The other day I received and email from Xbox.com letting me know that I was “smart enough to buy an Xbox 360 and register it.” As a result I was getting rewarded with a free copy of Robotron, Frogger, & Joust. A little searching around the usual forums and I found that these emails started going out to everyone who bought an Xbox 360 and registered it. I appreciate that I’m getting free games, but why do they have to be these games specifically? They are some of the oldest games and anyone who wanted to play them probably already bought them. In every forum where people were talking about getting this email at least half of them already had at least one of these games. Personally, if I had wanted any of these I would have picked them up months ago.

The Xbox Live Vision Camera Gold Pack Bundle has a similar issue. It comes with Uno and Robotron as well as 200 Marketplace points. However, by the time the camera was released the majority of people interested in Uno or Robotron had already purchased it.

Instead of giving out specific games like this why don’t they give out Marketplace Points that could then be used to buy whatever Arcade game was desired? The Vision Camera bundle already has 200 points in it. Why not just raise that and leave out Uno and Robotron? If someone wanted those games they could use the points to buy them, or they could use the points on any other game they wanted. It is not like I can take the points to another service and use them there. I have to use the points on the Xbox Live Marketplace. So, what harm would there be in giving points, instead of specific games, so I can pick whatever Arcade games I want?

Personally, I did not have Frogger or Joust, but I did have Uno and Robotron already. So, I propose a contest to give away my Uno and Robotron. To enter all you have to do is leave a comment letting me know what Xbox Live Arcade you are most looking forward to playing. To sweeten pot a little bit more I’ll also include a One Month Gift Certificate for GameznFlix.com. I received as a gift from my in-laws but I never used it since I switched to GameFly.com.

So, for those of you to lazy to read the whole post here are the contest details.
Entry: Leave a comment with what XBLA game you are most looking forward to.
Prizes: Uno, Robotron 2048, and one month Gift Certificate for GameznFlix.
Dates: The contest starts today and runs through March 31st.
Rules: Include your Gamertag in your comment so that I can contact you if you win.
Uno and Robotron will be awarded as Redemption Codes.
The Gift Certificate for GameznFlix will be awarded as a Gift Certificate Key that can be entered on the site.
The winner will be chosen by random drawing.