To spend money I simply click "buy" on the console and the transaction is complete instantly. I do not have to sign in or perform any other steps.To redeem a £5 reward which I have accumulated from literally years of game time I have to turn my PC on, go to the website, put my password in a second time (already signed in), give them my phone number, solve a puzzle, receive a code to the phone and type it in, return to previous screen to receive another code however this code of course does not work twice because this is the one that gives me the reward. This also happened to a friend of mine.Ask yourself: Is Microsoft, a trillion dollar tech corporation, incapable of making it as smooth as purchasing a gift card from them? Or is it a cynical effort to wave rewards in your face but make it as hard as possible to receive them?However, for balance, despite the greedy megacorp tactics it's a great console offering a much cheaper entry to gaming than PC, a wide variety of games, a good subscription service (although again greedy megacorp will keep upping the price as they push you away from discs), controller is the best in the business ever, well made and for now at least still comes with the disc tray.
