Xbox Might Be Losing Its Microsoft Rewards App (And Weekly Streaks)

And the positive Xbox news just keeps on coming … ugh.

I really get the impression MS the parent side is not happy with how little money Xbox is making them, there's been way to many things like this lately.

I lost my 182 week streak 2 weeks ago. I was absolutely gutted but this has weakened the blow.

Still disappointing though

Had to happen at some point. Getting free Gamepass Ultimate using Microsoft points each month is not great business sense. Shame.

"making it revolve around the gameplay and activities players love most".
They just reduced the points for playing and getting achievements.

So it'll never make it to other regions. That's sad.

@Deadeyerobbie Microsoft do actuality get things from us doing the points from bing etc.

And honestly for the time it now takes to get 10-12k points it’s better to do an hour’s overtime and pay for it that way (assuming you can of course)

@Phantasystar77 there's a redemption limit? How much is that?

Well this is a crappy Thanksgiving surprise.

Another day. Another piece of disappointing Xbox news. Looking more and more like this is the last generation of Xbox consoles for me. And if not their last, the next to last Xbox console Microsoft puts out. Been there since 2001 and have a 18 year Xbox Live badge.

Really not sure what they're even doing nowadays, but pushing the console market surely isn't it.

Microsoft Rewards always struck me as being a little overly generous, so I'm not surprised they're reducing benefits.

Still, it was one of the few draws to the Xbox brand/ecosystem, and now they're torching it.

I'd be surprised if by the end of 2024 it exists outside of Bing Searches & the Rewards for GPU members-only. The only reason I have Ultimate is because its self-sufficient with Rewards - the second that changes I'm downgrading to Core. Most if not all the games I play on Game Pass aren't full price releases anyways.

It'll be nice not having to unplug the Xbox and switch my phone to being a mobile data hotspot three times a week any more.

I continually championed Microsoft rewards, but lately they really have obliterated the amount of points you can make from it. I think this was a deliberate move to soften the blow of this news. I don't think it'll be too long before rewards are gone for good. It was good while it lasted.

I never got to use the rewards, since they never worked in my country… a USA territory 😒 Sucks for those who actually used it

I am hoping something better will evolve from all this… currently the app is really clunky.

However they need to set the minimum reward to 10. The 3 or 5 points is superfluous at best

Poppycock & shangdangery

Definitely disappointing. As long as there's still enough ways to get my 10k points every month for Gamepass I'm not to bothered but certainly not a fan of the changes they've made to rewards recently.

What did you get your 2.5k points for, @Widey85? And what is the 'streak' that others are speaking of?

Having joined the Xbox gang last September I was incredibly surprised by how generous the programme is. That said, if they carry on going like this they'll render the programme useless and that would be disappointing to say the least. We'll see I guess, it's reasonable to restructure and reduce some rewards, but I feel it would be very clumsy business to give that much and suddenly cut it down so much.

Thank you for the detailed response, @Widey85. I appear to have missed the boat with this one, as until this article, I was unaware it even existed. Oh well, I guess I cannot miss what I never had...

My search points were accumulating but not showing up on the app and the boxes you have to click on to enter the search bar.
I basically received the same message saying it's OK, stuffs being changed.
Very vague, I just wish they would give us a heads up so we know what's going on.
They must get so many messages from peeps thinking something is wrong, which is just a waste of everyone's time, it could save a lot of hassle if we were kept in the loop.

@Widey85 I'm two weeks away from my next 2,500 streak bonus.. 😧

This has probably been the most generous reward scheme i have been a part of. Ive redeemed so many £5, £10, £25 giftcards it’s crazy. You also get more points back when you use them.

So yea. This sucks a lot.

@Kaloudz Well you see that's the thing Phil likes to group everything together with the "ecosystem" buzzword to make things sound better then they are but i wouldn't be shocked if parent MS are wondering why they're even bothering having a games console if the money is only coming from PC and Gamepass (what hasn't seen growth). From the sound of things MS is starting to clamp down on Phil's free reign hence the price increase for console and games, Rewards being gutted, Gamepass $1 sub offer being nerfed, Gold free games being dropped (less value for Ultimate subs) and so on.

It was great while it lasted but I blame the gready @#£%'s who have 10 accounts and abuse the hell out of it.
"This is why we can't have nice thing's", springs to mind.

I love how they talk about putting all the rewards in one central area and don't mention that all the rewards in that central area require a gamepass subscription to get any points

Microsoft Points have been absurdly wonky lately and they got rid of a lot of things like being able to complete quests through streaming, so I’m not surprised they might be.

@Phantasystar77 you need an incentive to play games?

Personally never bothered with rewards. I turn in the quests I get from naturally playing whatever I'm playing, but loading up a game or logging onto search in Bing or whatever hoops just seems like I'm doing work. I don't play on my Xbox to work. So I'm quite glad they're killing it.

@Phantasystar77 huh, the more you know.
Don't think I've even had anything near to half a mil up to now lol

I'll go ahead and assume it's over with. Meh

@K1LLEGAL rewards is wildly lucrative. I game across all platforms, but I only buy on Xbox is possible, since I can do it using points. I haven't h
HAD to pay for a game in years aside from Nintendo *****. Even with the obviously disappointing changes lately, the system is still amazing compared to anything that any other platform offers

@shoeses Exactly my thoughts. Core will be the way to go.

Everyone should see this coming the moment they got rid of Live and forced game pass down our throats.

Was awesome buying a year of Live for $40 or $50 on a card to redeem to save few dollars with that bulk year purchase. Have they done that for game pass. NO!!!!!!! There should be an option to buy core or ultimate for say $100. I'd keep ultimate then. But not now after Rewards going away.

Just no excuse not to offer a year deal at discount. None!

Wheree the rewards hub? 😅🤣

Mad negativity on here though yes it's getting took away but the amount of points ya could get was insane tbh n couldn't complain for basically free stuff and gamepass 🤣 but now they taking a little bonus away people basically crying saying I'm leaving 🤣🤣🤣

@DennisReynolds Absolute rubbish what you are saying about Spencer and the Xbox Division.
"if parent MS are wondering why they're even bothering having a games console if the money is only coming from PC and Gamepass"
If they are thinking that imagine what Sony must of been thinking when they were losing Billions on the PS3.
As for "Rewards being gutted' it's still more generous than their tight rivals whose speciality is to put prices up whilst giving less.
'Free Gamepass $1 sub offer being nerfed' yer how stupid of Microsoft to finally cut down on giving what is equal to $12 for a years Ultimate Gamepass .
"Gamepass Gold free games being dropped" They haven't been dropped at all, they are now made available immediately instead of waiting a month to announce them, plus they will be changed 2 or 3 times a year so it's more generous than Gold or PlayStation sub, it's not less value for Ultimate subs either as they will be getting all the Activision games soon enough.

Seems a little odd you are not mentioning positive things like Microsoft allow you to buy cheap Xbox Gold or Core and convert it to Ultimate Gamepass at 3 for 2. Whilst rivals offer absolutely nothing.
Ultimate Gamepass is Cheaper per month than Sonys weak so called PS Premium whilst also giving far more for your money.
You don't have to pay twice for Day One releases if you have Ultimate Gamepass.
Microsoft allow you to buy Full Digital games and subscriptions from 3rd parties making them far cheaper, they don't lock you to their store like Sony(not sure about Nintendo).
Etc, it's actually far easier to list all the negative things about Sony than Microsoft.

Awesome while it lasted and still much better value than anything on PS and Switch. No stingy stars and coins, no years waiting for first-party games to join the subscription and no renting 40-year-old ROMs, plus free cloud saves and cross-buy.

@Sifi You haven't really countered me you just reek of copium and fanboy. I'm not talking about Sony or Nintendo here nor i have mentioned them but as always someone on here has to play ultra defensive when someone dares mention fault with MS and Xbox. Fact is what Xbox offers this year in benefits and value is less then last year.