It’s the holiday season again, which means all of the consoles are hitting their first, or second in the case of the Wii U, birthday. The Xbox One was originally released in the US and other markets on November 22nd, 2013 giving it a few days before it hits the landmark. However, Mircosoft is already celebrating by releasing a bunch of insane stats that chronicle the last twelve months of Xbox One gaming. Along with this, they are giving away a ton of stuff to all Xbox One gamers, and holding multiple giveaways, the details of which are below.
The stats that Microsoft released are the usual fare, only becoming significant when you realize the sheer immensity of the numbers. Overall, gamers spent 2 billion hours playing games on their Xbox Ones. During this time they earned 11 billion Gamerscore, which averages out to 5.5 points per hour. Breaking down which achievements were earned the most over the last year, the top four were:
- Forza Motorsport 5: Welcome to Forza Motorsport
- Titanfall: Build Yourself
- Destiny: Ship Rite
- Call of Duty: Ghosts: Spatial Awareness
As far as giveaways, Microsoft has them in two varieties. There is the small stuff that everyone who has played on Xbox One in the last year will earn for free, and the big stuff that will be given away to random fans. Every Xbox One gamer will be getting:
- A Year One Gamer Picture
- New Xbox One backgrounds: A special Year One background as well as an exclusive Day One background for those who unlocked the Day One achievement
- A Year One background image for use on Twitter, your desktop, etc.
- A free rental of “Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn” (for a limited time)
- A free rental of “Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods” movie and a sampler pack of “Dragon Ball Z” TV episodes (for a limited time, available in the U.S. and Canada only)
Randomly selected fans will be able to receive one of the following items:
- Xbox One Limited Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Bundle (U.S. only)
- Xbox One Special Edition Sunset Overdrive Bundle (U.S. only)
- 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 Onlinedollars
- 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 (U.S. only)
- Forza Horizon 2 Limited Edition Casio G-Shock Men’s Black Multi-Function Digital Sports Watch (U.S. only)
- 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 (U.S. only)
- 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
