Defining the Gamerscore for Xbox 360 If you are new to the Xbox 360 universe, you are probably wondering what a Gamerscore is and how you can use it to impress your fellow gamers. Never fear—here is a short overview on how the Xbox 360 Gamerscore is defined and how you can build your Gamerscore to ever more impressive heights. Even if you are familiar with the original Xbox video game console, you may not be familiar with the idea of an original Gamerscore. This is because the Gamerscore system is unique to the Xbox 360 video game console. If you are new to Xbox360, you have probably noticed that your fellow gamers and friends all seem to have higher Gamerscores than you do. This is only a temporary problem, one that can be easily solved by simply playing more games. Still, it helps to know a little about how the Gamerscore works so you can use your video game playing skills to your greatest advantage. Your unique Gamerscore is attached to your gamer profile and it follows you around for the life of your gaming existence. Every Xbox 360 profile has a Gamerscore attached to it that represents that player's skills and achievements thus far in their gaming history. As you can imagine, players take great pride in their Gamerscore, especially if it reflects a particularly high score. Conversely, players with lower Gamerscores may find themselves scrambling to catch up with their higher-scoring opponents. The Gamerscore is an ingenious concoction that encourages gamers everywhere to play longer and harder. How can you go about racking up points to pad your Gamerscore? Well, your Gamerscore is inextricably linked to your ability to satisfy certain achievements. When you are playing an Xbox 360 game, every time that you succeed in some small way, chances are you are reaching certain achievements. When you reach achievements, you get points. Points make your Gamerscore go up. It's that simple. Sort of. Xbox 360 gamers everywhere have made it their mission to unearth the best and easiest ways to increase their Gamerscore. The first rule of figuring out how to pad your Gamerscore is that not all games are created equal. That is, easy games can land you a ton of points, while more challenging games may cause you to eke out only a handful of points. The only way to really find out what games are 'giving away' points and which games are stingy with the points is to play them. Experiment with different games to figure out which ones seem to work best for you. There is, however, one general rule: sports games appear to be the best games for increasing your Gamerscore quickly. This is not a hard and fast rule, but it most gamers swear by it. If you are longing for some easy points to increase your Gamerscore, head for the sports section. The sports games seem to provide more opportunities for reaching achievements. Remember that every time you reach an achievement, you get points that are added to the total of your Gamerscore. Every Xbox 360 retail game comes with a total of 1000 points up for grabs. That means you can milk every single game for at least 1000 games,
although many games make it difficult to achieve this goal. Xbox Live arcade games come capped at 200 points. So, it makes sense that playing regular Xbox 360 games provide the best opportunity for you to increase your Gamerscore significantly. Each Xbox game comes with at least five achievements. That means at least five different opportunities for you to win points with each game you play. Most games provide more than five opportunities to reach achievements.