{"id":1621501,"date":"2026-06-29T13:19:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gAC7mxbjCeFSx2H9cNdWEF"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:19:03","slug":"eager-players-are-pre-ordering-gta-6-for-free-using-98000-microsoft-points-and-one-super-fan-says-it-was-all-only-possible-thanks-to-rockstars-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/eager-players-are-pre-ordering-gta-6-for-free-using-98000-microsoft-points-and-one-super-fan-says-it-was-all-only-possible-thanks-to-rockstars-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Eager players are pre-ordering GTA 6 for free using 98,000 Microsoft points and one super fan says it was all only possible thanks to Rockstar’s delays"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a> pre-orders went live last week<\/a>. To some it was a moment of joy, finally after all these years we find ourselves a step closer to the videogame that has been promised to end all other videogames. But for others the one look at the price tag was enough to reality check all previous hype<\/a>. <\/p>\n

And then there was another, smaller camp of players, who were able to have their cake and eat it too, as they pre-ordered GTA 6 and essentially paid nothing for it. Some clever folks had been planning for this day months, even years in advance, and had spent their time searching on Bing (stay with me) to rack up Microsoft points. <\/p>\n

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Thanks to Bing’s reward scheme a few players managed to save up enough points to pre-order GTA 6 at no extra cost; other than the mental and emotional cost of using Bing, which in hindsight may be greater than $100. <\/p>\n

“I pre-ordered [GTA 6] using 98,000 Microsoft points,” player HugoWheynow explained<\/a>. “Thank you Rockstar for all the delays, which allowed me to have all these extra months to save my Microsoft points.” While another Bing user<\/a> posted their Microsoft points-paid pre-order depicting the full amount being deducted from their Microsoft account balance. <\/p>\n

Thank you, Microsoft Rewards. \ud83d\ude0e<\/a> from r\/MicrosoftRewards<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n