These updates first gained prominence in 2020 when publisher Xitilon began adding simple lists of five achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore each via free updates to its catalog of games. This caused discord within the achievement chasing community at the time, with some claiming it devalued Gamerscore.
Since then, many developers and publishers have jumped on the easy title updates bandwagon, including eastasiasoft, which added nearly 20,000 GB of easy title updates in one fell swoop earlier this year last. Today the publisher did the same thing again.
We recently picked up 18 title updates worth 1000GB each across 18 games, 16 of which came from Eastasiasoft. The two games that are not from eastasisoft are Taco Tom 2 and Akinofa. Here is the full list:
Xbox games updated with easy updates to 1000G titles
Last year we saw Microsoft attempt to crack down on easy Gamerscore titles by introducing changes to the rules that govern achievements. However, it seems that for some reason developers and publishers have been able to bend these rules when it comes to title updates. As part of our Xbox 2024 predictions, we believe Microsoft could end easy updates for 1000G titles this year with new rules changes.
What do you think about easy updates for 1000G titles? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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