cases. His complaint is the same that all companies get...and it's a valid one.

Gamers really aren't more "entitled" than any other consumer group.
 
[quote name='irafreak']Not really. We buy our games. All businesses have these type of complaints. Companies rarely reward existing customers because there is more profit in obtaining new ones in most cases. His complaint is the same that all companies get...and it's a valid one.

Gamers really aren't more "entitled" than any other consumer group.[/QUOTE]

maybe just more vocal about it;)

honestly, I think that it's great they are at least doing SOMETHING. Better late than never, so why would you not want to get in on it? If you are going to buy anymore XBLA games, then I see no point in waiting other than a possible sale, but even still, the 800MSP free kinda makes up for it. Seems a waste to pass it by simply because you are annoyed with them, but it's your choice I suppose.
 
[quote name='MrNinjaSquirrel']maybe just more vocal about it;)

honestly, I think that it's great they are at least doing SOMETHING. Better late than never, so why would you not want to get in on it? If you are going to buy anymore XBLA games, then I see no point in waiting other than a possible sale, but even still, the 800MSP free kinda makes up for it. Seems a waste to pass it by simply because you are annoyed with them, but it's your choice I suppose.[/QUOTE]
Yeah it's an opportunity to buy games that have never gone on sale. I'm considering minecraft since the biggest sale that game would get anytime soon might be 50% if lucky....so 800 msp free covers that. Now I just have to find the other 3200 points...
 
[quote name='Hodaka']Looks like the new (and last) Tomb Raider code is "Shipwreck" via Twitter.[/QUOTE]
Thanks. Updated the OP.
 
[quote name='irafreak']Yeah it's an opportunity to buy games that have never gone on sale. I'm considering minecraft since the biggest sale that game would get anytime soon might be 50% if lucky....so 800 msp free covers that. Now I just have to find the other 3200 points...[/QUOTE]

I was thinking Terraria, but that one's bound to go on sale eventually. Perhaps I should think on what's old, but has never been discounted. Any ideas guys?
 
Does anyone know if the kinect sports gems count as arcade games? It looks like I'll be 120 points short of the 3200 after my 4 arcade games, and have been waiting on Zombie Darts (despite the known criticisms).

Edit: According to the source for DLC not qualifying in the first post, the link showing all arcade games includes kinect sports gems, so I would think it's safe to assume they count. These would be great additions if you're only 100-200 points shy of 3200, and didn't want to buy a full price arcade game.
 
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Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Telltale games is releasing Poker Night 2 on the 23rd. May be a good addition to those needing another game to download. Or those that just want more Glad0s sarcasm (she's the dealer).
 
Bought motocross madness when it released last week and I still don't have a punch for anything. Suppose I'll worry about it later this month if anything. Does anyone have a screen shot of what it looks like when one of your cards is "punched in"?
 
[quote name='Dieidiotscum']Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Telltale games is releasing Poker Night 2 on the 23rd. May be a good addition to those needing another game to download. Or those that just want more Glad0s sarcasm (she's the dealer).[/QUOTE]

I've been sitting waiting for this to be my 4th purchased game. I knew it was coming out this month but I didn't know the exact date. Thank you.
 
[quote name='artimus_black']My punchcard was full for the free avatar item, but I'm not sure how to claim it. Or even what the item is/if I get to pick my own.[/QUOTE]

It sounds like they email you the codes for the offers you complete at the end of the month to the email addy associated with your account.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']Is anyone getting the 5 hour punches to update yet? My other two cards seem to be working fine, but I should have some results on my 5 hour one by now, and nothing.[/QUOTE]
Cleared them in my first 3 days. I merely changed my 360's power settings to turn off after 6 hours, started an XBLA game, and then left it on pause until the machine turned off. Repeat 3 more times. Voila! :D
 
Question about the "birthday gift" ... does it change between Tier 2 (Champion) and Tier 3 (Legend), or is it the same for everyone? I'm still down at "champion", and wondering how hard I should try to acquire points by May 1st, other than to have an extra 1% rebate. Thanks!
 
[quote name='Cornelius']Question about the "birthday gift" ... does it change between Tier 2 (Champion) and Tier 3 (Legend), or is it the same for everyone? I'm still down at "champion", and wondering how hard I should try to acquire points by May 1st, other than to have an extra 1% rebate. Thanks![/QUOTE]
I got 20 MSP for the birthday gift and have been over 25k Gamerscore since they started MyAchievements.
 
[quote name='MrNinjaSquirrel']was fretting about getting the hours in, then I checked my card and I'm somehow up to three punchs:D didn't realize I'd played so much ilomilo;)[/QUOTE]

A Raptr account helps with such things, as well (at least to some degree). :booty:
 
[quote name='Sanges99']A Raptr account helps with such things, as well (at least to some degree). :booty:[/QUOTE]

I've been using one, but sometimes the time is WAY off, so it hasn't been the greatest help.
 
Well now my last punch is filled. Honestly, I don't know when I played so much, but glad I can stop playing arcade titles for a bit and start working on the rest of my backlog;)
 
Buying Poker Night 2 to fulfill my last 800 point punch and fourth game punch. I think I'm close to my second 5 hour punch, let's see how many hours I can put in on Poker Night 2.
 
Re: the last punchcard (the 4x 800 MSP card) If I buy 4 games that are around 400-500 MSP - does that count for both punchcards? (i.e. after making those purchases I would complete the punch-card for 4x 400 MSP with those purchases, and before I did anything else I would have at least 2 punches on the 800 MSP card?

Has anyone actually had their "purchases" punchcards start filling in yet to confirm that it's cumulative on the 4x 800 punchcard? I don't think I would want to bother with it at all otherwise, but if it's cumulative it would be easier pill to swallow for the extra 800 points. Especially if Best Buy also has that 400 Bonus point offer going on this week.
 
[quote name='Agent Orange']Re: the last punchcard (the 4x 800 MSP card) If I buy 4 games that are around 400-500 MSP - does that count for both punchcards? (i.e. after making those purchases I would complete the punch-card for 4x 400 MSP with those purchases, and before I did anything else I would have at least 2 punches on the 800 MSP card?

Has anyone actually had their "purchases" punchcards start filling in yet to confirm that it's cumulative on the 4x 800 punchcard? I don't think I would want to bother with it at all otherwise, but if it's cumulative it would be easier pill to swallow for the extra 800 points. Especially if Best Buy also has that 400 Bonus point offer going on this week.[/QUOTE]

Yes, purchases you make towards the 4X400 punchcard also count towards the 4X800 punchcard. Mine have started filling in which is how I found out.
 
[quote name='WolfmanASTN']Yes, purchases you make towards the 4X400 punchcard also count towards the 4X800 punchcard. Mine have started filling in which is how I found out.[/QUOTE]

Great. So I think I'll be able to do this.

Can definitely grab 2 or 3 good sale games this week with no regrets. Hopefully next week's sales don't disappoint me - after I commit myself to spending these points. :booty:

I don't mind buying 1 or 2 games at 800 MSP if need be of course, but obviously sales are the way to go whenever possible. I can't believe some of the games that are 1200 MSP. :roll:
 
So my punch card for # of games has been filled for like a week...and I've been checking daily for my other punches (2/4 for MSP spending, expecting 3/4)...

So checked today and now I only have 3/4 for purchased games and still don't have my 3rd punch for MSP spending...send Xbox Rewards twitter account a message, but this really makes no sense...

Anyone have any ideas why suddenly a punch would disappear after being there for over a week? At least my billing page backs me, so I should have no worries, but it still is really weird....
 
[quote name='EarthBoundX5']So my punch card for # of games has been filled for like a week...and I've been checking daily for my other punches (2/4 for MSP spending, expecting 3/4)...

So checked today and now I only have 3/4 for purchased games and still don't have my 3rd punch for MSP spending...send Xbox Rewards twitter account a message, but this really makes no sense...

Anyone have any ideas why suddenly a punch would disappear after being there for over a week? At least my billing page backs me, so I should have no worries, but it still is really weird....[/QUOTE]

I, as well as another couple people in this thread, mentioned earlier that we were given 4 of the game punchcards after purchasing only 3 games. I just noticed that I lost my 4th punch (which is fine by me since I've only bought 3 games). Maybe they were going through and correcting these errors and they got over zealous and started removing them from people who legitimately bought 4.
 
[quote name='Brash_Attack']I, as well as another couple people in this thread, mentioned earlier that we were given 4 of the game punchcards after purchasing only 3 games. I just noticed that I lost my 4th punch (which is fine by me since I've only bought 3 games). Maybe they were going through and correcting these errors and they got over zealous and started removing them from people who legitimately bought 4.[/QUOTE]

I can also confirm this. Just had a punch taken away as well, but it was legitimate, as I had only purchased 2 games and it was showing 3 punches..

Now I'm 800 pts shy of the one promo, and 2 games from the other promo.. looks like I need to look for (2) 400 pt games. Hopefully some good sales next week. Luckily, Guardian Heroes appears to be a price drop, so I can fall back on that for one if nothing else..
 
No matter what I do I'll have to buy a full price game to finish out the 3200MSP punch card. Guess I'll buy Poker Night 2 since I enjoyed Full House Poker so much. I just hope they fixed all the major issues the original had.

Also, anyone else having issues with gaming hours being tracked? I know I've put in enough for at least a couple punches by now but I'm still at one. Hoping it'll still fill out before the end of the month since I'm able to fully dedicate to XBLA games since platting Ni No Kuni over the weekend.
 
i'm a bit too busy to sift through threads today (chasing my 2 yr old around the house), so i'll ask anyways, if its been answered please shoot/hang me. Has anyone elses punch-cards this month been redacted? for instance, i had all 4 punches for buying 4 games 400+ MSP each minimum, now i only have 3? Thx as always.

(EDIT) i see some people have had similar issues, but i bought 4 games for 400+ MSP. somehow i feel jipped? lol, guess i'll fill it once i complete my last 2 800+ punches anyways, all well :p
 
Over in the XBLA thread, it was suggested I offer my list of "Arcade Ideas" over here in the Rewards thread. Therefore, check out the OP for a repost of that list. :)
 
New survey is live.

Their FAQ doesn't have any info yet on what May's offers will be, though they have rearranged it a bit, giving MyPunchcard its own section.
 
[quote name='Bloomy']New survey is live.

Their FAQ doesn't have any info yet on what May's offers will be, though they have rearranged it a bit, giving MyPunchcard its own section.[/QUOTE]

That bodes well.

Fingers crossed we'll see a DLC based punchcard in the future.
 
I'm pretty sure it's about renewing your Xbox live gold subscription, I could read something like "renew and get double points" before logging in. I don't know if it means MSP or XP in multiplayer games.

PS: I was able to see that on the italian version.

EDIT: it's the may offer, not a punchcard. You get double MSP for renewing. 20 MSP for one month instead of 10 MSP and up to 400 MSP instead of 200 for a 12 month renew.
 
[quote name='im_dany']I'm pretty sure it's about renewing your Xbox live gold subscription, I could read something like "renew and get double points" before logging in. I don't know if it means MSP or XP in multiplayer games.

PS: I was able to see that on the italian version.

EDIT: it's the may offer, not a punchcard. You get double MSP for renewing. 20 MSP for one month instead of 10 MSP and up to 400 MSP instead of 200 for a 12 month renew.[/QUOTE]

I really hope this isn't it. I've been cruising by on free trials, and have been saving my cards until they dried up. Heres hoping it's just something else in addition to the punchcards.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Still no word on what the offers/punchcards will be for May? :([/QUOTE]

I was surprised yesterday to still see the April Punchcards linked under the current offers.

Then again, we don't even know for sure if Punchards will be a monthly thing yet.
 
Tweet from yesterday that info on the next Punchcard is coming.

https://twitter.com/XboxLIVErewards/status/331121184332726273

Given the fact that they added a MyPunchcard section to their FAQ and one of the answers mentions "The amount of available Punchcards each month will vary." makes me think it will be monthly (though hopefully that number isn't 0 for any months).

They might've wanted to process all the April punchcards before replacing the page content with May's. Shouldn't be too difficult to include listings for both April and May on the MyPunchcard page, or have an intermediate page that jumps to separate April and May pages, but who knows how they're planning to keep the site updated. The Punchcard page says 3-5 days to update, while the FAQ says 96 hours (4 days). It shouldn't be too difficult to have a daily check run, but whatever. They apparently need to work out some kinks, given that people got purchase punches they shouldn't have, which were then taken back.

A couple people in the DOTW thread said they saw May's offer was double points for renewing XBL subscriptions, though I don't see that on the Rewards site. I see the regular rebates and a Coming Soon in the section where they generally put the current offer. I think someone that had seen it mentioned they were in Europe, perhaps it's different offers for different places?
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Still no word on what the offers/punchcards will be for May? :([/QUOTE]

Yeah, isn't that nuts? I saw talk in their forums (& in our own XBL deal of the week thread) about double-bonuses for renewing expiring subscriptions, but it was mentioned that the US wasn't included.

I had tweeted them last week and said I was hoping they'd announce this month's awards before I went to work, and they responded with a laugh and that "We'll have news about more May rewards soon." Apparently "soon" is a very subjective term.
 
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