
Looking to save big on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate? There's always the Xbox Game Pass conversion trick if you're a new member, but if you're already subscribed to the service, EA Play can also help with some huge savings.
Xbox fans in the UK have been documenting this on HotUKDeals, highlighting that a 12 month subscription to EA Play automatically converts into 4 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and you can get this for as low as £17.85.
"Even 3 months [of GPU] would usually cost £33, so this is a bargain. All you need to do is buy a 12-month EA Play pass, redeem the code, and when prompted accept the Game Pass Ultimate conversion. This stacks on any current subscription. Sorted."
As noted above, these 12 month EA Play codes stack onto Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions, but you must be currently subscribed to Game Pass Ultimate in order to use them, otherwise you'll just get 12 months of EA Play.
For reference, you're looking at paying just under £55 for a year's worth of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate this way, whereas buying an entire year's worth of Ultimate directly from Microsoft is much more expensive at £131.99.
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Have you been doing this to top up your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate sub? Let us know down below.
[source hotukdeals.com]
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Will this work if I have game pass ultimate through Xbox all access?
@PuppyToucher Not 100% sure on that, but I'd have thought so.
Maybe someone else can advise?
Yep I did this the other day purchased a load of EA Play codes and got my Game Pass Ultimate paid up until March 2024 and saved over £200
I did this today (having done it a few months back too). Problem is that I bought 4, thinking it gives you 3 months, and I've topped out how many months I can be in advance. Currently my Ultimate shows as expiring on the 19th of January 2024 (I'm uncertain whether it added the full extent of the 3rd code I redeemed). Now I have to remember to use the 4th code, which I shall try to do in 3 months time.... ;D
I've been surprised more people haven't caught on to this. I've been doing it for awhile, and I'm topped off right now until March 2024, the 3-year max. I've marked my calendar to remember to register another one this summer.
@FraserG thanks for the tip! I'll certainly think about topping up my existing membership with this deal.
@LegendOfPeach Same. This isn't new, it has been around since they first announced EA Play + Game Pass. As EA play cards were £20 (RRP) it was £5 a month for Game Pass Ultimate. Any time a deal like this comes up it's a little cheaper still it was £16.06 a few weeks ago.
I would bite but i'm also maxed out for 3 years and have 75,000+ MS rewards points ready to be cashed in for another 6 months!
Surely they'll close this loophole soon...?
@PuppyToucher Yep, snagged an Xbox on all access a couple of weeks ago and used this technique to stack on the end of the two years you get with that, so now very lucky owner of a Series X and Game Pass out till Mar 2024
If you're subscription is close to expiry, i believe it's better to let it expire, then load up on Xbox Live Gold for however long you want / can afford. Then you can convert this over to GPU at a ratio of 1:1 by just buying 1 month of GPU
In other words, buying 24 months of XLG for around £90 and then 1 month GPU for around £10 will give 25 months for £100 (average cost of £4 per month) which is ever so slightly cheaper than the method from the article
Obviously the longer you get XLG for, the cheaper it works out on a monthly average and it does require your GPU subscription to have expired
Mhh bought 4 X EA Play. I could redeem 3 witch sets met to 12-31-2023. Now I have one left & I get A message that extended duration will not be added. But 12-31-2023 plus 4 months should work =/?
@SomethingOriginal thanks that’s good to know!
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