Dodd: Xbox One to have ambassador program

Xbox One owner and regularly scheduled video game insider Pete Dodd today said Microsoft will be following Nintendo's lead and offering an ambassador program to early adopters of the Xbox One console. The move, meant to placate early adopters who may feel burned by the quick release of the One console's Titanfall bundle, mirrors Nintendo's bid to distract its fans from the terrible first year of the 3DS.


Dodd went so far as to reveal the game Xbox One ambassadors will receive: Halo: Spartan Assault. Here's the tweet in which Dodd let slip the news:

If MS were to give a free game to placate whiners like myself it would probably be Halo: Spartan Assault. That would be salt in the wounds.
— atFamousmortimer (@atPeteDodd) February 24, 2014

Our snap analysis is that this is fantastic news for Microsoft and its fans. Game Informer magazine gave the PC version of Spartan Assault a lofty 8.25 out of 10,  a full point better than Valve's beloved Half-Life 2.

It also would suggest that better times lie ahead for Microsoft's console. Dare we say Dodd was hypothesizing the new Xbox will "win" the generation, as Nintendo has controlled the handheld space? The parallels keep growing.