Persuade a pal to buy an Xbox 360, enjoy ten XBLA games gratis

Xbox 360 and promotions tend to go hand-in-hand, and the latest ploy to convince you to convince your Xbox-less pals to join in involves ten free Xbox Live Arcade titles. The rules are pretty simple: just wheedle a friend (or enemy, it matters not) to purchase an Xbox 360 before December 14th, fill out an online form together and select ten XBLA games (apiece) free of charge. The catch? It looks like the program is only open to residents of select countries across the pond, meaning that US-based gamers are seemingly left high and dry. Ah well, we never considered ourselves any good at persuasion, anyway.

[Carbonize @ Nov 23rd 2007 4:47AM]

Crap. My friends just bought his kids a 360 for Christmas as well.

[Carbonize @ Nov 23rd 2007 4:49AM]

My bad. I believe I can still qualify for this :D

Weird thing is with all the updates to both the 360 and the games I own I only have about 11GB of space left :|

[waiownsyou @ Nov 23rd 2007 4:48AM]

So is it ok if I fly my friends and I on my private jet to the said countries that this offer applies for and get the free arcade games?

I was on my way to Nigeria anyway because according to this email, I just won the lottery. Take that, suckers who work for a living!

[Christine @ Nov 23rd 2007 4:58AM]

i think i can hear the collective sobs of all of americas teenage boys....although it could just be the wind...

[Christine @ Nov 23rd 2007 5:01AM]

how strange waiownsyou, because a very wealthy Iranian man who is political fugitive wants me to hold a large sum of his money in my bank account for him, and i can spend it any way i want. all i have to do is give him my bank account number, how sweet.

[orvblog @ Nov 24th 2007 9:20AM]

My friends just bought his kids a 360 for Christmas as well.

[riz @ Nov 23rd 2007 6:14AM]

@waiownsyou and christine - you guys are lucky, all i get are cheap viagra and extensions... :( Although I did get contacted by a south african lawyer saying someone had passed away leaving a large amount of money and they think they've tracked me down as being related so they want my personal details so they can verify it. lucky me :)

[Rk @ Nov 23rd 2007 2:38PM]

You guys are all stupid - I got the best deal! All I had to do was send in my credit card and pin number into a prize draw based in Zimbabwe and my card could be drawn out of hat to win a small cash prize*!

*Subject to taxes, the word cash is actually used as an acronym for Considerably Annoying Spending Hike

[Victor @ Nov 23rd 2007 12:06PM]

In my opinion xbox is the best console of the new generation... The only problem is that 3 red lights isue.. man that sux!
Have you seen that game with a bug that gives you easy 1000 game points?
It's a game called Avatar. Here is the video demonstrating how the bug is done: http://www.weshow.com/us/p/24252/easiest_1000_gamerpoints_on_avatars_game
Nice uh? I will rent this game asap! :D

[serus @ Nov 23rd 2007 2:38PM]

Just to note:

THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE IN UNITED STATES.

This promotion is open to residents of the following countries: United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Greece, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, except employees of Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") and its affiliates, contractors, agents and their families, and anyone else directly or indirectly connected with this promotion. Microsoft reserves the right to verify the eligibility of entrants and check their identity.

[charles lowe @ Nov 23rd 2007 10:27PM]

cool contest

[bumbaclot @ Nov 23rd 2007 11:48PM]

tacos!