Sorry for the stupid question, is there anyway to get Xbox Gold for $60/yr from the Microsoft site? Or are giftcards the only option for that? I have $150 Microsoft credit >.< and was hoping to get Gamepass Ultimate for 3 years
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PSA for PC Game Pass Users: How to buy up future months right now for $5 each before the price rises
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Sorry, but you're not gonna be able to use your credits to buy 1 year Gold from Microsoft. You might as well do this Game Pass PC trick since it's going to cost the same ($60 a year) anyway. Otherwise, it's probably gonna be better to buy a 2 year code from Costco.
Paid until May 2023. Total cost after the Costco gift card and Bing points was a bit under $135. So a bit over $4.30/month.
Do you currently have an active Game Pass Ultimate subscription?
If you do not, then the best way to extend is still to buy Xbox Live Gold for cheap when you see it (as mentioned, Costco has a 2 year code for $95).
If you do still have an active GPU subscription, you must wait for it to end (or you can manually cancel it I think) before you can stack + convert again. The conversion rate is NOT 1:1 if you have an active GPU sub.
Sorry typo. I was asking the OP because I don't seem to have one (a button that says extend).
You need to deactivate recurring payment every time you buy one month for the extend button to appear instead of the Manage button.
I have about 2.5 years of GPU. If I cancel it, don't I lose all that time?
Yep you do lose all of it if you cancel.
In that case, I think the best way might be to buy 1 year of EA Play for $30 since that'll convert to 4 months (3:1 ratio) once the inclusion of EA Play into GPU goes live.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/co..._s_and_xbox_series_x_launch_november/g4jm19k/
If my GPU subscription expired, can I convert XBL Gold to GPU again? (I previously did it once before) or am I screwed?
From what I've read, yes you can convert at a 1:1 ratio again with an expired/inactive GPU sub.
Let's say I've never popped the trial. What's the most ridiculous deal I can get before the price rise?
I know other services have helped in the past but I'm an Apple Music guy instead of Spotify, have the cheap tier of Discord nitro, etc
I know other services have helped in the past but I'm an Apple Music guy instead of Spotify, have the cheap tier of Discord nitro, etc
EDIT: Nevermind. Turns out I didn't have family sharing set up correctly!
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Wait, what?
Well that sucks, thanks for the heads up.
i can ask him for details. since i already had ultimate i didn't get too far into it.
What's the best option if you haven't joined either yet? I see both GP and GPU for $1, but idk what happens after that.
if you want to get a full 3 years, make sure to turn down the autorenewal offer when you redeem your codes. they'll give you a free month if you keep it on and that extra month or two will prevent you from redeeming your last 12 month code since it would put you over the 3 year limit.
I'm assuming buying XBLG not from them, right? Because it's showing $10/month for me
I'm assuming buying XBLG not from them, right? Because it's showing $10/month for me
Yeah I'm looking at doing this, and I don't think spending $361 is the "best deal"...
Can you pretty please help me with this? :-) Nothing seems to be working.
Eh...not certain I can but I'll try.
I was subscribed to only the Game Pass PC beta (I got a free one month trial with my new PC). It was set to charge me the first time in early October.
I went to Amazon, purchased 2 years of Xbox Gold, redeemed those codes on the XBox Live Gold website, opened my Game Pass PC app, went to Settings, then clicked the Game Pass PC icon under "Manage", scrolled down to find the Upgrade for $1 option and clicked that. It gave me a notice that it would convert all previous subscriptions into Ultimate and I accepted the charge. I then received an email from Microsoft confirming I was charged $1 ($1.10 technically) and that I was now subscribed to Ultimate till January 1st 2023.
I've just checked my bank account & confirmed I was charged a total of $132.78: $131.68 from Amazon for Xbox Gold and $1.10 from Microsoft for the conversion upgrade to Ultimate.
Hope that helps. I assume this only worked because I was not already in the Xbox ecosystem.
Edit: typos
you need to cancel the sub first then after its cancelled it should give an option to extend which you follow the steps
Oops! You're right. I remembered seeing this back then and this uses 7 day trials instead of 14 day trials as tmtyf mentioned. Nevermind then!
Dunno if it's a glitch but he said you buy 1$ 14 day codes that you can get off a few sites (certain ones stack) and give a free month each time you activate then convert at the end. He bought 23 codes and is active until 2023.
If it is a glitch not sure if MS will do anything about it.
no, buy a 12 month gold code from any 3rd party retailer for $60 or lessI'm assuming buying XBLG not from them, right? Because it's showing $10/month for me
buy a 12 month code from amazon or wherever. microsoft isn't selling year long gold subs directly rn but digital codes are still available all over the place. it's $60 a year at most, could even be half that depending on how willing you are to delve into shady vpn regional pricing exploits
I figured it out. I did find 1 2 year codes, but they were $60 a piece and that roughly works out to the same math of doing the 1 $5 month PC Game Pass (Not GPU) things.
Now if I only have PC is there anything I'm missing out on with just the PC sub? If yes, is there a PC -> Ultimate upgrade?
To past me: yes, Xcloud, and yes, $1 upgrades all 36 months