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Free Xbox One Email Is Legit States Microsoft

Quite a few Xbox account owners have received an email today stating that they have been give, yes given, a free Xbox One console.

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DeadRabbits3851d ago

When you see the word FREE in the same sentence as Micro$oft you can only come to the conclusion it is a scam!

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Strikepackage Bravo3851d ago

What? Microsoft gives away more free sh%t than its two biggest rivals Google and Apple combined, wtf are you talking about, even you dont know do you?

NewMonday3851d ago (Edited 3851d ago )

now this is the right way to win people over, not PR and spin.

darthv723851d ago

i have been using my bing points to try and win an xb1. Must have entered over 20 times. If I did win AND got one of these emails as well, one of them is going on craigs list.

mikeslemonade3851d ago (Edited 3851d ago )

It's not at all a win. Since very few people are getting it and it sounds "too good to be true". When someone here's that on the news they thing it's not true or they put a negative connotation with it typically.

But anyway.. if you get one of these you should resell it for money and get a PS4 instead.

phallusitator3851d ago

I wonder if they count these in their "sold" numbers...

mikeslemonade3850d ago

Won't matter because it's a drop in the bucket to them. Unless they give away 50,000 consoles it won't matter. It's not a meaningful number in the law of very large numbers. 39,9950,000 compared to 40,000,000 is not a big difference.

badz1493850d ago

FREE? I'd take it! damn lucky bastards!

UltimateMaster3850d ago

I keep getting telemarketers telling me that my windows PC doesn't work and that the guy works at Microsoft.
I would not trust any of those emails, or at least be skeptical.

Either way, I guess they can afford giving the console to you for free given they'll resell all of your private data anyways.

Like mikeslemonade said, take it, and then sell it for a PS4.

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Convas3851d ago

Conclusive proof that no matter what ...

... you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Godmars2903851d ago

Like pointing out something for being what it is...

nukeitall3851d ago

Only if you are MS!

If you are Sony, then everything is God's gift to man!

rela82me3851d ago

Haha, wow... I cannot see how people see this as a NEGATIVE! Microsoft is literally giving you an xbox one ($500 value!) for FREE... Not a game (which they also are), not some DLC (which they also are doing), but the actual friggin console. Beats the free PS+ game rentals by a mile. Please send me this email, I would actually appreciate it unlike some lucky sony fanboy that will do nothing but complain that he got a free console.

Biggest3851d ago

What does this have to do with PS+? Are all Xbox Live subscribers getting free Xbones?

pixelsword3851d ago

It's NOT a negative; That's good marketing to help spread the word.

I gotta admit, good job, Microsoft.

BattleTorn3851d ago

When you see the word Microsoft in a comment spelt Micro$oft you can only come to the conclusion it is a troll.

DeadRabbits3851d ago

It's a visual expression of how I and others feel M$ puts the $ ahead of it's Product and Consumer!

BattleTorn3851d ago

Correction:

It's a visual expression of how you are incapable of viewing MS unbiasedly.

JeffGUNZ3851d ago

@ Deadrabbits. Really? So Sony isn't in the game for money? If you think money is not the most important thing Sony cares about then you are more delusional then you think. Every company everywhere cares about one thing, profit.

XboxFun3851d ago

Battletorn, I agree.

$ony gives away free games and N4G bows down in respect. MS gives away free consoles and it's a scam or MS is desperate.

Gotta love the two face nature of this site.

rainslacker3851d ago (Edited 3851d ago )

If people actually got one of these free consoles, I'm sure they would be singing a different tune.

I used to think Windows phone OS was kinda meh, until MS gave me one for free a few years ago. I still don't like MS, mostly due to recent activities, but the WP-OS is pretty good.

mcstorm3851d ago

Rainslacer good to here someone liking windows phone. I have used it from day one and I relly enjoy the os and what Microsoft are doing with it.

Alot of people still think of Microsoft as the bulling company and they are wrong as they are no longer the dominant force in the IT world as Apple and Google have now managed to get a grip on some markets which for me is not a bad thing at all as having competition is better than none and having a choice is what technology should be about.

I do think its funny how this site has now become so for Sony and against Microsoft and Nintendo. Sony have made some bad mistake over the last few years and did with the ps3 and the vita. Microsoft and Nintendo have also made mistakes but that is because no company is perfect and never will be.

In the gaming world it should never be about the console power etc it should always be about the games is this is the reason above everything else we buy a console. The fan boys should be talking about what games they are looking forward to playing and the games they have pre ordered rather than I had such a console or company because of something.

We do really live in a sad time where people wan to tell everyone what they have is better than what someone else has and it is really sad imp as we are all different and have choices for a reason.

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Pogmathoin3851d ago

Got to love you Godmars, you say you always contruct an decent comment, but its always, let me repeat ALWAYS, the same bitter crap. Maybe they will throw in Kate Upton wth the X1, will you still complain? I am sure she is 1080p...

LordMaim3851d ago

They can afford to give away Xbones since they're gouging all their actual customers for $500 a unit.

GarrusVakarian3851d ago (Edited 3851d ago )

I just checked my emails and ive been given Killer Instinct for free, apparently.

The email reads: "You're a fan of ours and we're a fan of yours.
Thank you for your dedication to Xbox. We want to show
you our appreciation, so we're giving you: KILLER INSTINCT"

Nice. I guess having over 103k gamerscore and paying for Xbox Live gold since 2009 paid off.

RedSoakedSponge3850d ago

haha seems your in the same position as me! the free game is nice huh? i was unsure about buying killer instinct and now i dont have to worry! :D

GameSpawn3851d ago (Edited 3851d ago )

Legitimacy aside, what is more concerning about this is that Microsoft is so quick to give away Xbox Ones so willy nilly.

I know for a fact that something like this takes away from your pre-order allocations/initial shipment. If it is a small percentage of the initial consoles (0.01% - 0.1%) then who cares.

I don't know how many total consoles are being given away, but if Microsoft has resorted to this because they still have excess even after the pre-orders allocations I would question their stance and success in starting this new generation. Even the crappiest of consoles (or any newsworthy product) should be selling through initial shipments.

BattleTorn3851d ago (Edited 3851d ago )

You guys have amazing spinning skills.

Could you imagine Xbots saying "Sony giving away free games with PS+ is "concerning" and "what does it say about Sony that they have to give software away so willy nilly"

Xbox fans can now literally say - "Microsoft could give their entire next-gen console away for free, and Playstation fans will still turn it into a negative"

schubacca3850d ago

Dude, they probably gave out 1000 of these systems to loyal individuals that probably already paid for their Day Ones....

As a recipient of a console, I can tell you that I am not complaining.

CrossingEden3851d ago (Edited 3851d ago )

Omfg...... okie dokie gents, please logically explain how this is in anyway shape or form a scam and the repercussions of receiving a free $500 next gen console. Oh wait you can't because you and EVERY OTHER PS4 FANBOY on this site are completely and utterly delusional and will do everything in your (very miniscule) power to try and turn every piece of positive xbox news into a negative because guess what, you have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING better to do and are just trying to compensate for some nonsensical insecurity or problem that you have in real life by accessing the internet on your parent's computer so that you can take your frustrations out on companies, all of this trolling time could be spent doing something productive!!!!

Mystogan3851d ago

You do some research before you start spitting out dumb shit like that. Microsoft always has a tendency to give away free shit at most of their events. Have you forgotten that everybody got a free Xbox 360 slim at E3 2011?.. Also they regularly give away free devices to developers like Surface and Other windows tablets.

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ziggurcat3850d ago

@ holyduck:

"Don't you have to... pay for a PSN subscription to... you know... get the most out of your playstation?"

no. because you don't need a PS+ subscription to access everything that would be behind the XBL pay wall. and if you don't care about multiplayer or aren't concerned about free games/discounts, then there's no need to pay for a PS+ subscription.

tigertom533850d ago

am not sure I have gold from the original xbox and pretty high gamer score and rewards member and have not seen anything from Microsoft.. I dont buy a lot of content so it might because of that...

Sayai jin3850d ago

Nice. Would be nice to get one for free. I have two of these pre-ordered.

Off topic, man some of you people are trying to spin this into a negative is utterly ridiculous!

memots3850d ago

Free but it's behind a pay wall amiright....

Sayai jin3850d ago

@Memots - Did not know any console was behind a pay wall. On XBL is a payed subscription (pay wall), but the console is not. Wow, really. You can play Xbox, 360, and XB1 games without XBL (not MP though)...but I am figuring you already know that.

memots3850d ago

i was being sarcastic Sayai jin.

I felt burn with my 360, Explaining to my wife she could not use netflix on it and she had to move the ps3 to our bedroom when she needed netflix, I have not used my 360 much , Forza horizon is the last game i used it for. Without gold there is no point in even having one if you have both.

schubacca3850d ago

@Deadrabbits: I got a free X-1. If that is your definition of scam, then yes.... I got scammed.... I wish that Sony would scam me also :P

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mark134uk3851d ago

very desperate from ms to get the spy machine into your home

Mystogan3851d ago

Jealousy is a cruel thing.

MatrixxGT3850d ago

Yeah. I came here and saw MS having free email on xbox one, over 1000* wth? Hasnt email always been mostly free. Lol.

I know I wont get an email. Stopped paying for live years ago.

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Microsoft to Add Copilot AI to Video Games

Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.

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Fishy Fingers2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

F*** AI

"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...

Einhander19722d ago

Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.

It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.

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darthv721d 22h ago

....you know it takes people to program the AI.... right? It isnt like it is sentient. We haven't reach skynet level of situation or anywhere close to the matrix just yet.

That's next Thursday.

Einhander19721d 15h ago (Edited 1d 15h ago )

It takes a people to program the AI then that AI is used for who knows how many games eliminating countless jobs which only grows as AI is used for more and more game creation functions.

What you're saying is so ridiculously short sighted and truly larking any kind of understanding and foresight.

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CaptainFaisal2d ago

Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.

Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.

MrDead2d ago

Yes we can't wait for the work of others to be used without the need to pay them so that MS can profit even more from the people they fire.

I_am_Batman2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

There is no chance I'd ever use something like this, especially if it's not part of the core game design, but a layer on top of it. It's way too much handholding. Many games already feel like busy work, because they don't let the player figure things out on their own. Having a real-time interactive guide defeats the purpose of playing the game in the first place in my opinion.

If this were to become the standard like you predict, we'll see more and more video games get away with bad design, because people will just be used to ask for help from the AI companion anyway.

Number1TailzFan2d ago

Well Nintendo don't need this with some of their games these days, with invincible characters, items, easy bosses etc.. they do the hand holding built in

helicoptergirl2d ago

Takes "hand holding" in games to a whole new level.

BlackDoomAx1d ago

Because human nature xD Almost every new technology had these kind of comments.

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Activision team is opening a new game studio in Poland 'Elsewhere Entertainment' to build new AAA IP

Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.

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Psychonaut856d ago

They’re not working on Call of Duty? Give it time.

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Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond

Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.

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Brazz8d ago

"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "

Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.

Xeofate8d ago

"Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware."

It's for the best.

Quit stringing along xbox fans and screwing over PlayStation owners.

crazyCoconuts7d ago

Take good care of those Xboxes if you have 'em ...

outsider16247d ago

An Xbox game on a Playstation. Never in my years of gaming did i ever thought this was gonna happen.

jznrpg7d ago

It is dying anyway so doesn’t make much of a difference

VersusDMC7d ago

No way can they get rid of the hardware as probably 90% of game pass subscribers are hardware users.

Highly doubtful those users will move to PC or Cloud to subscribe there and the competition (Sony and Nin) will never have gamepass on their system.

If they want to keep the current subscribers, they need to keep releasing new hardware.

PSPSA7d ago

I'm not convinced, why then announce that they're actually working on the next-generation Xbox with “the largest technical leap”, and also looking into handhelds now?

Rols7d ago

Not like MS don’t drop things a hot potato if it is not performing. Look at MS history to see products or platforms discontinued. Xbox is not a charity for MS, it needs to make money and the ABK was the last roll of the dice for Xbox.

purple1017d ago

Xbox hardware team members have been incorporated into surface team

This perhaps shows they are not expecting big things from Xbox as a separate entity

Abear217d ago

Seems like they are planning to win next gen. All the acquisitions were this generation and nobody except Xbox fans expect games from the acquisitions any time soon.

I’m sure Microsoft can afford to lose money on the short term, pretty sure they do risk assessment when acquiring many companies and spending billions, they’ll be fine lol.

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gold_drake8d ago

i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.

but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.

S2Killinit8d ago

They wont kill it, but they will go fully PC while keeping xbox as a brand, and go multiplatform for the most part. They will also work tirelessly to diminish console gaming’s importance.

PRIMORDUS7d ago

It would be best if Xbox goes the way of Sega, just make and publish games. I know I myself will not support them at all with buying games from them, you all can. 🙃

ChasterMies7d ago

The Xbox brand will live for the games. I don’t expect Microsoft to entirely drop out of gaming hardware. They make Surface tablets and laptops. They’ll make Xbox branded hardware for those that want it.

shadowT8d ago

"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"

Forza and Starfield next?

Skuletor8d ago

Starfield would be no surprise and there's the rumor that it will come to Playstation after the Shattered Space DLC, Forza (along with Halo and Gears of War) I find less likely but I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually end up on PlayStation too, especially if Xbox give up on hardware and go the Sega route.

shinoff21838d ago

Not to worried about forza. I'd rather see others like what inxile and obsidian are working on. Starfield sounds like it needs more time in the oven so let it cook first imo. If starfield and it's a small if does release on ps it'll be in the fall around the time for dlc or right at the dlc and come packaged with it.

-Foxtrot8d ago

In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year

“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"

S2Killinit8d ago

Yup. MS are a cancer to console gaming.

Aloymetal7d ago

100%!!
I wonder what happened to that dude that was always here posting those court articles with cartoons about MS spending all those billions in studios. He suddenly disappeared, I guess he doesn't like bad news when the green brand is in trouble. No new articles from him as of late...

PRIMORDUS7d ago

Yup, and it's only going to keep spreading.

Outside_ofthe_Box7d ago

Phil Spencer's words always comes back to bite him lol

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