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[Pelta88]

• Xbox consoles are today showing players a message stating that Microsoft Xbox Rewards is coming to a close.
• The weekly series of quests will continue until the end of November, and be removed permanently from December.
• The weekly Microsoft Xbox Rewards quests were an easy way for players to earn points towards Xbox purchases, but this news comes after a long string of disappointments with the service.

The ‘sauce’

Microsoft might be killing its Xbox Rewards app, leaving a question mark over the future of our gamer freebies

The app is rumored to be deactivated and everything moved to Rewards, ending the weekly challenges and player streaks.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[spons]

That sucks. Back to cheap Argentinian game keys I suppose.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

 

[graywolf323]

that sucks but also not terribly surprising, between upping the costs for things to reducing how many points you could earn + the GPU coming & going from being a reward… the writing has been on the wall for a while now

 

[Lucifers Beard]

It was all there to get people onboard and it was a great initiative while it lasted. I must have gathered a few hundred quid in vouchers doing this a few years back. Now that they've got all these big publishers and IPs under their name, no need to offer things like this.

 

[Mownoc]

Sounds like it's being replaced with another rewards program but it wouldn't surprise me if it is harder to earn as much value.

Xbox have been tightening purse strings all year. Increase in gamepass price, removal of $1 trial, gold to gamepass conversion rate change, huge increase in prices in regions such as Turkey and Argentina.

Is this just one more thing in the last 6 months to try and increase profits? Possibly. They've made a lot of these moves and most of them put into question how much profit they were actually making from subscriptions because they seem desperate to plug up exploits and holes related to gamepass this year.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

“Simplify and Streamline” the system by shutting it down. Makes sense.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

You don't like that we slashed the points you get, now you get no points!!!
Really seems like they're over all the onboarding pricing, now it's tightening the screws for some ROI.

 

[adamsapple]

The message shown indicates activities will simply move to another 'Rewards' app.

Translation from the image:

Starting December 2023, we will no longer publish offers in the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox, focusing instead on new activities in the new Rewards hub.

That's not what 'being shut down' means lol

 

[pasterpl]

Can mods change this clickbait title?

 

[Darsxx82]

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That's not what 'being shut down' means lol

It wouldn't be Neogaf without the threads with misleading titles ...

 

[graywolf323]

Can mods change this clickbait title?

you can blame Windows Central for that

Microsoft might be killing its Xbox Rewards app, leaving a question mark over the future of our gamer freebies

The app is rumored to be deactivated and everything moved to Rewards, ending the weekly challenges and player streaks.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Little Chicken]

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That's not what 'being shut down' means lol

I've received so many freebies over the years thanks to Microsoft Rewards, I can't wait to see what new and innovative opportunities Microsoft presents for it's customers to earn more Rewards

 

[Allandor]

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That's not what 'being shut down' means lol

I guess they will merge that with bing rewards & co.
But I still guess that there will be less points in future.

 

[Havoc2049]

Hard to say if this is good or bad until we see what the new app is all about. This is pretty standard for Microsoft. Microsoft Teams just switched to a new version and Outlook is about to switch as well. It seems like they switch to a new version of the PC Xbox app every other year. Time marches on and things change.

 

[El Muerto]

They moved the rewards section to your profile on Xbox. The rewards app is jank anyway. They have been nerfing points all year so it's no surprise getting rid of the weekly reward. Sitting at 336k points right now wandering what to get. Already got a Series S last year with my points.

 

[pasterpl]

you can blame Windows Central for that

Microsoft might be killing its Xbox Rewards app, leaving a question mark over the future of our gamer freebies

The app is rumored to be deactivated and everything moved to Rewards, ending the weekly challenges and player streaks.

www.windowscentral.com

Doesn’t mean that the OP have to copy/paste incorrect content/click bait article title Spreading FUD.

 

[N0S]

Yikes

 

[Mr Reasonable]

(I actually don't really care, I've never actually cashed any points in and rarely do anything to earn them).

 

[GHG]

Translation from the image:



That's not what 'being shut down' means lol

Literally the title of the article that's referenced:

Microsoft might be killing its Xbox Rewards app, leaving a question mark over the future of our gamer freebies

The app is rumored to be deactivated and everything moved to Rewards, ending the weekly challenges and player streaks.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[crazyriddler]

What a blatant clickbait.

 

[Banjo64]

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That's not what 'being shut down' means lol

You won’t stop me from laughing Adam

 

[GHG]

Times must be tough when Xbox fans are accusing Windows Central of clickbait and FUD against Xbox.

 

[Astray]

Surely the Edible chocolate controller will make up for the lost marketing opportunities.

 

[adamsapple]

Literally the title of the article that's referenced:

Microsoft might be killing its Xbox Rewards app, leaving a question mark over the future of our gamer freebies

The app is rumored to be deactivated and everything moved to Rewards, ending the weekly challenges and player streaks.

www.windowscentral.com

Literally the translation text of the image in the article itself:

With the new Rewards hub on Xbox, players will no longer need to have separate apps to earn or redeem Reward points.

Starting December 2023, we will no longer publish offers in the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox, focusing instead on new activities in the new Rewards hub.

Times must be tough when Xbox fans are accusing Windows Central of clickbait and FUD against Xbox.

Never thought I'd see the day when you, G, are batting for Windows Central

 

[Topher]

• Xbox consoles are today showing players a message stating that Microsoft Xbox Rewards is coming to a close.
• The weekly series of quests will continue until the end of November, and be removed permanently from December.
• The weekly Microsoft Xbox Rewards quests were an easy way for players to earn points towards Xbox purchases, but this news comes after a long string of disappointments with the service.

Add the link to the article.....

Microsoft might be killing its Xbox Rewards app, leaving a question mark over the future of our gamer freebies

The app is rumored to be deactivated and everything moved to Rewards, ending the weekly challenges and player streaks.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[GHG]

Never thought I'd see the day when you, G, are batting for Windows Central

More articles like this and I think I'll fall in love with them.

 

[ReBurn]

I haven't seen that message in the Xbox rewards app. But I'm ok with the app being killed off. It's slow and it sucks and it keeps resetting my streaks before I hit milestone rewards.

 

[Bridges]

The rewards went way downhill. They've already taken away everything that made it viable to pay attention to. They win I guess, I'll pay for Game Pass now. I don't have much hope the new rewards will be any better

 

[adamsapple]

More articles like this and I think I'll fall in love with them.

 

[Sorcerer]

I would wait a few hours, probably no one told Phil about this yet, and he will announce that Xbox Rewards are forever. He heroically saved employees Gamepass accounts being taken away after all. Apparently being the Head of Xbox, doesn't matter, Phil doesn't get the memo. Phil was probably hunting Turkeys for Thanksgiving and his phone was shut off.

 

[SmurfMustard]

That's not what 'being shut down' means lol

It's Pelta, what do you expect?

 

[Kilau]

They are gonna end it right before I get another bonus, bastards!

 

[GHG]

It's Pelta, what do you expect?

Pelta88 congrats on your new position at Windows Central mate.

 

[Topher]

Sounds like Microsoft is watering down Rewards even more. Hope they don't fuck with the mobile app, but they probably will. Microsoft being Microsoft.

 

[ReBurn]

They are gonna end it right before I get another bonus, bastards!

They reset my streak last month just before I hit 2500 points. I'm still salty.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Jez rn:

 

[adamsapple]

It's Pelta, what do you expect?

To be fair, in this case it's not his fault. Windows Central's headline is pretty misleading. Rewards are not being shut down, it's moving to a centralized Rewards Hub and that individual Rewards app will become redundant.

 

[Aion002]

On one side I think that it might be good, because the current rewards app on Xbox is terrible.

However, if they completely remove the weekly series and don't bring new ways to earn points... Well... This sucks.

 

[ReBurn]

Sounds like Microsoft is watering down Rewards even more. Hope they don't fuck with the mobile app, but they probably will. Microsoft being Microsoft.

They've been moving stuff to a new beta rewards tab under your profile for some time. That's where quests are showing up now. For the past month or so the offers that show up in the rewards app have been decreasing. The only reason to go there is for streaks now.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

So much for being "pro-consumer" I guess. I knew they were gonna change this, but didn't think they would completely yeet them altogether. Maybe reduce the amount you'd get or could redeem in a given period, set points to expire after a while, etc.

Nah, they just said "Fuk it. You're outta here!". Big dick energy.

Surely the Edible chocolate controller will make up for the lost marketing opportunities.

Are we sure it's even made out of chocolate?

Looks like he's transforming into a Cenobite.

 

[Topher]

They've been moving stuff to a new beta rewards tab under your profile for some time. That's where quests are showing up now. For the past month or so the offers that show up in the rewards app have been decreasing. The only reason to go there is for streaks now.

Yeah, I used that when I had an Xbox. Sucks because they already dropped the number of points you can earn from daily achievements and punch cards. Now punch cards are probably going away entirely along with the weekly streaks.

 

[simpatico]

Microsoft winding down the Xbox consoles. With Steam Deck success and them owning Windows, I think they're making the move to PC console hybrids. In terms of press releases, they will immediately crush Sony and Nintendo in sales + install base. It's a good look. Pretty dumb that they haven't done it sooner tbh.

 

[ReBurn]

Yeah, I used that when I had an Xbox. Sucks because they already dropped the number of points you can earn from daily achievements and punch cards. Now punch cards are probably going away entirely along with the weekly streaks.

Dropping the daily achievement from 50 points to 5 was the worst recent change.

When they made the last big change to drop the big monthly quest from 1000 to 500 they at least added the 250 point weekly quests to net more overall points if you do them, but they're mostly a grind. When you look at it from the perspective of grinding in a game for 15 minutes to get 25¢ or less worth of rewards it's just not worth it.

 

[Jadsey]

Perhaps the engagement figures were too high.

 

[cireza]

Amazing title, congrats OP.

 

[RagnarokIV]

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That's not what 'being shut down' means lol

Thanks for clearing up while I'm at work and can't read the story.

I depend on you for the non bait TL;DR for articles now, in addition to videos lol

 

[Calverz]

Times must be tough when Xbox fans are accusing Windows Central of clickbait and FUD against Xbox.

Says the guy who has Florian Mueller living in his head rent free LOL

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

i blame adamsapple

 

[Schmick]

So much for being "pro-consumer" I guess. I knew they were gonna change this, but didn't think they would completely yeet them altogether. Maybe reduce the amount you'd get or could redeem in a given period, set points to expire after a while, etc.

Nah, they just said "Fuk it. You're outta here!". Big dick energy.



Are we sure it's even made out of chocolate?



Looks like he's transforming into a Cenobite.

Why are you making it out that they are removing rewards? They are removing the Rewards App which is dog shit. Rewards are staying.