Xbox Series S/X: Thread 05

[wheelaa]

I was unable to redeem anything at https://rewards.bing.com/ (using Firefox browser). Kept getting error message at the click to send a code to mobile stage.

Tried via Edge on Xbox, worked like a charm. All codes (security, redemption) were sent immediately (to phone or email). £22 in my Amazon account within 3 mins of turning on the console.

Maybe worth a try?

 

[wheelaa]

Double post (forum hanging / error on first submit, honest!).

[Neon Ignition]

Redemptions seem to finally be working again. Cashed out enough so I can get 3 or 4 coffees from Starbs when I want, £20 for the same for the missus as she's in London soon and then another £30 to pick up a seemingly well reviewed cheap Quest 3 elite band for no risk. Still leaves me with 20,000 points which I'll sit on for now as a fourth redemption would likely see a soft ban and it's not too much in value to fret over as it rebuilds for now

[Neon Ignition]

​https://preview.redd.it/z0x64ebro44c...7450de74e82624
For sweet baby jesus christ - MS now seem to be introducing a 15 minute cool down on reward points earned during searches for every 3 searches completed. This would mean that on PC it will now take at least 2hr 30min to net the 90 points each day and another 1hr 30min on mobile.

[nonny]

​https://preview.redd.it/z0x64ebro44c...7450de74e82624
For sweet baby jesus christ - MS now seem to be introducing a 15 minute cool down on reward points earned during searches for every 3 searches completed. This would mean that on PC it will now take at least 2hr 30min to net the 90 points each day and another 1hr 30min on mobile.

Yeah that is completely stupid. At this point the browser searching piece might as well get removed entirely... no-one is going to sit there for that length of time to accrue a pittance. I am sure some bright spark will come up with a bot to do it for you throughout the day but it's hardly worth it.

They might as well just close the whole rewards thing down. At the end of the day the goal of the service was to drive traffic to their platforms... bing, game pass, PC game pass etc... this is effectively going to stop people using it.

If they decide to stop the PC gaming points (which are the most lucrative) then they may as well shutter the whole thing.

[Tobal]

Seems to be something to do with mobile edge app. Bing searches on PC (inspecting for mobile mode) are mostly ok as of today, still need to make sure i am searching new terms and waiting a little (like 5-8 seconds), not to bad if i start with sporting people and mouse click address bar suggestions. 10 Pointers are gone now and replaced with 2 pointers

[nonny]

As well as Firefight PvE there's also a few major fixes going in for de-sync and the custom games browser.

​​​​​This game is seriously back in form.

[nonny]

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/store/dead-space-digital-deluxe-edition/9P0N5HPX5KRB?ranMID=46128&ranEAID=aBCSbjOIq8Q&ranSiteID=aBCSbjOIq8Q-irWji_h.Ff7.dQA5eLoV1A&epi=aBCSbjOIq8Q-irWji_h.Ff7.dQA5eLoV1A&irgwc=1&OCID=AIDcmm549zy227_aff_7794_1243925&tduid=%28ir__t6sbqpytrgkfbm1woy6v10pmon2xbdj2pxjkm1yc00%29%287794%29%281243925%29%28aBCSbjOIq8Q-irWji_h.Ff7.dQA5eLoV1A%29%28%29&irclickid=_t6sbqpytrgkfbm1woy6v10pmon2xbdj2pxjkm1yc00

On sale for 24 hrs Dead Space remake is currently £7.99 for game pass subscribers.

[CMcK]

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/sto...bdj2pxjkm1yc00

On sale for 24 hrs Dead Space remake is currently £7.99 for game pass subscribers.

Oh that’s tempting.

[nonny]

I just redeemed £5 rewards and grabbed it. It's already in game pass right now but I don't think I'll get round to playing it with everything else on my backlog and it'll be just my luck it leaves game pass.

So it's mine.

Apparently Wild Hearts and NFS Unbound are also heavily discounted right now.

[nonny]

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"Best ongoing title 2023"*

*in my opinion

[Brad]

Digest:

Halo and Fallout movies
Bing points are a **** show
Nonny likes Halo. A lot.

[Neon Ignition]

Halo Infinite has become a lot like Halo Master Chief Collection for me.
It's admirable that the long road see's them putting so much work in to make it better but I just can't see me returning to it. It's time has passed for me.

[nonny]

I'm dropping back into it more now. I've completed every battle pass and slowly moving through the current one... I've basically played every week for maybe 1-2 hours max from Season 3-5 but right now there is so much content to try out in small doses.

Really liking firefight but I'm also quite partial to the mayhem of the linear CTF Husky Raid mode.

It's a shame it's taken this long to get to this point content wise but as it stands its excellent right now.

[nonny]

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