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12-Month Xbox Game Pass Core Membership (Email Delivery)

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$68.09
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Update: This popular deal is now slightly less.

CDKeys has 12-Month Xbox Game Pass Core Membership (Email Delivery) on sale for $43.19 > now $39.69.

Thanks to Community Member WCFonXBOX for sharing this deal.

About this Item:
  • 12 Month Game Pass Core will automatically convert to Xbox 4 months of Ultimate Game Pass
  • Play together with online console multiplayer
  • Get member deals and discounts up to 50% off select games with Game Pass promotions
  • Product is limited to US region activation/installation only, and is not eligible for Puerto Rico

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US Code. No VPN needed. I just purchased and had the code within a minute of ordering. Redeemed with no problems.

https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/...bership-us
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Last Edited by Raines8416 May 23, 2024 at 08:20 AM
If you are extending an existing Ultimate subscription, do not buy 12 month cards! Instead buy the 3 month cards.

If you are stacking these to convert to Ultimate afterwards then you don't have to worry about this. The conversion rate is a static 3:2 (66%) no matter how much time you are converting.

However, if you already have ultimate and wish to use this to extend your subscription then DO NOT BUY 12 MONTH CARDS!

You need to be aware that the conversion rate for extending Ultimate with Core cards provides different conversion rates based on how many months the card is for, and 12 month cards convert at almost half the rate as 3 month cards.

According to Microsoft's FAQ's, [xbox.com] a 3 month core subscription card will convert into 50 days of Ultimate, so a rate of about 55%. Meanwhile, a 12 month core subscription card converts into only 120 days of Ultimate, a conversion rate of 33%.

BOTTOM LINE: With this deal you will spend $43.20 for 120 days, or about $0.36/day.

If you buy three 3 month core cards from this same website for $45.57, you will get 150 days of ultimate at a cost of $0.30/day.


(You could also shop around and get better deals than this, ex: Eneba currently has the 3 month cards for a couple bucks less.)

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Warning. This is just Xbox Live rebranded. You don't get the same selection of games as Game Pass Ultimate
I just bought three of these for $44.39 each yesterday 😭

For those wondering I've had my xbox for less than a year and am relatively new to console gaming. GPU is absolutely the way to go for a casual like me.

Since I heard about the conversion rate I've been waiting for a deal to buy three years of core and convert to GPU. The newegg deal reminded me and my GPU had finally expired. Newegg was oos so I went with cdkeys.

First of all I bought and redeemed them one by one and had no problems. Finally I bought one month of GPU and it converted 3:2. So 36 months of core converted to 24 months of GPU. Plus one month for the GPU I used now I have 25 months of GPU which came out to $5.70 a month. Definitely a slickdeal.

Again you have to have your GPU sub lapse to receive the 3:2 conversion. Otherwise it converts at the 3:1 rate.
75%. I bought the month of GPU to upgrade and my new expiration date is now 2/22/25.

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05-24-2024 at 03:56 PM.
05-24-2024 at 03:56 PM.
Found the Eneba 6 month thanks everyone
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05-24-2024 at 04:27 PM.
05-24-2024 at 04:27 PM.
Quote from phoenix-wright :
I just bought three of these for $44.39 each yesterday 😭

For those wondering I've had my xbox for less than a year and am relatively new to console gaming. GPU is absolutely the way to go for a casual like me.

Since I heard about the conversion rate I've been waiting for a deal to buy three years of core and convert to GPU. The newegg deal reminded me and my GPU had finally expired. Newegg was oos so I went with cdkeys.

First of all I bought and redeemed them one by one and had no problems. Finally I bought one month of GPU and it converted 3:2. So 36 months of core converted to 24 months of GPU. Plus one month for the GPU I used now I have 25 months of GPU which came out to $5.70 a month. Definitely a slickdeal.

Again you have to have your GPU sub lapse to receive the 3:2 conversion. Otherwise it converts at the 3:1 rate.

Mine lapsed but I am going monthly. Would I cancel the current monthly sub, wait for it to expire, then add the standard, and finally re-up to GPU?
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05-25-2024 at 06:20 AM.
05-25-2024 at 06:20 AM.
Quote from Mibdragon82 :
Mine lapsed but I am going monthly. Would I cancel the current monthly sub, wait for it to expire, then add the standard, and finally re-up to GPU?

Seems like it but I'm not sure. You wouldn't be a "new" subscriber. I literally just did the conversion using the India VPN method. 6 6-month Xbox Core redeemed to 25 months of Ultimate.
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05-25-2024 at 05:29 PM.
05-25-2024 at 05:29 PM.
I haven't used an Xbox sub in years. Can I take advantage of this? Which step(s) should I follow? I do use a vpn
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05-25-2024 at 07:20 PM.
05-25-2024 at 07:20 PM.
Can I use this to redeem PC Game Pass?
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05-26-2024 at 10:07 AM.
05-26-2024 at 10:07 AM.
I don't think enough people realize that Ultimate covers your Xbox and PC. My son plays tons of Xbox games — MLB The Show, Forza, Madden — and I love me some sim and strat games — Crusader Kings, Farming Simulator. We have noticed a big difference in our QOL once our Ultimate expired a few months ago. I've been stuck with me Steam backlog and Epic Games freebies, and my son has been playing exclusively on our PS5. Can't wait to get the Xbox back in the rotation.
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05-26-2024 at 11:19 AM.
05-26-2024 at 11:19 AM.
I changed my opinion of Hellblade 2. wow, just wow… play with headphones on, in the dark.. on a big ass OLED.
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05-27-2024 at 06:33 AM.
05-27-2024 at 06:33 AM.
You should buy the 6 month deal for 10.80/6 months and just use the vpn to redeem per the other thread. This deal is twice the cost!
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05-27-2024 at 06:35 AM.
05-27-2024 at 06:35 AM.
Can I buy these now and redeem in a month? I heard some retailers have a history of selling same keys twice? thx for any insight.
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05-27-2024 at 01:00 PM.
05-27-2024 at 01:00 PM.
Quote from Moonkeeper :
6 month cards for $9.94 each can be found here: https://www.eneba.com/us/xbox-xbo...-key-india

I used the VPN and conversion trick and ended up with 25 months of Ultimate for $81.

Use code GGDjdx7oc for an additional 8% off.
How did you redeem on a US acct?
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05-27-2024 at 05:58 PM.
05-27-2024 at 05:58 PM.
Thanks for this. Picked up two.
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05-27-2024 at 09:00 PM.
05-27-2024 at 09:00 PM.
Quote from Mako1215 :
How did you redeem on a US acct?

Look up Xbox core in the SD threads. It will show you the way.
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05-28-2024 at 02:16 PM.
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Quote from Simoleon :
Look up Xbox core in the SD threads. It will show you the way.
isn't this a better deal than the other for new subscribers by like $6?
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05-28-2024 at 04:50 PM.
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Quote from tdoto :
isn't this a better deal than the other for new subscribers by like $6?

Let's do the math.

This deal: $42 for 12 months. No conversion, no exchange rate. Simple.

Other deal: Approximately $10 for each six months of Core. Assuming your Game Pass Ultimate has lapsed, you will get a 3:2 conversion rate of Core —-> GPU. You could buy 3 6-month Core subscriptions for about $30 before taxes and fees, plus a 1-month GPU sub for about $10 after fees and taxes to trigger the conversion.

That's about $40 (let's say $45 after fees, but I don't have that info handy) compared to $42. So the numbers look better if you go the Newegg route. But the numbers get better in favor of Eneba the longer you go.
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
I changed my opinion of Hellblade 2. wow, just wow… play with headphones on, in the dark.. on a big ass OLED.

Only if you purchase a big ass OLED for me.
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