Xbox Game Pass - GUIDE TO BEST DEAL IN FIRST POST

[CurryKitten]

I'm playing a plague tale at the moment as well - about half way through.  It is in some ways like the longest escort mission ever.  Due to the fact that your character is so vulnerable the path can be a bit linear, but I'm enjoying it.

[Hitcher]

Surprised no-one's posted these great bits of news yet -

 

Microsoft brings Xbox Series X|S exclusives to Xbox One via cloud gaming later this year.

 

Humble Games Bringing Incredible Indies to Xbox Game Pass on Day One.

[bradigor]

Great news with Humble

[Oh Danny Boy]

Upgraded to gamepass for £1 so I could play psychonauts 2. Never knew it would be for the duration of my gold membership which expires May next year. Mental value. I’m sold now. 

[Hitcher]

40 minutes ago, Oh Danny Boy said:

Never knew it would be for the duration of my gold membership which expires May next year.

Where have you been the last year?

[womblingfree]

In 2/3 years when everyone’s £1 conversion deal runs out are people going to be paying full price?

[metallicfrodo]

Depends on what they do with gold and the conversion. At the moment you can let it lapse and then do the conversion again (if just cost 12 quid at that point). Currently I'm using my reward points to get cards to extend it for free. Personally if I couldn't do either of those I'd still pay the monthly cost seeing as I think I'd already get the value from it and by the time my sub runs out I can't even begin to imagine what the library will be like.

 

I'd imagine other people might just start to dip in and out. Game you like the look of comes out that month, sub for a month and play it through.

[TehStu]

5 minutes ago, womblingfree said:

In 2/3 years when everyone’s £1 conversion deal runs out are people going to be paying full price?

Mine runs out next June. I don't think I'll get GPU (although streaming available via the XB1 and PC apps might change my mind), but either way it'll all get paid with rewards points. 

 

That said, now I've really leaned into GP, I'll happily pay $9.99 a month for it anyway.

[pinholestar]

10 minutes ago, womblingfree said:

In 2/3 years when everyone’s £1 conversion deal runs out are people going to be paying full price?

My plan is to use the horde of Microsoft Awards points I’ve built up to extend it each year. Currently sitting on over 100k so by the time my £1 deal expires at the end of 2023 I reckon I should have enough for another 3 years at least.
 

I don’t ever see myself paying actual money for Game Pass at this rate. The absurd value of it still makes me laugh at how ridiculous it is.

[SaintAnselm]

18 minutes ago, womblingfree said:

In 2/3 years when everyone’s £1 conversion deal runs out are people going to be paying full price?

I certainly will, for me it’s far better value than Netflix etc.

[Oh Danny Boy]

51 minutes ago, Hitcher said:

Where have you been the last year?

If I topped up the gold subscription for another year would the gamepass subscription extend with it? 

[metallicfrodo]

10 minutes ago, Oh Danny Boy said:

If I topped up the gold subscription for another year would the gamepass subscription extend with it? 

You could have started with the max 3 years…

 

Now you get a conversion rate of 3 months of live will get you 50 days of GPU.

 

Or you can do rewards points stuff and top it up for free*

 

*dependent on what you feel your time is worth,

[Mr. Gerbik]

1 hour ago, Oh Danny Boy said:

If I topped up the gold subscription for another year would the gamepass subscription extend with it? 

No. Best bet is to let it expire in May, then buy up to 3 years gold (maximum amount allowed) as cheap as possible. Then do the 1 month Game Pass Ultimate conversion trick again for 3 years Ultimate. It will either cost you 1 quid or 10 quid for 1 month GPU if the discount doesn't apply anymore. That's still 3 years GPU for 10 quid though.

[Hitcher]

3 hours ago, womblingfree said:

In 2/3 years when everyone’s £1 conversion deal runs out are people going to be paying full price?

Well I've been extending mine whenever there's a 'Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 3 Month Membership + 3 Months FREE' deal on Amazon.

[Stanley]

10 hours ago, womblingfree said:

In 2/3 years when everyone’s £1 conversion deal runs out are people going to be paying full price?

I’ve paid two years full price as my console is an all access one (all I could find at the time) but I don’t regret it, and will definitely continue subscribing. 

[footle]

11 hours ago, womblingfree said:

In 2/3 years when everyone’s £1 conversion deal runs out are people going to be paying full price?

I’d pay £40-50/ year for gold as I have done for years, so and additional £70-80 or the cost of one MS first party game that I’d end up buying anyway? Sure.

though I did the gold conversion around the launch of FH4, and am currently paid up till some time in 2024, with none of those months paid for at full price through buy one get one free, EA play conversion etc, so it’s a while off.

[womblingfree]

11 hours ago, Stanley said:

I’ve paid two years full price as my console is an all access one (all I could find at the time) but I don’t regret it, and will definitely continue subscribing. 

Actually, me too. 

 

I’d already signed up for three years Ultimate doing the £1 conversion so haven’t even activated the All Access sub yet.

[rgraves]

 

[Stanley]

15 minutes ago, womblingfree said:

Actually, me too. 

 

I’d already signed up for three years Ultimate doing the £1 conversion so haven’t even activated the All Access sub yet.

So you’ve got like 5 years 

[womblingfree]

1 minute ago, Stanley said:

So you’ve got like 5 years 

Yeah. 

[Hitcher]

3 minutes ago, rgraves said:

 

Wrong thread.

[Stanley]

Although technically GP Ultimate includes those games too. 

[RubberJohnny]

On 25/08/2021 at 19:31, womblingfree said:

In 2/3 years when everyone’s £1 conversion deal runs out are people going to be paying full price?

 

I've not done the £1 thing, because it seemed a faff on PC, so yeah I've been full price for a while.

 

There's basically been a game that I want to play nearly every month this year that costs more to buy than the £8 or whatever it is, whether it's something small like Pillars of Eternity 2 or something large like Doom Eternal or Forza, it's good value.

[moosegrinder]

I paid 100 quid off Cd keys last year and didn't regret it. But I did the 3 years this year as I could be arsed this time.

[Fry Crayola]

6 hours ago, RubberJohnny said:

I've not done the £1 thing, because it seemed a faff on PC

 

Ah, it's not so faffy (let's go with that), the site is pretty straightforward to redeem codes and do the upgrade. 

 

But there you have it - Game Pass is so good that even people who could get it cheaper are happy to pay more.

[rgraves]

15 hours ago, Hitcher said:

Wrong thread.

Not really.

 

15 hours ago, Stanley said:

Although technically GP Ultimate includes those games too. 

 

This. I'd assume most people in this thread will be able to access those?

[rgraves]

On 24/08/2021 at 14:10, rgraves said:

 It's stealth yes, but done in a way that seems much more natural (to me anyway). I don't usually like stealth games, but really am enjoying it here. It's a lot less punishing for a start - if you fail and die you don't ever lose a lot of progress, it's never more than a minute or two. And there are multiple ways to approach things - you can just kill people and not have to worry about creeping quite so much, or try to go through really leveraging distractions etc

 

It's pretty linear - which for me is also a big plus - I've just not got the time or energy for wandering around trying to work out what to do next in a lot of games theses days.

 

So, last night I hit a section right near the end with a cart and some archers - after having *really* enjoyed the game up to that point, I can tell you I almost put my controller through my TV with that bit and gave up. What an absolute stain on the game, and how it made it through development/playtesting I'll never know.

 

Luckily I finally managed it (by restarting the level in the knowledge that bit was coming and managing some resources differently), and things went back to 'normal' - but wow, they almost totally ruined it right at the death with that. Madness.

 

Still, done and can't wait for the next one now!

[T Pot]

On 25/08/2021 at 17:41, Hitcher said:

Surprised no-one's posted these great bits of news yet -

 

Microsoft brings Xbox Series X|S exclusives to Xbox One via cloud gaming later this year.

 

Humble Games Bringing Incredible Indies to Xbox Game Pass on Day One.

 

Called it!

 

  

On 23/07/2020 at 17:47, T Pot said:

I'm seeing a lot of these that are only saying Series X / PC as their platforms. A handful sat Xbox One too. 

 

So I wonder if Microsoft have dropped the "all 1st party games are forward compatible" chat, or if its the case of wording and they will be playable via xcloud on the One. 

 

[Bushtopher]

1 hour ago, rgraves said:

 

So, last night I hit a section right near the end with a cart and some archers - after having *really* enjoyed the game up to that point, I can tell you I almost put my controller through my TV with that bit and gave up. What an absolute stain on the game, and how it made it through development/playtesting I'll never know.

 

Luckily I finally managed it (by restarting the level in the knowledge that bit was coming and managing some resources differently), and things went back to 'normal' - but wow, they almost totally ruined it right at the death with that. Madness.

 

Still, done and can't wait for the next one now!

I posted similar in the ‘what are you playing’ thread recently. Really soured the experience for me too, and dampened my enthusiasm for the next somewhat too. I’ve got over it a bit now though and will still play the sequel (especially if it’s on game pass - no brainer then) 

[shirubagan]

That bit was tough, but it only took me a few tries. Are you going down the stairs on the left?