So, it turns out the points given away in the Rewards Challenge expire after 30 days. Here's the information they give you when you click on the "Learn About Expiring Points" link:
When do my Microsoft Points expire?I don't remember them mentioning this in the past. Also, I redeemed these points on March 31st and they expire on April 22nd, so that means they expire 30 days from the time Microsoft made them available to redeem, NOT 30 days from the time you redeem them. The funny thing is, Microsoft never told me I could redeem any of my rewards from the Rewards Challenge. I only found out through one of the many gaming blogs I read. I'd imagine there are a lot of people out there that don't even know the rewards are available right now. By the time they find out the points will have expired. Seems a little shady to me, Microsoft.
Purchased points don't expire. Any points you get through promotions can have expiration dates. Typically, points expire within thirty days of the date you get them. To view any points in your account that have expiration dates, go to the Billing and Account Management page, sign in with your Windows Live ID, and then click Microsoft Points under Stored Credits. If you have points that are expiring in the next thirty days, you can click View expiring points to view the points and their expiration dates.
Update: It looks like I jumped the gun on this one. The 200 points that are expiring aren't from the Xbox Rewards Challenge. They're from another promotion that I participated in. It was the Xbox Live Arcade Trivia where I won 1,000 points. Shortly after winning I purchased Alien Hominid HD (great game, by the way, but super hard) and that used up 800 of those points. The remaining 200 are the ones expiring soon. So the good news is, people that participated in the Rewards Challenge don't have to worry about their points expiring so soon. The bad news is, Microsoft is still giving away expiring points. I guess we'll find out soon enough if the Rewards Challenge points are going to expire at some point too.
3 comments:
Funny I just noticed this today in my account too! I won these this summer in the 80's party and just now entered the code in. And sure enough about a month later the are going to be expiring in about two more weeks!
RE: "5. Seems pretty stupid that they aren't putting this on Marketplace. They have one of the best online digital distribution methods in place, and they're not using it? I have Microsoft Points that they're not going to let me use. Looks like I won't be buying these now. Nice going!"
You do realize that Halo 2 is an Xbox 1 game and therefor has no concept of the XBLM. So the XBLM cannot be used to add any content to OLD GAMES.
First, why did you post this on my blog instead of the original comment thread?
Second, are you saying that there is no possible way that Microsoft could make content that was downloaded through the marketplace recognizable to an original Xbox game? You do realize that it's all stored on the same hard drive right? If you're saying that it's technically impossible to do this, I'd love to hear you explain why.
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