New Gamerscore Policy

McDaniel · 2 Feb 2007 at 07:37

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/02/02/new-gamerscore-policy-just-makes-sense/

BIGVIP over at the Gamerscore Blog wrote up an article discussing what they've done for the gamerscore system on the 360. Microsoft has talked with developers and set clear rules pertaining to a game's gamerscore. All games here on out will be required to offer 1,000 gamerscore and all arcade games need 200. No part of the gamerscore can come from purchased XBLM content, but free downloadable content is fine. Also, any new expansion packs or new downloadable content can offer an additional 250 gamerscore for normal games and an additional 50 for arcade games.

Most Xbox 360 games have stuck to the 1,000 gamerscore rule, but some have ventured away from it like Microsoft's yet to be released Crackdown. It only offers a 900 gamerscore ... come on Microsoft, can't you follow your own rules? But you'll be happy to know that they will offer an extra 100 gamerscore for Crackdown via a separate download or additional free content. And now to you, what do you think about this new standardization of the gamerscore?

dannyjo22 · 2 Feb 2007 at 07:46

Ah right it has to be free content, always wondered why the extra graw maps added no points. Don't like the 900 for a game rest by additional downloads. No good if you dont have live is it?

Prefer 1000 for the game and then extra on the free downloads. Why not 1000 then the 250 by additional download.

Not that it matters that much, just my thoughts.

Abooie · 2 Feb 2007 at 07:59

Hopefully this means that Shivering Isles the Oblivion expansion coming in March will now offer 250 points.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bethusda 'helped' MS come up with this change in policy.

Kreeeee · 2 Feb 2007 at 08:18

Gamerscore is irrelevant but the way our language has been messed about with spellings like "standardization" is awful.

wedgie · 2 Feb 2007 at 08:21

They need to sort out the acheivement points linked to xbl as well.

Points for things like being world number one are ridiculous.

Smit · 2 Feb 2007 at 10:24

dannyjo22 said:
Ah right it has to be free content, always wondered why the extra graw maps added no points. Don't like the 900 for a game rest by additional downloads. No good if you dont have live is it?

It would only require a Silver Subscription which is free so I can't see a problem with it. For those that don't have their 360s hooked up to the internet then they wont be able to get full points on that many games anyway.

dannyjo22 · 2 Feb 2007 at 10:33

Smit said:
It would only require a Silver Subscription which is free so I can't see a problem with it. For those that don't have their 360s hooked up to the internet then they wont be able to get full points on that many games anyway.

Good points, didnt think about it hard enough.