Microsoft will reward the longest Xbox Live Members with special consoles on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Xbox Live.
"I can confirm we're surprising some of the #Xbox Live members that have been with us the longest with one of these," announced Major Nelson (Larry Hryb) on Twitter.
The company will send a special limited console edition of the 10 year anniversary to these members.
"We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Xbox Live by conducting special promotions for our members worldwide and today we began to surprise a select number of our loyal 10 year Xbox Live members in the U.S. with special edition anniversary consoles. These consoles were created for a special promotion and will not be available at retail locations," said a Microsoft representative, as reported by IGN.
The special edition console has a unique "Xbox Live: A Decade of Entertainment" logo that includes imagery from the original Xbox, Kinect, the Vision camera and more from the history of Xbox. Instead of the usual Xbox 360, the disc drive says "XBL 10". It will come with a 250GB hard drive.
A clear picture hasn't emerged yet on the number of consoles that will be manufactured by Microsoft, or the qualifications for earning this special edition.
Reports have indicated that members who have been playing for over 10 years might be eligible to receive these consoles. There will reportedly be a 12 months free Live for members who get these consoles.
In his later Tweet, Hyrb said he would be sharing the details of how to win these new special edition consoles.
Xbox Live was launched in 2002 and has more than 40 million members at present.