The Starfield preview got me hyped enough to finally cash in a big chunk of my points that I’ve been accumulating since the Series X was released.

If anyone doesn’t use Microsoft Rewards I strongly recommend signing up. It doesn’t take much effort to build them up.

They are slowly nerfing the program so might as well take advantage while it lasts.

    • Redacted@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I was thinking the same, would definitely subscribe but don’t think I’d have the time to mod it myself.

  • Anosyn@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Damn, that’s crazy! How much did this cost combined? I only have, like 30€ in points, so I probably have to keep saving up :D

    • Redacted@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Don’t know about € but in £ it was £114.99 for the headset and £69.99 for the controller.

      So £185 in total and each £5 topup costs 5850 points. Works out around 216,450 in total if you don’t have any auto-redeemed credit.

      I average at least 400 points per day and don’t claim everything so can easily be done in a couple of years.

  • sikhness@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve always wanted to get these collector’s items, but then my normal controllers would just go to waste :( I haven’t been able to convince myself to buy it because of that. Your purchase look amazing though!

    • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think you have to worry now as they appear to be sold out.

      I tried to buy the controller and couldn’t.

    • Redacted@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah completely get that. Wouldn’t have outright purchased them myself if I didnt have points burning a hole in my account.

      I think they stand a good chance of holding some value if this game is going to be as good as it looks.

  • Horselover Fat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I always spend my points as soon as I get to 12,000 for another month of Game Pass. I don’t think I’ll ever spend them on anything else. Free Game Pass is pretty great though, just for doing some Bing searches.

    • Redacted@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah that’s defitiely the most frugal way of keeping the subscription going, it pays for itself.

      I did the gold conversion trick so have a few years of Game Pass stacked for a bargain price. This leaves all the rewards points for games and hardware. I have the £5 auto-redeem on and use it for games on sale. I let the rest of the points build up for hardware purchases.