XBOX Gamepass Ultimate conversion is back for £1

CHokKA · 8 Nov 2020 at 12:02

Kreeeee said:
Then do it on a secondary account on the same console.

To my knowledge, your Xbox account is linked to your console by selecting a primary console or home console for your profile, so any profile you set up will be linked back to your console's serial number. So even doing it that way might not be safe enough.

We're talking about £90 for three years vs £120 for three years which is nothing when you don't have to think about buying a new game every month. As I said above, the saving of £30 for me isn't worth any risk.

SilverSpider · 8 Nov 2020 at 13:55

Thanks

I've just gotten 27 months of Game Pass Ultimate for £55 using x2 £27 Brazil codes

Steeps · 9 Nov 2020 at 01:38

That took a lot longer than I'd hoped, did the whole VPN thing and it kept saying adding to [email protected] (United Kingdom) and I thought it wouldn't take the code unless that changed to Brazil, turns out only the location needed to be Brazil and it accepted it as a UK account.

This Game Pass ultimate even at full price seems like good value for a selection of PC and XBOX games, but a 4k gaming device and 3 years worth of gaming out of the box for just over £500 has me joining the console party again since the Dreamcast.

Cully · 9 Nov 2020 at 09:42

My gamepass sub i got with the €1 deal last year ends on december 20th, do i need to wait until that date or can i proceed?
Its all very confusing.

CHokKA · 9 Nov 2020 at 09:44

Cully said:
My gamepass sub i got with the €1 deal last year ends on december 20th, do i need to wait until that date or can i proceed?
Its all very confusing.

You need to wait until it expires. Mine expires tomorrow, which is obviously launch day. Weird co-oncidence for me!

Cully · 9 Nov 2020 at 09:48

Thanks ChokKA , lol coincidence for sure.
Is there a trial proton vpn or anything?

tony888 · 9 Nov 2020 at 10:48

Can I still use the vpn trick to extend my ultimate pass? Think I did the conversation when they first introduced the ultimate pass.

only using for pc though

Supercow · 9 Nov 2020 at 12:00

Be very careful @tony888

I managed to do this today, BUT, only after an hour + on chat with MS. Basically, the rub of it was that after I applied Live gold to my account via VPN, I couldn't upgrade to ultimate afterwards ( after dropping off vpn and continuing to do the conversion). it kept on saying:

Change your Microsoft Store region
The region in which you bought your subscription and your Store region need to match. If changing your Store region doesn't work, contact us at Microsoft Support.
Change your Microsoft Store region The region in which you bought your subscription and your Store region need to match. If changing your Store region doesn't work, contact us at Microsoft Support.

The chat agent said that there are different types of prepaid codes available in the market so whenever you buy a prepaid subscription code, to make sure to purchase a global subscription code which is accessible in all countries. I eventually got escalated to another specialist, who tried to proces it on his end, no avail. They ended up removing the codes that I added to the acocunt, replacing it with new ones to the same date, and then I upgraded once they've removed and applied new ones.

I was stressing a lot during all of that, and not sure I can recommend it now.

Desmo · 9 Nov 2020 at 12:02

CHokKA said:
It's not being scared of using a VPN. It's a concern that it's effectively using a code for a region that we're not in, and the possible repercussions from Microsoft. Granted, I've never heard of something happening but I'm not sure I'm willing to risk my 15 year old Live account just to save some money.

I get that. But I do read some comments as if people are a bit put off by a VPN because they don't understand it. Some comments just say "I don't have a VPN" as if it's some kind of hardware or something.

PiKe · 9 Nov 2020 at 12:06

Supercow said:
Be very careful @tony888

I managed to do this today, BUT, only after an hour + on chat with MS. Basically, the rub of it was that after I applied Live gold to my account via VPN, I couldn't upgrade to ultimate afterwards ( after dropping off vpn and continuing to do the conversion). it kept on saying:

Change your Microsoft Store region
The region in which you bought your subscription and your Store region need to match. If changing your Store region doesn't work, contact us at Microsoft Support.
Change your Microsoft Store region The region in which you bought your subscription and your Store region need to match. If changing your Store region doesn't work, contact us at Microsoft Support.

The chat agent said that there are different types of prepaid codes available in the market so whenever you buy a prepaid subscription code, to make sure to purchase a global subscription code which is accessible in all countries. I eventually got escalated to another specialist, who tried to proces it on his end, no avail. They ended up removing the codes that I added to the acocunt, replacing it with new ones to the same date, and then I upgraded once they've removed and applied new ones.

I was stressing a lot during all of that, and not sure I can recommend it now.

Did you buy a UK 1 month gamepass code for the final step?

Supercow · 9 Nov 2020 at 12:20

PiKe said:
Did you buy a UK 1 month gamepass code for the final step?

I purchased one month to convert all of the Live gold that MS added for me, which converted all of the 36 months to Gamepass Ultimate, yes.

Puzzled · 9 Nov 2020 at 14:16

Supercow said:
I purchased one month to convert all of the Live gold that MS added for me, which converted all of the 36 months to Gamepass Ultimate, yes.

Others that have had that region change issue have been able to fix it by buying a prepaid 1 month ultimate pass from cdkeys or similar. It seems a bit random how it happens on some accounts but your example is a good reminder that it isn't always a smooth process.

How did you buy the 1month ultimate? Xbox app on pc? Website? Console?

jaket · 9 Nov 2020 at 14:59

I've just done this process, was £100 for 36 months for Xbox Live Gold, then converted to Game Pass Ultimate for £10.99 as already had the £1 off a while back.

Destination · 9 Nov 2020 at 15:05

Okay, so vpn to Brasil, and buy 3*12 months of x box gold pass
apply those to the account, and then buy a game pass ultimate to convert?

does one remain on the VPN to apply the passes, or not?

jaket · 9 Nov 2020 at 16:00

Destination said:
Okay, so vpn to Brasil, and buy 3*12 months of x box gold pass
apply those to the account, and then buy a game pass ultimate to convert?

does one remain on the VPN to apply the passes, or not?

VPN for Purchase and VPN for applying codes. Discount VPN then convert to Ultimate

Desmo · 9 Nov 2020 at 16:05

Purchase Brazil cards from CD Keys/Electronic First, etc.
VPN set as Brazil, sign in to your normal microsoft account.
Redeem codes...IF you are doing 3 years, DO NOT take up the free month offer each time otherwise you can't add all 3 years.
Sign out and "leave" Brazil VPN.
Convert to Ultimate.

Destination · 9 Nov 2020 at 16:14

Thanks you

Supercow · 9 Nov 2020 at 19:07

Puzzled said:
How did you buy the 1month ultimate? Xbox app on pc? Website? Console?

Website

Yas786 · 10 Nov 2020 at 13:37

So if I buy 2 of these codes: https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/memberships/12-month-xbox-live-gold-membership-xbox-one-360-brazil

So that works out to £60 but if I get 3 it works out to £89.99. Not sure how people are getting it cheaper??

Anyways then I go onto my Microsoft account on my laptop and go into redeem but making sure my vpn is set to Brazil before doing so. Once I’ve made sure of that then I hit redeem and it should convert it correct?? Then do I need to onto my Xbox console and hit the £1 game pass ultimate offer??

Just need a simple concise step by step instructions please if possible. Thanks

McPhee · 10 Nov 2020 at 15:41

Big exploit available with the EA Play codes. There was a thread on HUKD, but some people can't follow instructions and now the thread is under review :rolleyes:

You need the old Xbox app for it to work (i.e. not the latest update). If you're on Android, you can always uninstall the latest version and then grab the old one from somewhere like APKMirror. Roll the date back on your phone by a couple of days. Buy a 12 month EA Play code (£16.85 on ShopTo). Redeem via the app. It will throw up an error, but the code actually does go through, and it gives you 12 months of GPU!

I've just done it. Could only do one though as my current sub was due to end 18/2/2022. It's now 18/2/2023!