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SvennoJ on 13 September 2019
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Conina said:
Conina said:

So yesterday I traded it in at GameStop and got a new "Xbox One X 1 TB" for it (Shadow of the Tomb Raider code, 1 month GamePass and 14 days XBL Gold included). I had to pay €229.99 for the upgrade plus €5 for the scratches on the old XBO. I also had to trade in two used XBO games... which I bought a few minutes earlier in another store in the same mall for €9.99 and €14.99.

So in total I paid €250 for the upgrade to the Xbox One X and perhaps I can sell the included Shadow of the Tomb Raider code for €10 - €20 (already have that game on PC).

Today my GamePass Ultimate subscription (Xbox GamePass + XBL Gold + PC GamePass) ran out.

So far I had 5 months Xbox GamePass and 3 months GamePass Ultimate for a total of €4: 1 month in December 2017 for free, 1 month last October for free, 2 months for €2 beginning this February and 3 months for €1 beginning this May = 7 months Xbox GamePass for a total of €3.

The last 2 months of the 3-month-period were transformed to GamePass Ultimate by adding 1 month for €1, resulting in 3 months of GamePass Ultimate (while subtracting 2 months Xbox GamePass).

Additionally I had 4 months XBL Gold for a total of €3: 1 month in October 2017 for free, 1 month last December for €1, 2 months for €2 beginning this February.

Today that Ultimate-subscription ran out and I wanted to activate the free month Xbox GamePass and 14 days XBL Gold included with my Xbox One X... but they were only for new accounts.

So I made a secondary Xbox-account and activated both codes. The Xbox GamePass code offered me a second free month for allowing recurring payment. Then I transformed it to GamePass Ultimate by adding 2 months for €2 and instantly canceled the subscription after that... now it ends in January. Another 4 months GamePass Ultimate for a total of €4... not too bad.

And since I chose my Xbox One X for both Xbox accounts as home system, I can still use GamePass Ultimate with my main account thanks to family sharing. That family sharing doesn't seem to work on the PC side, so if I want to play GamePass PC games I have to switch accounts there... but this is only a minor inconvenience, since I want to play with my new toy for the next months anyway, even if the PC graphics are slightly better.

Calculating all costs above together I got 5 months Xbox GamePass , 4 months XBL Gold and 7 months GamePass Ultimate for a total of €9.

And if that new subscription runs out in January, my main account is probably valid again for the next GamePass Ultimate offer, since Microsoft seems to be desperate to get a high subscriber count.

Back to topic: after playing the first two acts of Gears 5 on PC with my old subscription, I will continue playing the rest of the game on Xbox One X with the same account and with the same savegames thanks to the combination of Play Anywhere, Family Sharing and GamePass for almost nothing.

Do you happen to watch this show as well? :)