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expiredautosaver posted Jan 22, 2021 06:16 PM
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PSA: Xbox Live doubling in price. STOCK UP NOW! - $60.00

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Microsoft has recently announced that the price of Xbox Live Gold is going up. The $60 1 year membership will now be $60 for a 6 month membership. If you are subscribed at the current rate they will honor a renew at your old price.

Retailers are now carrying the new $60 6 month cards. You can get ahead by stocking up on the old cards at their original price points being the price hike. This will make the gamepass trick more expensive too at the new price points, so now is the time.

I've provided a few good prices below. Take advantage while you can.

Costco: 2 years for $95.00
https://www.costco.com/xbox-live-...75009.html

Target: 1 year for $59.99
https://www.target.com/p/xbox-liv...A-54256322

Amazon: 1 year for $59.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VBW...cGb5P93C7T

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/...d-pricing/
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Microsoft has recently announced that the price of Xbox Live Gold is going up. The $60 1 year membership will now be $60 for a 6 month membership. If you are subscribed at the current rate they will honor a renew at your old price.

Retailers are now carrying the new $60 6 month cards. You can get ahead by stocking up on the old cards at their original price points being the price hike. This will make the gamepass trick more expensive too at the new price points, so now is the time.

I've provided a few good prices below. Take advantage while you can.

Costco: 2 years for $95.00
https://www.costco.com/xbox-live-...75009.html

Target: 1 year for $59.99
https://www.target.com/p/xbox-liv...A-54256322

Amazon: 1 year for $59.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VBW...cGb5P93C7T

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/...d-pricing/

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Jan 22, 2021 08:27 PM
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honorarytitleJan 22, 2021 08:27 PM
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Double post, please delete
Jan 22, 2021 08:27 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 08:27 PM
ChientJan 22, 2021 08:27 PM
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I'm still seeing the Microsoft Rewards 3 month live for 20k. I wonder if M$ is going to up this too?
Jan 22, 2021 08:28 PM
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RustyI6552Jan 22, 2021 08:28 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 08:28 PM
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schujJan 22, 2021 08:28 PM
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I don't understand their logic in doubling the price. People like myself who haven't decided which new system they intend to buy will now be more inclined to buy a PS5. As much as I miss Halo, I might skip the Xbox again.
Jan 22, 2021 08:29 PM
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RustyI6552Jan 22, 2021 08:29 PM
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Quote from doyama :
I mean it would be dumb for Sony to leave anything on the table. If MS people are willing to pony up $120 a year for online, why woudl sonly go "DERP we should totally not do the exact same thing and earn 2x the revenue in pure profit"
Honor towards there consumer base..
Jan 22, 2021 08:30 PM
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fireballsJan 22, 2021 08:30 PM
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Quote from schuj :
I don't understand their logic in doubling the price. People like myself who haven't decided which new system they intend to buy will now be more inclined to buy a PS5. As much as I miss Halo, I might skip the Xbox again.
Pretty sure they are trying to force people hands towards GPU
Jan 22, 2021 08:33 PM
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SHINIGAMIxKIRAJan 22, 2021 08:33 PM
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Quote from wolve3 :
You might be surprised... I'm at 16k MS Reward points for this month, and other people have already earned more.
How? I'm only at 8k for this month. Is there different ways to earn points that I don't know about? I get only ~450/day.

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Jan 22, 2021 08:37 PM
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NEW0Jan 22, 2021 08:37 PM
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Quote from RumbleTheBison :
The upfront costs to do so negates all of what you typed.
If you "need" a 3090, maybe... mid-range, it's pretty comparable. Also have to consider that PC usually has way better sales on games
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Jan 22, 2021 08:39 PM
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Quote from Phil1926 :
If you have game pass ultimate already and want to add gold the exchange is 12 months gold adds 6 months game pass it sucks lol
Quote from IPewPewUToo :
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/gold/upgrade

2nd FAQ when you scroll down. The bigger the card the worse the conversion rate
Quote from Rim1 :
1yr gold = 4 months ultimate
Quote from Howie411 :
Its pretty bad. I bought a 2 year Gold from Costco and they wanted to convert it to 8 months of ultimate.
Quote from Nick5324 :
I wish, I think it's 3:1, meaning a year of gold added to an existing game pass ultimate account would add 4 months. I like game pass, but $60 for 4 months (i.e. full retail price) is pretty meh to me.
Yep thanks guys, I still have 2 years left before my subscription of ultimate expires, was thinking about topping it off, but if the conversion is 1:3, not worth it.
Jan 22, 2021 08:43 PM
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dirtbag88Jan 22, 2021 08:43 PM
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Like the others have said, do not buy this if you currently have Game Pass Unlimited. I am renewed through April 2022 but when that expires I will be selling my Series X. Lifelong Xbox fan but I can't support this. Especially after they sold a whole bunch of new systems over the holidays. Super bad taste in my mouth.
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Jan 22, 2021 08:43 PM
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ma123Jan 22, 2021 08:43 PM
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Jan 22, 2021 08:45 PM
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wfhbrightJan 22, 2021 08:45 PM
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Quote from Howie411 :
Its pretty bad. I bought a 2 year Gold from Costco and they wanted to convert it to 8 months of ultimate.
It's 3:1 because the existing price is $15:$5. The person is asking about the one-time exploit.
Jan 22, 2021 08:45 PM
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wolve3Jan 22, 2021 08:45 PM
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Quote from honorarytitle :
You know xcloud is literally a cloud game streaming service right? Azure is the hardware and tech behind all of the MS cloud structure. I could have typed it out and said "their existing cloud structure, support, services and tech", but most people understand when I say they are offering the xcloud service to Sony, it is the PS version of it. They will use the backbone MS has and the skills/support to run a smooth product. How the F is that out of context or wrong?

Also, did I say that Sony has never had cloud gaming? No, I said they are going with the experts (MS) to run it and obviously they will be using PS licensed games.

How is any of this not accurate GTFOH? Link to the references for this "research". Some of you guys need to start having a couple drinks or something. It's not threat level midnight, chill out over there

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/2...zon-google [theverge.com]
You should have posted accurate info in the first place, instead of dumbing things down. You wrote "PSN is at least going to bring, literally, xcloud gaming from Microsoft". That's quite a bit different than writing, "Sony is going to use Microsoft Azure tech for PS Now". The article you linked doesn't even mention "xCloud".

xCloud runs on top of Azure, as do tons of other services from other companies. So xCloud is not Azure, and mixing up the names is bad. Heck Microsoft doesn't even use the xCloud name in their marketing anymore, it's now Game Pass Cloud gaming.
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Jan 22, 2021 08:46 PM
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SorenJan 22, 2021 08:46 PM
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I used to get a year for $30 back in the day.... now you're telling me the "regular" price is going to be $120 per year.

Good lord... do they include LUBE with that?
Is there anyway I can blame this on the current President of the United States?
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Jan 22, 2021 08:47 PM
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ntoledo9494Jan 22, 2021 08:47 PM
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Quote from mar12 :
Anybody thinking of stocking up on a couple codes and selling them a few months later when this price is no longer available?
Ethically that's pretty salty. Regardless though, it's not worth the risk since we don't know if these codes will still work the same after the price jump.
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