Some veteran subscribers to Microsoft’s Xbox Live service will receive a nice piece of recognition for their loyalty in the form of a free, custom-designed Xbox 360.
Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hryb announced the giveaway on Twitter, and included an image of the specialty consoles that will be sent to the service’s long-term subscribers.
“I can confirm we’re surprising some of the #Xbox LIVE members that have been with us the longest with one of these,” he wrote.
Over at All Games Beta, there are photos of the 250 GB console and the XBL-themed box it will arrive in, as well as a letter from the Xbox Live team that will accompany it. The letter indicates that the console will be sent to subscribers who have been with the service for more than ten years, and the console will also come with a free year of Xbox Live.
Given many of the recent updates to Xbox Live that have pushed it further away from standalone gaming console and toward the realm of all-purpose media center, there’s a good chance that the number of subscribers over the next ten years might make a similar console giveaway impossible — though we’re probably not alone in hoping it happens.
after the 3rd xbox360 died, i never really got back into buying new ones every year or 2 to offset manufacturing problems.
The RRoD and overheat lockups were akward, but not as akward as recovering saves and profile data from old to new HDDs. this offer would have been great after 5+ years, not 10.
Wow, that is quite generous. Considering the only people I know who have had Live memberships even for 7 years have replaced their 360s between 3 and 7 times though, they certainly earned it.
It’s nice to see game companies do something for those who stuck with them throughout all the years, despite some major pitfalls which drove many away.
This is a great idea! Seems that UK residents are a bit miffed since they aren’t eligible but you can’t please everyone all of the time.