Are you an XBox 360 gamer who hates having to pay for Microsoft Points? Are you tired of asking for a credit card, or don’t want to use yours? I am but luckily I found a way you can actually get Free Microsoft Points without having to pay a single penny. All you have to do is sign up and you can get your Free Microsoft Points just by completing a few surveys. Once you’ve completed enough surveys, you can redeem for various prizes which includes Free Microsoft Points and much more stuff. You can either request to have a Microsoft Points Card sent to your house or simply the code for your Free Microsoft Points in your email. That’s all you have to do and by far this is the best way to get Free Microsoft Points. Best thing is, it doesn’t cost you a penny!

You can earn Free 1500, 1600, 2100, 4000, 4200 Microsoft Points!

Free Microsoft Points

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“How do you earn points the fastest?”

Well, it’s not a stupid question, because who wants to wait? I know I don’t.

The fastest way to earn points would be getting people to sign up. 1 person signing up will give you 50 cents if they confirm their email, and when they fill out their first offer, you get another 50 cents. So just get 20 people to sign up and fill out 1 offer, and you can get $20 or 1600 Microsoft Points Free! Otherwise, try to practice at games. Play them for free until you feel comfortable for competition. Once you do, you may spend 10 points first, and see how you stand, and from there, you can spend up to 100 points to win 250 points, which is $1.50. If you are really good at games, you can rack up $20 in a day or two. If not, then just fill out offers in order of approval rate. The higher the approval rate the more likely you are to get your points. Best of all it is easy, and of course free! As always, Happy Gaming!

Free Microsoft Points codes are able to be emailed to you or shipped to your house. The first thing you need to do to get your Free Microsoft Points card is to create an account at the Rewards site and sign up for your free account. After you register, make sure that you confirm your email. Now you’re ready to get started. Click earn points in the navigation menu and then click on  free offers.

Sort those offers by approval rate to find the best offers that are most likely to give you your points. Read about the top offer, complete it, and then mark it as completed. Once you complete your first offer you get your 250 points bonus. You only need around 1600 at max (sometimes only 1,350!) to get your Free 1600 Microsoft Points!

Every offer will show you how many points you will get after completion. Once you reach the necessary points needed, go to spend points and request your Free Microsoft Points code to be emailed to you! The process couldn’t get any easier. If you have any questions, feel free to comment on this post, ask it on the forums of Points2Shop, or on the Points2Shop shoutbox. There are many places where you can seek help if you have any questions or concerns in the future.

Once you’ve gotten your Free Microsoft Points you can earn something like Free XBox LIVE, video games, or even a new console! You can get all of these things along with many other prizes by simply filling out a few surveys.

A young guy named Jeremy Gillian stole another young man’s XBox 360 in a robbery and then turned it on with the network and Gamertag intact. The results were expected: the victim was able to grab the IP, police tracked it to Gillian’s grandmother’s house, and the XBox and a a bunch of other stolen stuff were found.

Now this story comes to us from Crunch who received word from the NY Post, not one of the most tech savvy newspapers New York. With the thought of the NYC Detectives “working with Microsoft” to track a stolen XBox is a bit hard to accept firsthand, but apparently the story happened so the credit goes to Pelham Detective John Hynes and Microsoft for working together on this. At least a detective enjoyed learning about IP tracking.

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The new 802.11n wireless adapter for the 360 is now selling at an MSRP is $99.99 but it’s currently $87.99 at Amazon. It plugs into the USB port in back of the Xbox 360 and has dual-antennas, giving it a rabbit ears look. To achieve the best signal, you will want a USB extension cord so you can put the antennas up high rather than down behind your AV cabinet. What really stands out: the new adapter supports not just dual-antenna, but dual bands, both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Now, if you want to segregate your video game traffic to 5GHz, leaving 2.4GHz for data on computers, then you can. (You’ll need a dual-band wireless router for that.) It doesn’t support Wi-Fi Protected Setup for easy security, but does go up to WPA2. Give yourself an easy pass-phrase key; entering them with the controller might drive you insane.

Xbox 802.11n Adapter

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. this month started selling a bundle that includes Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Xbox Live subscription, and Activision Inc.’s Modern Warfare 2 for $249.

In the new online offer, customers can purchase an Xbox 360 Arcade, Xbox Live 12-Month Gold Card, and Modern Warfare 2 Hardened Edition at $249.00.

Meanwhile, Amazon.com this week price cut the Xbox 360 Elite Winter Bundle to $274.99 in a new hardware sale.

Additionally, Amazon this week discounted Modern Warfare 2 Hardened Edition to $59.00 and the standard SKU to $50.00.

Other discounted titles include Tekken 6 at $39.98, Dragon Age: Origins at $49.96, and Assassin’s Creed II at $49.99.

The Xbox 360 sold 819,500 units in Nov. U.S. figures to rank second in console sales.

Modern Warfare 2 sold more than six million units in Nov. U.S. sales.

Microsoft in Nov. began sale of the new Xbox 360 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition SKU.

Walmart has a great Xbox 360 Value bundle deal available online right now. You get the Xbox 360 Arcade Console, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game and a 12 Month Xbox Live Card for only $249.
The Xbox 360 Arcade sells normally for $199, The hot Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game sells for over $50 and a 12-month Xbox Live Gold card sells for $39.96 on Amazon.

The overall savings in this Xbox bundle are around $40.
You can also opt to choose the 120GB Xbox 360 Elite console instead of the Arcade which adds $100 to the final price.
Get this great Xbox 360 bundle deal now on Walmart.

Retailer Amazon.com cut the price on Activision Blizzard Inc.’s Tony Hawk: RIDE to under $90 in a one-day sale.

On Saturday, (Today) Tony Hawk: RIDE Skateboard Bundle for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii held a sale price of $89.99, down from a $119.99 MSRP.

Tony Hawk: RIDE includes a new skateboard controller that incorporates motion sensing technology and smart sensors to simulate a skateboarding experience.

The final game includes more than 100 built-in moves to master and multiplayer functionality for up to eight.

Amazon is concurrently holding a new hardware sale.

This week, the retailer is offering two free game titles with the purchase of the Xbox 360 Arcade SKU.

In addition, it is offering a free game title and two free Blu-ray titles with the purchase of the PS3 250GB SKU.

2009 is the year the Xbox 360 practically vanished in Japan, however in the US it is a completely different story. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has managed to stand its ground and maintain mediocre sales despite the recent removal of the Xbox 360 Pro. Nevertheless, this was spawned from Microsoft’s marketing tactic to solely compete with the Wii and PS3 price points at $200 and $300, respectively with their Xbox 360 Arcade  Xbox 360 Elite consoles. However, the PS3 has recently exhibited a price drop to the $300 mark with blu-ray functionality whereas the Wii denounced its price drop to $200 to compete with the Xbox 360 arcade.

Ever since the Xbox 360 was unveiled in 2005, one year before the Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3, the system has made a clear imprint in the industry as one that is venerable and here to stay. There were plenty of skeptics that doubted the 360’s ability to retain marketshare, however they were proven wrong after sales nearly rival that of the PS3.

Now the Xbox 360 is contending in it’s 4th year and since then Sony has quintessentially redesigned the Playstation 3 and lowered the price of the system from a whopping $599 to $399 then down to the present price point of $299. Following the price drop, the elegant PS3 Slim skyrocketed to the top of the hardware sales chart topping even the sales juggernaut, the Nintendo Wii. The PS3 has reigned victorious ever since its release only to get dethroned by the Wii this past Thanksgiving due to Nintendo’s “family-time” inducing marketing approach. The Xbox 360 however is where this story stems from as even with all the hype derived from PS3 Slim with industry insiders grumbling about the aging design of Microsoft’s box, it still stands firm head-to-head with the competition. This is proven by examining the latest sales forecasts from the industry’s leading analysts and the true staying power of the Xbox 360 is revealed.

Here are Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter’s November hardware sales predictions:

Webush Morgan:

Wii – 1,050,000

PS3 – 700,000

Xbox 360 – 650,000

PS2 – 175,000

PSP – 290,000

DS – 1,535,000

As noted, Pachter wasn’t the only analyst making known his forecasts, Electronic Entertainment and Research (EEDAR) analyst Jesse Divnich also passed along his estimates, albeit with similar results.

EEDAR:

Wii – 1,200,000

PS3 – 725,000

Xbox 360 – 700,000

PS2 – 200,000

PSP – 270,000

DS – 1,580,000

As you might gather from the above numbers, even when Sony’s flagship console has received a face-lift in the form of a slimmer design and a more attractive price-point, the Xbox 360 which has received nothing but a price cut with a less than stellar DVD format in comparison to the PS3’s Blu-ray disc capabilities and the fact that the 360 has been around for 1 year longer than its chief rival, is a testament to the popularity and brand recognition the console has garnered over the years.

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The official numbers will be unveiled tomorrow, Thursday, and we know they will be neck to neck. The Xbox 360 may be aesthetically aging and not necessarily matched up to the Ps3 Slim at $300, however it will maintain its position in the industry and prove to the other contenders that Microsoft still has what it takes to produce a flagship console.

Here is K-marts list for Black Friday deals. Take advantage of these great prices!

Xbox 360:

• Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle – $299 + Halo 3: ODST Free
• Batman: Arkham Asylum – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Brutal Legend – $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
• Dirt 2 – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Dragon Age: Origins – $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
• Forza III – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Halo 3: ODST – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Left 4 Dead 2 – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Need for Speed: Shift - $39.99 (Save $20)
• Rock Band 2: Special Edition – $99.99 (Save $60) 0

PS3 & PSP:

• Buy Limited Edition Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines PSP Pack ($199.99), Get Assassin’s Creed II (PS3) Free
• Batman: Arkham Asylum – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Brutal Legend – $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
• Dirt 2 – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Dragon Age: Origins – $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
• Need for Speed: Shift – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Rock Band 2 Special Edition – $99.99 (Save $60)
• TNA Impact! – $14.99 (Save $5)
• WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2010 – $39.99 (Save $20)

Nintendo Wii & DS:

• DSi handheld – $169.99 (Free $25 Nintendo Gaming Coupon) Friday Doorbuster
• DS handheld – $129.99 (Free $25 Nintendo Gaming Coupon) Saturday Doorbuster
• Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks – $19.99 (Save $20)
• Cars Race O Rama (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $10)
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii) – $39.99 (Save $10)
• Game Party – $9.99 (Save $10)
• Game Party 2 - $9.99 (Save $10)
• LEGO Batman (DS) – $14.99 (Save $5)
• LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga (Wii) – $14.99 (Save $5)
• My Sims Kingdom (Wii) – $14.99 (Save $5)
• Need for Speed: Nitro (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $20) Friday Doorbuster
• Sponge Bob’s Truth or Square (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $10)
• Spore Hero (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $20) Friday Doorbuster
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up – $29.99 (Save $20)
• World of Zoo (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $10)

I haven’t been updating the blog nearly as often as I would like, about 3-4 times a week, but I will try to start doing so. Anybody have any ideas for discussion?