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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The points redemption isn't going away, you should be able to redeem them whenever.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Message on Xbox UK this morning...
Starting Monday 5th August the weekly console bonus for playing a game each day on your console will reduce from 250 to 150 points.
Just scrap the fucking lot MS and be done with rewards if 100 points hurts you that much.
Starting Monday 5th August the weekly console bonus for playing a game each day on your console will reduce from 250 to 150 points.
Just scrap the fucking lot MS and be done with rewards if 100 points hurts you that much.
Antwix
Member
Yeah I'm ending up with around 10.5k-11k points per month just doing searches. When my GPU expires in 2 years, I'm gonna shift to redeeming a 1month GPU just a few times per year. I barely even play any game pass games nowadays except for the bigger releases. My rewards money is being better spent on random games on sale that I'm interested in.
Phobos Base
Member
Can't see how you can get close to 10k a month now for searches as the maximum per day is around 200?
Antwix
Member
USA is 150 for desktop, 100 for mobile. Add in the streaks and random clickable tiles and that's what I get. Idk, is what it is. I don't do anything on the console or app like that jewel game.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Haven't gotten this one yet (US)
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Play a game on pc and play a game on console (20 and 10 points) not working.
Pisser is the play a game on console is cumulative so I will miss out on the paltry 150 too.
Swear they do it on purpose.
Pisser is the play a game on console is cumulative so I will miss out on the paltry 150 too.
Swear they do it on purpose.
Topher
Identifies as young
It worked for me eventually yesterday, but I didn't get the points/notification for several hours.
Topher
Identifies as young
Working fine for me so far.
Sleepwalker
Member
Anyone still doing this grind consistently? I noticed the price for ultimate didn't change today with the price increase (still 12k points on my end). Is there enough monthly points available to keep a gamepass sub alive?
Antwix
Member
I am, and sure there is. You can get 12k+ points if you're trying. I usually get about 10k, sometimes more sometimes less with just only doing searches. It's reliant on the bonus stuff they give for streaks and whatnot but if you additionally do gamepass quests you can get more than enough.
I just do searches to get my points to buy random stuff I want nowadays. I'm good on gamepass for about another 2 years so I'm not worried about that. If I decide to keep with gamepass after that point, it'll definitely be just a month here and there and not perpetually subscribed to it.
Sleepwalker
Member
Sounds good, I have an xbox series X and I already use bing as my search engine so its a no brainer. I have 13k points so I'll redeem my first month and see how I do for the next.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Yeah still at it.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
dayum. Hope this becomes a recurring tile, lol.
Pantz
Member
By the way,
Botany Manor is a good game for daily achievements. With a no-stakes story and achievements within minutes if you follow YouTube guide. Plus you can get the achievements a second time on PC. At 36 achievements that should last a couple months.
Jusant, Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons, Still Wakes the Deep, The Case of the Golden Idol, and The Rewinder are other games I used for daily achievements. They were ok.
Botany Manor is a good game for daily achievements. With a no-stakes story and achievements within minutes if you follow YouTube guide. Plus you can get the achievements a second time on PC. At 36 achievements that should last a couple months.
Jusant, Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons, Still Wakes the Deep, The Case of the Golden Idol, and The Rewinder are other games I used for daily achievements. They were ok.
Sleepwalker
Member
For the console dailies, its only what appears on the rewards hub right? There's no rewards app anymore, correct?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
They're not removed, they just changed where you can find them on the app. Which, admittedly, is an odd decision and just adding one extra click to get to the rewards page.
But I guess it's a side effect of them merging the Xbox and Game Pass apps into one.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Pity you can’t use reward points for Office 365 renewals.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
How much did you get?
Pantz
Member
130000 points for (1) $100 Amazon Gift Card.
It helped to make a dent.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Rewards has a dedicated support twitter / X page now, should be quicker to get updates on any future issues.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Seems to be messed up again.
Play a game on console you get the 10 points eventually but the 'streak' for playing 4 days in a row (which is is today for me) isn't filling in.
Play a game on PC isn't registering either.
Play a game on console you get the 10 points eventually but the 'streak' for playing 4 days in a row (which is is today for me) isn't filling in.
Play a game on PC isn't registering either.
twilo99
Member
this here is a good deal
www.eneba.com
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (3 months) for a good price!
Buy Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 3 months. Visit Eneba to buy a neat Xbox subscriptions pack! Xbox Game Pass Ultimate games and Gold benefits for you to enjoy
www.eneba.com
Solarstrike
Member
Really cool stuff. Had about 20k points to tinker with, still have a a bunch. So far, snagged a $10 gift card and Beetlejuice UHD version for my Movies Anywhere collection. This type of integration and interaction for rewarding players/customers is the future of gaming, or at least a part of it. If only Steam had this sort of thing
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
My God they've even dropped the daily poll to 5 points from 10 the tight, mean bastards.
I mean, come on - what difference did 5 points make?
EDIT: and the other one is now 5 points.
I mean, come on - what difference did 5 points make?
EDIT: and the other one is now 5 points.
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Sardaukarama
Neo Member
Ive noticed getting more search time limits recently too, Anyone else ?
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
The gift that keeps on giving. This used to be 5 points
Sleepwalker
Member
Im only managing around 6k points a month. Whats a breakdown of what I should be doing?
BIng activies (around 200 points per day)
Log into the app
- read to earn
- searches
Log into the xbox app
Play jewel
The one thing im not really doing much of js the xbox dailies/weeklies/monthlies
Are there a full 6k points there or am I missing something else?
BIng activies (around 200 points per day)
Log into the app
- read to earn
- searches
Log into the xbox app
Play jewel
The one thing im not really doing much of js the xbox dailies/weeklies/monthlies
Are there a full 6k points there or am I missing something else?
Antwix
Member
Unless you get into the console/game pass stuff, I think that's about it. I'm not sure if they still do it but there was a "read news" reward everyday for 30points. But you gotta click on 10 news articles for 3 points each. I don't bother.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Yeah that’s still there.
Phobos Base
Member
Used to easily get the 12k a month needed for Game Pass, now struggling to get even half that. Seems odd they made a big thing of adding it to the Xbox homepage then completely gutted it.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
Lol, they've even dropped the reward for getting 12 puzzle pieces down from 1,000 to 500 points.