It is ridiculously crazy to think that the Xbox One and PS4 1-year anniversaries are coming up, but here we are. As a reminder of just how long a year is, Microsoft has decided to release a plethora of information about Xbox One’s first year in commission.
In total, gamers have amassed over 11 b…b…billion gamerscore in Xbox One’s first year. Again, this is just on the Xbox One, so the number for all Xbox platforms must be astronomical. To go along with this, gamers have spent more than 2 b…b…billion hours on the Xbox One total. I say gamers there because that number is only for time spent in games. That’s right, Xbox is still, in fact, a gaming platform.
Microsoft has also released the four most achieved achievements. They are – Welcome To Forza Motorsport (Forza 5); Build Yourself (Titanfall); Ship Rite (Destiny); Spatial Awareness (Call of Duty: Ghosts).
“To show our appreciation for your local and continued support.” – Microsoft is giving some things away for select gamers. The selection process is strange though. Gamers must be – 17 years or older, have played 10+ hours on Xbox One and must have bought the console before November 11th, 2014. If you fit that category, you can receive some unique things on Friday. A Year One Gamer Picture, New Xbox One Backgrounds, A free rental of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the gods, a free rental of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, and a Xbox One background picture for Twitter use.
Finally, if you are eligible under the given conditions for the free stuff coming Friday, you will be randomly put in a draw for one of these items:
- Xbox One Limited Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Bundle
- Xbox One Special Edition Sunset Overdrive Bundle
- One month membership for Xbox One-exclusive EA Access service
- Tiger Shark cash card for Grand Theft Auto V, worth $200,000 in-game GTA Online dollars
- Forza gift pack with Forza RallyCross hat, Lamborghini Huracán 1/24 scale replica, and Xbox One Controller (launch team edition) signed by Tanner Foust, host of Top Gear America, Global RallyCross champion and professional stunt driver
- Forza Horizon 2 Limited Edition Casio G-Shock Men’s Black Multi-Function Digital Sports Watch
- Grand Theft Auto V gift pack with the Los Santos Sheriff Trucker cap, Michael, Franklin and Trevor Posters, and a Grand Theft Auto V sticker pack
- Xbox Live Gold 12-month membership digital code
- Killer Instinct Season 1 Combo Breaker Pack, the retail version of Killer Instinct Xbox One’s first season and includes all eight season one characters: Jago, Sabrewulf, Glacius, Thunder, Sadira, Orchid, and Spinal. Also includes Fulgore DLC character.
- Special limited edition Nissan 370Z, featuring a custom Casio livery for Forza Horizon 2
- Air Vehicle shortcut for Battlefield 4 for immediate access to all available unlocks for helicopters and jets available in the main Battlefield 4 game
- Arno’s French Rapier for Assassin’s Creed Unity to improve your combat skills
- 75 Platinum in Warframe
- Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Costume Pack for Peggle 2
- Epic Quest Table in Pinball FX2
- Dance Central Spotlight (full game token)
- Project Spark Premium–15 days: Grants 2x gain of Spark XP, credits, and champion XP, as well as the ability to purchase new token-only content for earned in-game credits
Well that wraps up the Microsoft gift giving party and celebration event! Come back next year!
If you are more interested in the PS4 side of things, PlayStation has released some awesome statistics of their own (including the fact that it has majorly outsold the Xbox One) and an open letter to the fans written by the SCEA president!
