Game Pass is Microsoft’s subscription service thanks to which we can access hundreds of PC and Xbox games in exchange for a monthly payment in the purest Netflix or Spotify style. Within this subscription service we find all kinds of games, from large productions to independent titles. And, although it has not gone up in price for a long time, we all knew that this was not going to be like this forever. Finally, it has risen. And a lot.
The normal version of Xbox Game Pass cost 9.99 euros per month. Although the edition that really interests players is the Ultimate, which was priced at 12.99 euros per month. While the normal Game Pass only provides access to the catalog of games on the console, the Ultimate edition goes a step further by allowing its use on Xbox and PC, and adding services such as EA Play, Xbox Live Gold and Cloud Gaming.
In addition to the Xbox Game Pass subscription, Microsoft has also announced a price increase for the Xbox Series X, the most powerful console of this ninth generation. The new price of this console will be 550 euros, although, before it goes up, we can buy it at a discount on Amazon. The Xbox Series S maintains its price (300 euros), although a new model comes out, in black and with 1 TB storage, for 350 euros.
Xbox, and Microsoft, are lately involved in several controversies. For example, there are many users criticizing the platform because its latest exclusives (such as Starfield) are not going to reach their Japanese console as they are exclusive to Xbox and PC. And also because the entertainment giant wants to buy Activision-Blizzard-King (among others, the developers of Call of Duty, since it is that game for which there is so much controversy), and the English regulator (the FCT) has blocked the purchase to prevent CoD from being left out of the Japanese console.
One of the conditions to be able to carry out the purchase of ABK is that Game Pass does not increase in price for several years, a condition that Microsoft had accepted. However, the purchase has not yet been made, and the company has announced great games (Forza Motorsport, Starfield, Fable, etc) that will undoubtedly increase the value of the service. And, taking advantage of the occasion, a few hours ago Microsoft finally announced that dreaded rise.
- Buy a month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for 8 euros.
- Buy three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for 23 euros.
Of course, if you want Game Pass, there is a trick with which you can pay much less. And without any risk.
Buy Xbox Live Gold Prepaid Cards
The secret is to buy and accumulate months of Xbox Live Gold and then convert it to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Until a few months ago, the conversion was 1:1, that is, a month of Gold became a month of Game Pass Ultimate, although right now the conversion is 1 month of Gold = 20 days of Ultimate.
In Eneba we can find cards of 3 months of Xbox Live Gold for just over 8 euros. We can accumulate up to 36 months of Gold and then convert it to Ultimate. In addition, every time we activate a card, if we activate automatic renewal, they give us one more month. In this way, what we have to do to have the maximum is buy 9 3-month cards, and activate them one by one, activating automatic renewal, to have one more month for each of them. In total, 36 months of Xbox Live Gold.
In addition, offers usually come out that allow us to get it for less than 8 euros. In our case, a few months ago, we got the cards for just over 5 euros. And, in addition, applying a 12% discount for buying them from the Eneba mobile app. A real bargain that has left us 3 years of Game Pass Ultimate for less than 50 euros.
Turn Gold into Xbox Game Pass
Once we have all the accumulated time, what we will do is enter this Microsoft link, log in, and proceed to the conversion from Gold to Game Pass for just one euro. After the payment, we will have already converted our time from Gold to Game Pass Ultimate, saving a lot of money and without having to pay the price increase (at least, for now).
