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forum thread Posted by Thelnel52 • Mar 24, 2020
forum thread Posted by Thelnel52 • Mar 24, 2020

Three Years of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (Conversion Deal) $151

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***Edited 3/24:

As a lot of you guys have pointed out, Costco isn't actually selling the GamePass membership, this is a conversion deal. I bought the Xbox Live cards from Costco b/c I was more comfortable doing that then going with G2A or CDKeys or whatever, but you can save a few extra bucks going that route as well.

Also, this isn't open to existing GamePass subscribers. It looks like you need to be a new customer to get the $1 offer.

Finally, you MUST load all 36 months of Xbox Live to your account before upgrading. The "trick" is that the upgrade will retro up to 3 years. If you upgrade and then add Xbox Live, it's going to convert $ for $ instead of month for month. So 3 years at $5/mo. = 1 year at $15/mo.

Sorry for the confusion, I'm brand new to the Xbox world and some of this was probably common knowledge.***


Microsoft has an offer now- $1 for your first month of Game Pass Ultimate (includes a bunch of games, including Kingdom Hearts 3, Forza Horizon 4, Minecraft, Halo, etc.). They'll also convert up to three years of Xbox Live Gold Membership into Game Pass Ultimate when you upgrade. There's some reference to "conversion rate", but 36 moths = 36 months.

Right now, Costco is offering 2 years of Xbox Live Gold for $95, and 1 year for $55. If you buy both for $150, then add the $1 trial of GamePass, you will end up with 3 years of GamePass Ultimate for $151. IMO this is a pretty good deal- GamePass Ultimate is regularly $15/mo.

I just got one of those refurbed Xbox One X's today, and signed up all of this this afternoon. It worked flawlessly- I have about 30 games queued to download overnight.

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSea...=xbox+live

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSea...=xbox+live
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***Edited 3/24:

As a lot of you guys have pointed out, Costco isn't actually selling the GamePass membership, this is a conversion deal. I bought the Xbox Live cards from Costco b/c I was more comfortable doing that then going with G2A or CDKeys or whatever, but you can save a few extra bucks going that route as well.

Also, this isn't open to existing GamePass subscribers. It looks like you need to be a new customer to get the $1 offer.

Finally, you MUST load all 36 months of Xbox Live to your account before upgrading. The "trick" is that the upgrade will retro up to 3 years. If you upgrade and then add Xbox Live, it's going to convert $ for $ instead of month for month. So 3 years at $5/mo. = 1 year at $15/mo.

Sorry for the confusion, I'm brand new to the Xbox world and some of this was probably common knowledge.***


Microsoft has an offer now- $1 for your first month of Game Pass Ultimate (includes a bunch of games, including Kingdom Hearts 3, Forza Horizon 4, Minecraft, Halo, etc.). They'll also convert up to three years of Xbox Live Gold Membership into Game Pass Ultimate when you upgrade. There's some reference to "conversion rate", but 36 moths = 36 months.

Right now, Costco is offering 2 years of Xbox Live Gold for $95, and 1 year for $55. If you buy both for $150, then add the $1 trial of GamePass, you will end up with 3 years of GamePass Ultimate for $151. IMO this is a pretty good deal- GamePass Ultimate is regularly $15/mo.

I just got one of those refurbed Xbox One X's today, and signed up all of this this afternoon. It worked flawlessly- I have about 30 games queued to download overnight.

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSea...=xbox+live

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSea...=xbox+live

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Mar 24, 2020
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yukky
Mar 24, 2020
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I think that this won't work if you currently have a subscription of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. You'll need to let your XGPU subscription expire first before taking advantage of this.
Mar 24, 2020
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brokt
Mar 24, 2020
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Keep in mind you're only eligible for the $1 Game Pass Ultimate convert promo once, and you can only stack up to 36 months of time.
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Mar 24, 2020
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yellowfeverlime
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Quote from brokt :
Keep in mind you're only eligible for the $1 Game Pass Ultimate convert promo once, and you can only stack up to 36 months of time.
Why the TD on this comment? If I previously used the conversion promo and my Xbox ultimate and gold are now expired, is there a way for me to convert again?
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Mar 24, 2020
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six.four
Mar 24, 2020
260 Posts
This is not really a "deal" as it is a FYI - since $95 and $55 are the normal price for Xbox live gold at Costco. They do actually go on sale sometimes though.
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Mar 24, 2020
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AdamA8790
Mar 24, 2020
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What if I'm already paying for GAME PASS PC ULTIAMTE but also own an Xbox?
Mar 24, 2020
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hyperfire21
Mar 24, 2020
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Quote from Redemption33 :
You'll need to let your subscription expire first before taking advantage of this...
Once the existing conversion promo expires, can we do this again?
Mar 24, 2020
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Clinkinfo
Mar 24, 2020
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Quote from six.four :
This is not really a "deal" as it is a FYI - since $95 and $55 are the normal price for Xbox live gold at Costco. They do actually go on sale sometimes though.
But that normally doesn't include game pass?

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Mar 24, 2020
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Markus999
Mar 24, 2020
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Quote from six.four :
This is not really a "deal" as it is a FYI - since $95 and $55 are the normal price for Xbox live gold at Costco. They do actually go on sale sometimes though.
So might be best to purchase the one year for $55 and 'wait' for the 2 year to go on sale to stack it / add it on in the future? (or vice-versa?)
Mar 24, 2020
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DavidH10
Mar 24, 2020
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YMMV: I had used the gold conversion with the $1 trial before, but pulled the trigger too fast and didn't add enough gold. So that expired a couple months ago.

I used the $0.05 per day price mistake that later got cancelled. So that might have changed something in my account.

So all my subscriptions had expired and last week I was checking and got the pop up that if I subscribed to ultimate all my gold would be converted to ultimate. I got 3 years of gold from for Brazil (cheapest), used a vpn to redeem it. Then subscribed for a month of ultimate and all my 3 years converted to game pass ultimate. Again, a big YMMV, but check just in case. You can get 3 years for around $100
Mar 24, 2020
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Chrispy1974
Mar 24, 2020
210 Posts
The deal is that the $1 conversion is back for those that didn't top up when it launched...the XB Live Gold portion is no big deal...
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4u2c
Mar 24, 2020
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I had a an XboxS but unhooked it six months ago to do a re-wire and ended up getting an Xbox X but haven't wired it in yet.....I know my XBox Live has expired by now.....What's the best deal for me to get the XBox Live with Game Pass when I activate my new Xbox X ?