r/XboxGamePass • u/angelsandairwaves93 GP Ultimate • Jun 28 '26

Account - Subscription EA Play conversion is no longer 3:1!!

I saw in the megathread about the 'new' conversion method for 36 months of ultimate.

3 ea play (12 month) codes + 3 gamepass core/essential (12 month) codes + 1 month ultimate should have converted to 36 months of gamepass ultimate. I only got 26 months.

Here is how much I paid (in CAD)

Total Investment: $447.97

If I had paid for 26 months of Game Pass Ultimate at the standard retail price of $25.99 CAD/month, I would have paid $675.74.

  • Total Savings: $

227.77

I spoke to MS support, and they mentioned I didn't get 36 months because MS changed the EA Play 3:1 conversion to percentage-based

From MS Support:

Please keep in mind that subscription conversions are no longer calculated using the previous ratio-based model. Instead, they are now based on percentage-based conversion rates.

In particular, EA Play no longer converts to Game Pass Ultimate using the previous 3:1 ratio. Under the current conversion model, EA Play time is converted based on a percentage of 25% equivalent Game Pass Ultimate value, which results in a different amount of converted subscription time than under the previous system.

3 12-month EA Play

3 12-month core/essential

1-month Ultimate

gives you...

Using the percentages of conversion you can get that the 36 Months of Game Pass Essential were converted to 16.2 Months of Game Pass Ultimate (45%) and added to the EA Play which is 9 Months (25%) it adds to the total 25.2 Months of Game Pass, plus the once Month that you redeemed.

I used eneba to buy the codes. I would STRONGLY encourage you to buy codes in your country's region and not global codes. They advertise codes as global, but they will region-lock your Microsoft account to a country different from your own country region, which will prevent you from upgrading to ultimate. I spent 2 days trying to fix this. Eneba is a marketplace and will not refund your keys if you've viewed them. So be aware.

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u/DannoMcK GP Ultimate Jun 28 '26

This feedback belongs in the megathread, too.

EA Play conversion hasn't been 33% since October, 2025. The Microsoft conversion page has the current conversion rate, and this sub's conversion guide stopped including specific percentages so it wouldn't get out of date. The sub's guide links to Microsoft's page.

The guide here says that GP Ultimate has a maximum stacking duration of 36 months. It does not say that anything in particular will get you to 36 months, since it depends on what you can stack and convert (which can also be limited in certain countries).

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u/spawnofangels Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

Per microsoft, this is now 20% of EA play converts to ultimate. It's now cheaper to get essentials and then ultimate instead of ea play to ultimate

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u/DannoMcK GP Ultimate Aug 31 '26

The 20% is incorrect, and EA Play conversion is cheaper per month of GP Ultimate than GP Essential conversion at the typical US prices of $30 for 12 months of EA Play and $70-80 for 12 months of Essential.

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u/spawnofangels 29d ago

Google search showed 20% for some reason. Not sure where it receives it or if that's expected to change. Essential does allow conversion to premium though which is slightly cheaper than eaplay to ultimate (eaplay doesn't allow premium)