Okay, this is a weird one. Hexus is reporting that some Xbox Live users are turning on their consoles to find either a terrible or beautiful thing. Some users are reporting that they have received 500 free Marketplace points for no apparent reason whatsoever. Some users are reporting that they have lost 500 Marketplace points upon checking their data.
Hexus took a stab at the free points and supposed that it may have been a result of pre-ordering Grand Theft Auto IV. If you remember, upon pre-ordering the game, users were supposed to get 500 Marketplace points to download the GTA IV content whenever it arrived. Some of their users are reporting that they didn’t pre-order the game, nor even own it.
I haven’t gained or lost any Marketplace points. My girlfriend’s account on the same Xbox 360 hasn’t either. Have you lost or gained any points? Tell us.
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10:02 PM on 08.01.2008
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Expect a call from Microsoft in a few business days.
noooooooooooooooo! *cuts phone line*
maybe its happing in waves?
With regards to the GTA points thing, their could be some weight to that seeing as those points had an expiry date which seemed dumb to me at the time. Perhaps Microsoft had a change of heart and decided to reimburse the original points gamers received from pre-ordering GTA?
I did get 3 months free Xbox Live for some GTA contest tho.
Suppose I better part with some pounds sterling after all, I don't think I can resist the urge to buy Geometry Wars 2 much lonnger even though I suck ass at the first one.
01/07/2008 / Points expired / Points -500Microsoft Points
you f*ing c***s MS
Just had that message come through on my Xbox. Funny thing is, I already spent the original 500 points on Rock Band content.