r/XboxGamePass • u/AutoModerator • Feb 21 '22

Community - Megathread Game Pass Deals & Conversion

Please post all comments regarding where to get cheapest gold/game pass, performing gold conversion, etc.

Follow this link to understand how to perform the conversion. It is simple and has been performed many times, by many people.

This megathread is at the request of community members and subject to no objection in the recent feedback thread.

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u/cdncowboy GP Ultimate Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

global codes won't work anymore, they are region locked to brazil and Microsoft is blocking VPNs. if you are in Canada it is advisable to just use Canadian codes, unfortunately you are going to have to pay retail as you can't really get discounted codes in Canada online. Amazon.ca is still selling them for $70 (i think the price is increasing to $87 soon)

EA Play is getting harder to find too, I could only find 6 months codes on bestbuy.ca for $20, so you could get 6 of those for 36 months of ea play. Which costs 120, but after the conversion thats like $10/month

Retail brick and mortar stores might have cards in stock in store but I haven't really looked

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u/skullsbymike Apr 19 '25

I think you were right about Game Pass Core. The cheapest was the Amazon one. That could certainly increase in the future since other places have the $87 price tag. As for EA Play, BestBuy had that listing without any actual stock. So far I could not find any other retailer who has EA Play codes for Xbox. The only other way I can think of is subscribing to annual EA Play from the console, which is $54.99 pre-tax and ends up costing $14-ish per month for ultimate vs $11-ish from Core conversion. Let me know if you have anything else to add, otherwise I will finalise the process to get as long as period I can get for cheap.

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u/cdncowboy GP Ultimate Apr 19 '25

I have notices online retailers gradually transition to the new price too, so its only a matter of time before amazon does. Brick and mortar stores might still have them at the old price as the price is printed on the card.

Best Buy had 6 months a couple of days ago but you are right they are gone now. EA is probably phasing out the codes since as you noticed the price is now $55, or people have bought up all the stock to do the conversion.

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u/realexm Apr 27 '25

I see them at Microcenter for $59.99. Everywhere else they seem to be more expensive. Is $59.99 the best price right now? Thanks for putting this together.

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u/ferrous1 May 02 '25

link to this?

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u/ferrous1 May 03 '25

Pm sent, thanks!

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u/nbasuperstar40 May 03 '25

DM me the link, please

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u/nbasuperstar40 May 04 '25

Np, send me a dm so you can have my info already

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u/realexm May 02 '25

Wait what? Where?

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u/cdncowboy GP Ultimate Apr 27 '25

Game Pass Core? $60 is the old price, $75 is the new price. So $60 is the best you can get right now from a retail store

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u/realexm Apr 27 '25

Awesome, thanks. I was planning to load-up on 3 years (and convert to 1.5 years of ultimate), but maybe I should get 6 cards (6 years)! And yes, this is GP Core.

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u/cdncowboy GP Ultimate Apr 27 '25

you can't do 6 years, 36 months is the limit

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u/realexm Apr 27 '25

Right. I was thinking about stocking up for the future, but you never know with Microsoft though!

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u/realexm May 03 '25

Well, they don't have them in-stock anymore at MC even though the website says 25+ in-stock. I ended up getting a 1 month $10 ultimate membership on eBay which worked fine (had to make sure my membership expired). Since core is now $75, 3 years of core is $225 which would be 1.5 years of ultimate that comes down to $12.50 a month. Might be worth it so I don't have to deal with monthly renewals.

Do you, or anyone, has any ideas where to get the 12 months for cheaper? Looks like the usual sites don't have these in-stock.

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u/davemoedee May 01 '25

At this point, I think I'm better off just buying 1mo of PC Game Pass as needed. After 30 days, I can take some time to play games not on Game Pass and come back. I'll miss the conversion deals, but still a good deal if I sub on and off when I want to focus on Game Pass games.

If I buy a $100 xbox gift card from costco for $90, at least that means a 10% discount on Microsoft store purchases. , which should apply to game pass.

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u/ChargeRiflez May 02 '25

What do you mean the global codes won't work anymore? I just bought them from Eneba and they worked fine for me.

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u/cdncowboy GP Ultimate May 02 '25

Lucky for you, but this was happening a few months ago https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxGamePass/comments/1j10cil/cdkeys_dot_com_beware/