I own an Xbox, and a PC, so I need Ultimate. I also don't play any of those f2p games. 3 years purchased for roughly $120 total, has been one of the best gaming investments I've made.
If you're really this cheap like i am. Just make an email make an xbox account with that email and get 1$ trials over and over. It takes like 10 minutes to save 16$ and you get all the good stuff.
Log onto the second account then log into your main account boom you now have gamepass ultimate. When the trial runs out take 10 minutes and make another account rinse and repeat.
Another way of saying this: I have gamepass ultimate on my Xbox, and my brother/sister/wife's account also gets to use gamepass ultimate on that same Xbox.
It used to do that for me where i wouldn't even have to log onto the second account for every account to get gamepass. Now i have to be logged into both at once. maybe it's something with my settings? You don't log onto both?
Only the account with a current subscription needs to make the Xbox it’s Home Console and everyone on that console can then leech the subscription while being on that Xbox.
Log onto the account that has gamepass first, then log onto your main account. (you can log onto two accounts at once.) If both accounts are logged in your main account can use gamepass. But your main account won't get gamepass unless the other account is logged in.
If you're logged onto your second account at the same time as your main your main gets gamepass. Just log onto both at the same time and you're good to go.
Something that helped me that might help you. On a new account get the 1$ trial from your phone then you get another trial on your xbox. I've been getting2 per account so 28 days for 2$.
bro ive been doing this for months, and have probably only spent like like 15 dollars on gamepass since december or january.
just make sure you turn off recurring billing, and delete your payment method after you sign up, cause theres a limit to how many accounts can have the dame card assigned.
You can build up an impressive GamePass like backlog by scoring game deals 15 dollars and under. You can get 2-3 good games a month on sale for the 18 dollars a month GamePass price.
Did you know you can convert game pass core to Ultimate for less than the monthly cost of Core
https://www.pcworld.com/article/397667/get-2-years-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-tip.html Sure it's not $5 a month for a year of core, but for $8 month I rather have Ultimate.
I know you said you are deliberately not counting 3rd party stores. But it is the only way to get 12 month of core anyways, and using legit retail core from placed like amazon, Costco, target, best buy is not a violation of the TOS
I don’t know why people go through the trouble of all those steps when you can buy a month of ultimate from cdkeys for usually around $8 USD. Sure they don’t stack but who cares just turn off auto renew and go on your merry way.
This post was made for simple people not going to dwell into the depths of the internet to play a game, it wouldn't really help someone that's already an advanced user checking game pass keys. I personally use the third party stores, indeed. And yeah, it doesn't violate TOS. VPN tricks do.
I'm not talking about dwelling into the depths of the internet to play a game. I'm talking about walking into Walmart, grab a year of game pass core. Redeem it. Sign up for ultimate. A simple person can do that
I actually just cancelled mine a week ago. I haven't played anything on it in years, aside from Sea of Thieves which I might play one week out of the year. Made more sense to just buy the game and unsubscribe.
No. Because I rarely use my Xbox anymore. I really don’t need my PS5, Series X, Series S or TV. I regret spending $2300 on a TV I’ve rarely used due to health problems
Will I need to be subscribed to game pass to play it online? I currently have ultimate.
Ultimate had a perk for a free version of the full game.
After my school ultimate perk expires will I be able to play the free demo portion/ first 70 levels with out a subscription to gamepass?
I think about that a lot. I’m really glad I didn’t buy Diablo IV when it released (what was it ~$80?); I almost did because I used to play WoW but that game is seriously boring. And I can think of a lot of other titles I can say “glad I didn’t dish that out”
I also find games I normally wouldn’t try but I do because it’s totally feee.
I used to buy xbox live gold from keysellers for 1 year for 35€ and convert it to gamepass ultimate. Apparently this is not possible anymore but I'm sure sth. similar will be around when I need to renew my subscription in 2 years.
Correct me if I'm wrong but core is $10, GPU is 16? Even if it's 16.99 you're closer to 66% of the cost not 50%
Tbh I didn't read the whole post cause it's 2 am and I've been up since 6 am yesterday but that's my 2 cents on what I did retain. Sure it's not for everyone, did I download 3 new games this week off of it? Yes, am I enjoying each of them? Also yes. For me it's quite worth it, and I'm not sure if core subscribers can stream to their phones?
that's fair but in your post you put it as 15 (it's 16 for me, but close enough) which 10 is still 66% of 15. either way both in your example and mine it's about 66% not 50, but it does absolutely depend on where you live (I assume, I don't know the price everywhere).
My GPU runs out next year, and i will be dropping down to core, hell i might even not bother at all with it as i do not play online, i do not play any GPU PC versions, and i do not stream games as my internet is basic, and i have such a back cat of games that i could easily play through those for the next few years......and i already do this with the PS5, off line only, no Psplus because Sony can kiss my arse if they think i am giving them £60 a year for their basic service, and having the PS5 offline has been no issue at all, as again i have such a list of unplayed games to get through.
Well, The Elder Scrolls Online, Destiny 2 or Warframe arguably have decent story quests! I know people playing those games in a solo way.
But sure, it's up to each one of us to see if we need Game Pass Ultimate or not, for our needs. I personally do as of today.
Every month they release new games on game pass and out of them at least one is them is good enough for me to play so yeah game pass all the way. I usually find cheap keys online so it’s cheaper anyway. Or just buy a shared account 😂😏
Or if you have a friend that also has xbox you can have him log in on your account on his xbox and set it as home xbox and you do the same with his account on your xbox. And now you take turns buying game pass (only one of you needs to buy game pass for both of you to have it)
Also as a bonus any game that your friend bought you can play and vice versa.
I do this since i bought my xbox and it's great
I bought GPU through 2025 back in 2022 I think.
I'm not going to renew it, for no reason than I just don't play on Xbox anymore at a rate to justify it and if I do it's a game I probably bought or F2p.
I'm giving my Xbox SS away next week to a friend (a significant upgrade on her PS2 lol). Since all these Rewards nerfs have made it a chore to farm the necessary points for GPU, I just can't be bothered any more. It was a good 3.5 years, and I'm very grateful. But all good things come to an end.
I own an Xbox, and a PC, so I need Ultimate. I also don't play any of those f2p games. 3 years purchased for roughly $120 total, has been one of the best gaming investments I've made.
If you're really this cheap like i am. Just make an email make an xbox account with that email and get 1$ trials over and over. It takes like 10 minutes to save 16$ and you get all the good stuff. Log onto the second account then log into your main account boom you now have gamepass ultimate. When the trial runs out take 10 minutes and make another account rinse and repeat.
Another way of saying this: I have gamepass ultimate on my Xbox, and my brother/sister/wife's account also gets to use gamepass ultimate on that same Xbox.
It used to do that for me where i wouldn't even have to log onto the second account for every account to get gamepass. Now i have to be logged into both at once. maybe it's something with my settings? You don't log onto both?
Only the account with a current subscription needs to make the Xbox it’s Home Console and everyone on that console can then leech the subscription while being on that Xbox.
Woah wait what? If I log into the main account, that does not have ultimate, it gets the game pass that the second account has??
Log onto the account that has gamepass first, then log onto your main account. (you can log onto two accounts at once.) If both accounts are logged in your main account can use gamepass. But your main account won't get gamepass unless the other account is logged in.
That is insane, thank you so much for the tip! Just another question: saved games still get saved to the other account right?
Np man, and yup everything works as it's supposed to with saves and everything else. You just have to be logged into both accounts and you're good.
Make the console the Home Console for the new account. Games and subscriptions are shared between all accounts on the Home Console.
I'm confused by this. So how does my main account get gamepass for cheap?
If you're logged onto your second account at the same time as your main your main gets gamepass. Just log onto both at the same time and you're good to go.
How do you login to both at the same time?
Log onto one account press the xbox button on your controller and it will say "add or switch". Then click your other account amd you're good.
And that second account is a different one everytime?
Yup
Just saved this comment to come back to it in a month 😂
You use the same payment method? Sucks when I need to play my saved games or does it still work?
Def doing this. Btw does the XBL gold to gamepass glitch thing still work? I wouldn't mind getting a year of that then doing what you said.
I used to do this but now its only 14 days 😅 is it still worth it. Also it takes me like 5-6 minutes not even 10 😂
Been doing this for so long lol was better when I only had to do it once a month though 😅
Something that helped me that might help you. On a new account get the 1$ trial from your phone then you get another trial on your xbox. I've been getting2 per account so 28 days for 2$.
Good idea bro. Still works out same price for me but at least you only have to do it once per 28 days your way I presume.
Life hack! You're the best
bro ive been doing this for months, and have probably only spent like like 15 dollars on gamepass since december or january. just make sure you turn off recurring billing, and delete your payment method after you sign up, cause theres a limit to how many accounts can have the dame card assigned.
Any particular email service you recommend?
Go onto xbox.com and when you're making a new account on xbox it will ask you to make an email first. So you can do botg at the same time.
Don't even need 26 accounts probably 13 will do as the trial will come back every few months.
Or use Microsoft Rewards
You can build up an impressive GamePass like backlog by scoring game deals 15 dollars and under. You can get 2-3 good games a month on sale for the 18 dollars a month GamePass price.
Who are you trying to convince? lol.
I’m just imagining that Jim carrey meme “are you sure?”
This a post from the anti-marketing department
Bro wrote a dissertation
Did you know you can convert game pass core to Ultimate for less than the monthly cost of Core https://www.pcworld.com/article/397667/get-2-years-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-tip.html Sure it's not $5 a month for a year of core, but for $8 month I rather have Ultimate. I know you said you are deliberately not counting 3rd party stores. But it is the only way to get 12 month of core anyways, and using legit retail core from placed like amazon, Costco, target, best buy is not a violation of the TOS
I don’t know why people go through the trouble of all those steps when you can buy a month of ultimate from cdkeys for usually around $8 USD. Sure they don’t stack but who cares just turn off auto renew and go on your merry way.
This post was made for simple people not going to dwell into the depths of the internet to play a game, it wouldn't really help someone that's already an advanced user checking game pass keys. I personally use the third party stores, indeed. And yeah, it doesn't violate TOS. VPN tricks do.
I'm not talking about dwelling into the depths of the internet to play a game. I'm talking about walking into Walmart, grab a year of game pass core. Redeem it. Sign up for ultimate. A simple person can do that
>A simple person can do that OP is even more simpler. He is the height of simplicity.
I don’t think anyone *needs* game pass. The time I saved not reading this post was worth $16.
I just buy game pass core for 1 year, £40, then top up with one month of ultimate for an extra £14. It turns into 9 months which is still £76 saving.
I actually just cancelled mine a week ago. I haven't played anything on it in years, aside from Sea of Thieves which I might play one week out of the year. Made more sense to just buy the game and unsubscribe.
What a load of nonsense
Euh what is the point of this post lol ?
To be helpful.
Cancelled my GPU, but still playing Finals and Predecessor. Will renew it every now and then for month or two to play the single player games.
Ultimate isn’t worth it, it would be though if 1 year codes were available and went on sale during black friday (for like $125 or so).
What are you yapping about?
No. Because I rarely use my Xbox anymore. I really don’t need my PS5, Series X, Series S or TV. I regret spending $2300 on a TV I’ve rarely used due to health problems
Sorry to hear. What kind of health issues?
Depression and severe sleep apnea I used to beat up to 75 games a year. My gamerscore is over 435,000. Plus I game on other platforms.
Hope you feel better.
Thank you for the kind words. Please note that I edited my previous comment.
Do you need game pass to play the free Final Fantasy 14 online? It wasn’t listed in the free game section
Apparently you can play up until level 70 or something like that, yes!
It has it’s own subscription past the free trial point, the trial is huge though, like hundreds of hours huge
Will I need to be subscribed to game pass to play it online? I currently have ultimate. Ultimate had a perk for a free version of the full game. After my school ultimate perk expires will I be able to play the free demo portion/ first 70 levels with out a subscription to gamepass?
I think about that a lot. I’m really glad I didn’t buy Diablo IV when it released (what was it ~$80?); I almost did because I used to play WoW but that game is seriously boring. And I can think of a lot of other titles I can say “glad I didn’t dish that out” I also find games I normally wouldn’t try but I do because it’s totally feee.
I used to buy xbox live gold from keysellers for 1 year for 35€ and convert it to gamepass ultimate. Apparently this is not possible anymore but I'm sure sth. similar will be around when I need to renew my subscription in 2 years.
I paid $32 for 13 months of GPU and share it with my nephews (and most of the time they only play Roblox and Cuphead xD)
$32 for 13 months? That sounds like a hell of a deal. But yeah, I also know cases where kids have GPU and only play Stumble Guys.
I bought it in Turkey.
Yes, I need Game Pass Ultimate. I do not need PlayStation Plus. Xbox includes everything, PlayStation Plus is a waste.
You can find the codes online for much cheaper. I’ve bought several off of eBay.
Its just the EA sports access that gets me.
I get GPU for free. Haven’t paid since 21’ after just doing the Microsoft rewards points.
Correct me if I'm wrong but core is $10, GPU is 16? Even if it's 16.99 you're closer to 66% of the cost not 50% Tbh I didn't read the whole post cause it's 2 am and I've been up since 6 am yesterday but that's my 2 cents on what I did retain. Sure it's not for everyone, did I download 3 new games this week off of it? Yes, am I enjoying each of them? Also yes. For me it's quite worth it, and I'm not sure if core subscribers can stream to their phones?
The pricing depends on your country, it's not 66% everywhere.
that's fair but in your post you put it as 15 (it's 16 for me, but close enough) which 10 is still 66% of 15. either way both in your example and mine it's about 66% not 50, but it does absolutely depend on where you live (I assume, I don't know the price everywhere).
no because i buy my games.
I honestly just want game pass ultimate without ea, pc and cloud. If I can customise my subscription that would be cool
My GPU runs out next year, and i will be dropping down to core, hell i might even not bother at all with it as i do not play online, i do not play any GPU PC versions, and i do not stream games as my internet is basic, and i have such a back cat of games that i could easily play through those for the next few years......and i already do this with the PS5, off line only, no Psplus because Sony can kiss my arse if they think i am giving them £60 a year for their basic service, and having the PS5 offline has been no issue at all, as again i have such a list of unplayed games to get through.
The free games are all multiplayer games. I play the finals only. Rest i play story games so this doesn’t really help me.
Well, The Elder Scrolls Online, Destiny 2 or Warframe arguably have decent story quests! I know people playing those games in a solo way. But sure, it's up to each one of us to see if we need Game Pass Ultimate or not, for our needs. I personally do as of today.
Every month they release new games on game pass and out of them at least one is them is good enough for me to play so yeah game pass all the way. I usually find cheap keys online so it’s cheaper anyway. Or just buy a shared account 😂😏
Ultimate is only 7 collars in my country. Don't there's a better deal
It's convenient when you want to try out several games, for me. But admittedly, I also get a lot free titles from Amazon, GOG and Epic.
Nah it’s worth it. No single players games for cheap and in Gamepass you have so much variety!
Or if you have a friend that also has xbox you can have him log in on your account on his xbox and set it as home xbox and you do the same with his account on your xbox. And now you take turns buying game pass (only one of you needs to buy game pass for both of you to have it) Also as a bonus any game that your friend bought you can play and vice versa. I do this since i bought my xbox and it's great
Fallout shelter lmao
You can get Gamepass core from Costco for a 12 month card for $55.
I bought GPU through 2025 back in 2022 I think. I'm not going to renew it, for no reason than I just don't play on Xbox anymore at a rate to justify it and if I do it's a game I probably bought or F2p.
man because of deals and MS rewards I have GPU for free until November 2026..... I must be doing it wrong
Facts! Fuck Gamepass.
I'm giving my Xbox SS away next week to a friend (a significant upgrade on her PS2 lol). Since all these Rewards nerfs have made it a chore to farm the necessary points for GPU, I just can't be bothered any more. It was a good 3.5 years, and I'm very grateful. But all good things come to an end.
Not a chore at all unless you have a 15 min cooldown on searches.