Is "MS points for your achievements?" happening?

[Leggetron]

Check out this vague tweet from Xbox Live Rewards.

"We've hit 50,000 followers, which means it's time for an announcement! Coming Fall: a new way to earn Rewards based on your Achievements!"

[Tusock]

BRB - Going to get that Airbender game.

I have been hearing noises but this is the first 'official' noise I've heard...

[bradleycampbell]

Knowing most of the twitter competitions they run it will be US only.

Hopefully it will apply to all the countries that Xbox Rewards apply to though.

[VictoryFist]

They have done some already, its just achievement specific so you cant get achievements just anywhere and cash them in. They recently did it with the newest Ghost Recon, some co-op achievement got you some points (and that was for the first x number of players). Unfortunately, it is nothing at all to get excited about.

[Vivasanti]

I gather it will be F all points.

[MinoXXide]

Something is always better than nothing

[Leggetron]

Yeah, I mean, people are forever complaining that they're five points short of picking something up and have to buy another 1000 points - this might just save the day!

[Happy Ronin NZ]

Just seen this which may tie into your thread Legge:

From a post on TrueAchievements.com

When last we spoke to you about the Xbox LIVE Rewards program, it was to let you know that Microsoft teased the concept that they may begin giving rewards out based on achievements. As it turns out, this was a little misleading as what they actually intended to reward was GamerScore.

As promised, it's now fall, and the lid has been lifted on the latest way to earn a little something back from Microsoft via the rewards program. As detailed here, there is now a new section on the rewards site called "My Achievements". Here, you can view what rewards you receive for that hard-earned GS of yours.

Keep in mind, TAers, that you likely don't represent the majority of gamers, so don't scoff at the numbers below, just appreciate that you've been in the top tier of this new program for a long time.

The first level is the Contender level. The requirement? That you have 3000G or higher. The reward? A "Special Gift* during your birth month that according to the footnote on the site is worth a whopping 25 cents.

The second level is the Champion level, and requires you to have a GamerScore of 10,000. At this level, you not only get your special birthday gift, but you also receive a "1% rebate on your Xbox LIVE Marketplace purchases every month"

The third, and final, level is the Legend level, which requires you to have a whopping 25,000 or more GamerScore. In additiion to your birthday gift, this tier earns you a 2% rebate on you XBL purchases every month.

Note that for all of the rebates, you must "have and maintain an eligible Xbox LIVE Gold membership and the applicable GamerScore for the appropriate tier by the first of every month in order to be eligible".

In addition to this news, Xbox LIVE Rewards has also expanded its available regions. Now, if you find yourself located in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain or Italy, you're eligible to receive these goodies.

For those of you under that 25,000G tier, what are you waiting for? Go play some games and get some rewards!

Most of us have over 25K gamerscore so we can spend 800MS and get 16MS back. I imagine its added to your reward points tally and deposited once you hit 100MS in the bank.

I nice little bonus that will sit there and accumulate over time.

[MinoXXide]

Most?

[FaceAche]

All the decent gamers anyway

Edit; Seriously though dude, my cousin has five kids, and i know he lets them play shit like Lego and that Sesame Street Kinect game on his GT to artificially inflate his GamerScore; you'll be able to do that too soon.

[Happy Ronin NZ]

Hire Avatar You're nearly there Mino and you qualify for 1% rebate at the moment.

[Wugga]

Now everyone take a moment to look at how many MSP you've spent in the past, and think about how big a rebate you'd get if they retroactively applied it.
And now coming crashing back down to earth, because that'll never happen!

[RadishNation]

I want to know what the birthday gift is. I hope its something cool for my avatar.[/sarcasm]

[FaceAche]

Originally Posted by RadishNation

I want to know what the birthday gift is. I hope its something cool for my avatar.[/sarcasm]

"A "Special Gift* during your birth month that according to the footnote on the site is worth a whopping 25 cents."

Oh i'm sure it'll be very cool [/sarcasm]

[Soulless V]

My birthday is soon, I hope I get some cake.