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expiredartulo posted Jan 02, 2026 01:55 AM
expiredartulo posted Jan 02, 2026 01:55 AM

12-Month Xbox Game Pass Essential Membership

(Email Delivery)

$61

$75

18% off
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Newegg has 12-Month Xbox Game Pass Essential Membership (Email Delivery) for $74.99 - $14 when you apply promo code NYNTF388 = $60.99.

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Features:
  • Access a library of 50+ games, including Fallout 76, Stardew Valley, and Grounded, across multiple devices
  • Download and play on Xbox console, PC, and supported handhelds, or stream games on mobile, tablet, TV, and VR headsets
  • Play online with friends using console multiplayer, chat, and co-op features
  • Get game discounts, partner perks, and additional member benefits
  • Earn Rewards points on game and add-on purchases, redeemable for up to $25 per year in the Store
  • US region activation/installation only; not eligible for Puerto Rico

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Newegg has 12-Month Xbox Game Pass Essential Membership (Email Delivery) for $74.99 - $14 when you apply promo code NYNTF388 = $60.99.

Thanks Community Member artulo for sharing this deal

Note, you must apply the listed promo code to receive sale price.

Features:
  • Access a library of 50+ games, including Fallout 76, Stardew Valley, and Grounded, across multiple devices
  • Download and play on Xbox console, PC, and supported handhelds, or stream games on mobile, tablet, TV, and VR headsets
  • Play online with friends using console multiplayer, chat, and co-op features
  • Get game discounts, partner perks, and additional member benefits
  • Earn Rewards points on game and add-on purchases, redeemable for up to $25 per year in the Store
  • US region activation/installation only; not eligible for Puerto Rico

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Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this Offer:

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throlly
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https://support.xbox.com/en-US/he...onversions

"When you upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, we'll convert any prepaid time you have on Xbox Game Pass or EA Play subscriptions and apply it toward Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at the current conversion ratio, up to a maximum of 36 months.

Xbox Game Pass Essential conversion percentage: 40% of your remaining time will convert to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate time and be rounded up to the next full day. For example, 90 days remaining of Xbox Game Pass Essential will convert to 36 days of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate time."

Based on the code conversion chart. for existing GPUltimate, 12 months of GPEssential applied to it becomes 91 days of Ultimate.

However, if you applied 12 months of GPE first, then get GPU, it becomes 146 days.
wazo00
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Not trash taking the offer/post, I think it is a great deal for the ones that interested (like me!)

My question is: am I the only one that think that the prices for the memberships are already on the "expensive" side?

Kids (as far as I know) do not have that amount of money to burn month after month and adult gamers (in theory) do not have time to play all day everyday
Just my honest opinion
Ryson11
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So basically it's $240 a year for conversion to ultimate with existing ultimate membership. Wow so expensive now. What happened to the $4 deals a month?

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Jan 02, 2026 10:00 PM
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HopedGibbon26Jan 02, 2026 10:00 PM
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Essentials barely has any games you can't already get on sale or a CD key for 50% - 75% off all the time. If you're desperate for a game to cloud stream, Amazon Luna has a few actual games on there at any given time and you're probably already subscribed to the base version via Prime.
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Jan 02, 2026 10:02 PM
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GrimJetJan 02, 2026 10:02 PM
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Quote from ixvolt :
Meh, I'm so done with Gamepass. Not a good product for gamers like myself. I'm just buying the games I want to play now.
umm, that's always been an option from day one..
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Jan 02, 2026 10:09 PM
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SkillfulLeopard397Jan 02, 2026 10:09 PM
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Oops, nevermind
Jan 02, 2026 10:13 PM
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BrightMusic959Jan 02, 2026 10:13 PM
113 Posts
I just want to be able to play Xbox live. Looks like this is the cheapest way to do so.
Jan 02, 2026 10:55 PM
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Utinni01Jan 02, 2026 10:55 PM
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Quote from Ryson11 :
So basically it's $240 a year for conversion to ultimate with existing ultimate membership. Wow so expensive now. What happened to the $4 deals a month?
We need to get those deals we used UrbanVPN to pretent we were in Argentina (?) To buy these on the cheap again!
Jan 02, 2026 11:12 PM
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ema_GJan 02, 2026 11:12 PM
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Quote from inhigabler :
Can you expound on this? Are you saying that you can get Essential for free?
If you watch Microsoft's ads and participate in their targeted game promotions you get a few cents off of your Game Pass subscription. Some people spend hours and hours doing so to get back $5/month. A slick deal if your time is worth nothing.
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Jan 02, 2026 11:26 PM
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ZA1USJan 02, 2026 11:26 PM
145 Posts
Quote from Skellington :
I have had GPU for the last 12 years even you could buy it cheap. I stocked up a couple years ago just before the big price hike. I won't be renewing. I'm sure many others will agree that all the price increases don't justify the expense.
How is that possible if game pass was released in 2017?
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Jan 02, 2026 11:38 PM
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ema_GJan 02, 2026 11:38 PM
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Quote from siryoink :
Essential doesn't offer much in the way of games. If you play Fortnite, Ultimate includes crew. If not, Premium includes most games but you have to wait 6mos or so after release no day 1 games, it's the better value as far as conversion rate and price. IMO
All Microsoft promises for Premium is 1st party games within 1 year of release.

Desirable 3rd party titles like Expedition 33 and Blue Prince haven't cycled down to the lower tiers, even after 8+ months. It's only been 4 months for Silksong, but I also doubt that will trickle down.
Jan 03, 2026 12:12 AM
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livingaboardJan 03, 2026 12:12 AM
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christ this all so confusing. I just want the xbox gold so I can play multiplayer online...don't give a crap about available games or game pass or whatever else they got going on. I've been playing xbox since the early 2000's
Jan 03, 2026 12:23 AM
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SkellingtonJan 03, 2026 12:23 AM
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Quote from ebolaboi :
Yep. I'm a real casual gamer, Boingo avatar. Its not even worth it. I'd rather buy the game when its cheaper and own it. Hopefully it'll work after the servers go down.
Physical media is the way to go these days.
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Jan 03, 2026 12:29 AM
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HardlyPostsJan 03, 2026 12:29 AM
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Quote from livingaboard :
christ this all so confusing. I just want the xbox gold so I can play multiplayer online...don't give a crap about available games or game pass or whatever else they got going on. I've been playing xbox since the early 2000's
Game Pass Essential is basically a replacement for the old Xbox Live Gold, plus access to a small subset of Game Pass games. Most of them are pretty old and can be had for dirt cheap these days and don't include major DLC (like Fallout 4), so it's not a very exciting list. Still, some good games worth checking out like Hades, Dead Cells, Control, Gears 5, Psychonauts 2.

Full list of games here. Scroll down and check your platform: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-g...essential_
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Jan 03, 2026 12:46 AM
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phdeezJan 03, 2026 12:46 AM
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So the old option of loading up on the base subscription (which I guess is essentials now) up to 35mos, then, adding Ultimate to convert your full subscription to Ultimate doesn't work anymore? Dang…
Jan 03, 2026 01:46 AM
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HidekiMatsui55Jan 03, 2026 01:46 AM
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Quote from ema_G :
If you watch Microsoft's ads and participate in their targeted game promotions you get a few cents off of your Game Pass subscription. Some people spend hours and hours doing so to get back $5/month. A slick deal if your time is worth nothing.
It's way too much time to actually qualify for a free month of GPU.

I gave it a shot, adding in the bing browser, doing searches, etc........doesn't add up to much.

Doing the GPU conversion gets it to about $20 a month.

In reality that's not crazy if you play COD....the additional games are gravy after that.

I think we're all just jaded since we got it for $3 a month for the last 5 years, but the regular price was much more than that.
Jan 03, 2026 03:09 AM
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LickMySackJan 03, 2026 03:09 AM
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I just canceled my Xbox GP after 15 years. Too much $ just to play fortnite the bonuses from ultimate didn't even show up half the time. The game pass games are 2/3's crap. I used to like the assassin's creed games on GP because they gave you the DLC and add-ons for free.

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Jan 03, 2026 03:11 AM
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LickMySackJan 03, 2026 03:11 AM
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Quote from ZA1US :
How is that possible if game pass was released in 2017?
I just canceled my account and it says 15 year membership. I think it's from Xbox OG Gold account that has just rolled along to the ultimate.

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