Xbox One Celebrates One Year On The Market With Free Downloads And Giveaways

One year ago today saw the launch of the Xbox One. In celebreation, Microsoft is offering some freebies to early-adopters, and sharing some statistics.

Over the last 365 days, players have earned over 11 billion Gamerscore from Achievements, and spent more than 2 billion communal hours playing the console. Forza Motorsport 5’s Welcome to Forza Motorsport Achievement, Titanfall’s Build Yourself Achievement, Destiny’s Ship Rite Achievement, and Call of Duty: Ghosts’ Spatial Awareness Achievement. Players should also be receiving a personalized e-mail detailing their own gaming statistics, if they opted in to that short of thing.

Freebies include a Year One Gamer Picture, new Xbox One backgrounds, a free rental of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, a free rental of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods, and a sampler pack of Dragon Ball Z TV episodes. There's also the chance to win free games and premium content, which you can find out more about on Major Nelson's blog.

[Source: Major Nelson]

Our Take
This is a pretty cool way to recognize an otherwise innocuous anniversary. I am especially excited about the chance to see Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods for free.