MyAchievements Xbox Live Rewards Birthday Gift Is 25 Cents

Last week Microsoft revealed that all Xbox Live Gold members who sign up for the new MyAchievements rewards program, and have a Gamerscore of 3,000 or more, would get a mystery "Special Gift" during their birthday month. Thanks to a few October-born gamers on NeoGAF we now know that the "gift" is whopping 20 Microsoft Points.

Last week Microsoft revealed that all Xbox Live Gold members who sign up for the new MyAchievements rewards program, and have a Gamerscore of 3,000 or more, would get a mystery “Special Gift” during their birthday month. Thanks to a few October-born gamers on NeoGAF we now know that the “gift” is a whopping 20 Microsoft Points.

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We dug up our old slide rule and figured out that those 20 Microsoft Points equal $0.25 in real money. Combine the birthday gift with the maximum 2% discount on XBLA purchases for Gold members with a Gamerscore over 25,000 and it is debatable if the MyAchievements program is even worth the time it takes to sign up.

On a more positive note, Sony’s PlayStation Plus program has never looked better!


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