14 DAY TRIAL // The team at Microsoft in charge of the Xbox One announces that it plans to deliver a number of rewards to all those who have bought the home console in one of the 13 initial markets on which it was delivered, in order to thank them for their long-term support and show what the future has to offer to the community.
The official community liaison Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, says that the company is very thankful and will first offer a personalized e-mail which will reveal what achievements gamers have managed to obtain and how they are using the device.
He also explains that, since the Xbox One was first launched, gamers have earned Gamerscore in excess of 11 billion, and 2 billion playing hours were recorded.
The four most popular Achievements are: Forza Motorsport 5: Welcome to Forza Motorsport, Titanfall: Build Yourself, Destiny: Ship Rite, and Call of Duty: Ghosts: Spatial Awareness.
All those who bought an Xbox One between November 22 of 2013 and November 11 of this year, are over 17, and have used it for more than 10 hours will also get a set of rewards.
They include:
- a year one themed gamer picture and a background, all of them designed to show the home console;
- a year one background image that can be used on social networks;
- the ability to watch the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn movie for a limited time and a similar offers for both the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods movie and a sample of Dragon Ball Z.
Randomness also plays a role in the Xbox One anniversary
Games can also get a reward drawn at random from a pool which includes:
- Xbox One Limited Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Bundle;
- Xbox One Special Edition Sunset Overdrive Bundle;
- one month of EA Access service;
- Tiger Shark cash card for Grand Theft Auto Vcomplete with 200,000 in-game GTA Online dollars;
- Forza gift pack including the Forza RallyCross hat, Lamborghini Huracán 1/24 scale replica and an Xbox One Controller signed by Tanner Foust;
- Forza Horizon 2 Limited Edition Casio G-Shock Men’s Black digital sports watch;
- Grand Theft Auto V gift pack with the Los Santos Sheriff Trucker cap, Michael, Franklin and Trevor posters and a Grand Theft Auto V sticker pack;
- Xbox Live Gold 12-month membership digital code;
- Killer Instinct Season 1 Combo Breaker Pack, the retail version of Killer Instinct Xbox One’s first season;
- Special limited edition Nissan 370Z, featuring a custom Casio livery for Forza Horizon 2;
- Air Vehicle shortcut for Battlefield 4 for immediate access to all available unlocks for helicopters and jets available in the main Battlefield 4 game;
- Arno’s French Rapier for Assassin’s Creed Unity;
- 75 Platinum in Warframe
- Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare costume pack for Peggle 2
- Epic Quest Table in Pinball FX2
- the full Dance Central Spotlight
- Project Spark Premium – 15 days: Grants 2x gain of Spark XP, credits, and champion XP, as well as the ability to purchase new token-only content for earned in-game credits
The rewards will probably be tailored to the interest of the specific player who gets them, and Major Nelson says that a number of other events are planned to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Xbox One.
At the moment, the device is offered with a 349 dollars (245 Euro) price tag in North America and Microsoft claims that it is currently catching up to the rival PlayStation 4 from Sony in terms of sales.
