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Microsoft will be giving away over a million MS Points this week - and all you have to do to be in with a chance is use the New Xbox Experience to download Marketplace content.
Specifically, gamers from the US, Canada, Singapore and the UK (over 18) will stand a shot at 46 prizes, the star attraction of which is a whopping 500,000 MS Points (GBP 4250).
After that, there are five lots of 50,000 MS Points (GBP 425), ten batches of 10,000 MS Points (GBP 85), and 30 lumps of 5000 MS Points (GBP 42.50).
To enter, all you have to do is download a film, a telly show, a full Xbox Live Arcade game, an Xbox Originals game or a game add-on.
The sweepstake runs from 2pm (GMT) Wednesday 19th November (New Xbox Experience launch), to early morning on Monday 24th November.
There are a maximum of ten entries per Xbox Live profile, and registration involves downloading the "NXE Download and Win" gamer picture.
You could buy lots of horse armour with that money.
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Commodore75
17/11/08 @ 12:29
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"Specifically, gamers from the US, Canada, Singapore and the UK (over 18)[...]"
Arrgh! Why?!? |
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DoctorZoidberg
17/11/08 @ 12:41
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Anyone know when the XBL Banjo Kazooie comes out? Thats about all im interested in!
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Monkey_Puncher
17/11/08 @ 12:42
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Ninja Bee's latest comes out on Wednesday so I'll probably get that and maybe some MK3 love as well.
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steviepunk
17/11/08 @ 13:03
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"What an earth could you spend 4 thousand quids worth of MS points on? What a pointless prize. "
Yeah, probably wouldn't be able to spend it all just now, but over time it will be useful. Off the top of my head, there are a whole load of XBLA games that I like the look. Not to mention a few of the Xbox Originals and a lot of the Rock Band/Guitar Hero content. Could also download themes and gamer pics - something I would never pay to download, but if I have that many Points available then why not! Also, used sensibly, then when MS starts releasing full games for download (like Burnout Paradise on PSN), then you'll have points left to do that. I was thinking of getting MK Ultimate anyway or Geometry Wars 2 soon anyway, so guess I'll get one of them once the competition starts. |
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Doctor_What
17/11/08 @ 13:06
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@ Penhalion: Nope, I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that once you've paid for the points your money is gone forever, so a cash alternative wouldn't be possible.
This has got to be the cheapest prize ever: virtual money that can only be spent on virtual goods that are owned by the prize giver who is pretending that it's really worth £4k. |
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Britesparc
17/11/08 @ 13:24
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It's not bad, tho, is it? If someone gave me four grand's worth of MS points, I'd be pretty chuffed. Of course I'd rather have four grand of real money, but it's still a decent prize.
Having said that, not sure what I'd spend it on. Few games I wouldn't mind buying, I suppose, and I'd rent the odd film. But I'm trying to keep 7gb of space free at the mo so I can install Fable come Xmas... |
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CrunchinJelly
17/11/08 @ 13:47
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There's a free gamer picture on Marketplace which gains you entry to this. You can only download it if you have access to NXE, though.
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Rev. Stuart Campbell
17/11/08 @ 14:21
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Even assuming there was half a million points of content on XBLA, how big a hard drive would you need to store it all?
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andywilkie35
17/11/08 @ 14:36
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I want to get Puzzle Quest and Portal so might do this just to enter.
Points would be useful just for Rock Band content! And if that Lips song has stuff to download later (think someone mentioned the Zune marketplace) then that'll be decent too |
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kangarootoo
17/11/08 @ 15:44
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"You do all realize that NXE is a gateway to full 360 game downloads via marketplace in a bid to combat the second hand market."
Well, if true, so what? DD is the future, so we had better get used to it. @Rev. Stuart Campbell You don't have to store everything at once. A purchased item can be deleted and redownloaded whenever you fancy playing it. All this prize is really saying is that you will have enough points to make XBLive DLC and Gold membership effectively free for the forseeable. Which seems reasonable... except that you have to pay to enter :( |
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kinky_mong
17/11/08 @ 16:18
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Gives me as good a reason as any to download Portal: Still Alive this week.
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I recently "won" 3700 MS Points (£30) from the USA MSN Dream Car Challenge, only had to turn up once a day to earn 400 MSP. I could spend them on content I don't want or need just to have a chance of winning more, but I'd rather not.
Oh, the total amount of content on Marketplace, according to MSP Converter.com is 756,478 MS Points, or £6,500 in real money. |
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1. Anyone can download the Gamerpic, I don't have the XNE downloaded and yet can see "Xbox Live Play & Win" on the hueg list o' games on marketplace, as well as the new arrivals section.
2. Ace Combat 6 has over 10 free Add-On DLC items for between 1-15mb each. No idea if free DLC will count. If not, RB/GH songs are 80-160 points each, got some that I was gonna buy tomorrow anyway, might as well wait an extra day or 2 till this opens. |
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