Xbox Game Pass

Buttros

FIFA 21 coming May 6th.

Treppen

beakerjoe wrote: »

IIRC I have 2000 or so points

Ya I admit it takes a looooong time for anyone in Ireland as our rewards program is *#**

I'm on 80000 just shy of 1 year and doing practically everything. My GP Ultimate is up in July but I really want to go for a new Xbox S.

BTW Tesco vouchers can be converted to Xbox gift cards.


It's great at forcing you to try different games you wouldn't normally bother with.
Best games so far from the rewards quests...

Dishonored 2
Hellblade Senua Sacrifice
Sniper Elite 4
State of decay
Battlefield (even though the quest was impossible)

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/1389203263031898113?s=19

wotzgoingon

Psyconauts is such a good game for anyone who never played it.

Treppen

Rumours that Battlefield 6 will be released first on Gamepass !!!

ZiabR

Treppen wrote: »

Rumours that Battlefield 6 will be released first on Gamepass !!!

If true, thats big. You can no longer ignore or bash Game Pass. It is the place to be this gen for all your gaming needs. Imagine there is also talk of Ubisoft coming to Game Pass. That would be a massive addition and really put pressure on competitors.

wotzgoingon

I can't see it. Unless MS paid them massive amounts of money. Their revenue would be down millions if it came straight to gamepass.

B_Sharp

Could it just be that a 10-hour trial will be available as part of EA Play? Let people play the campaign and dip their toe into multiplayer.

Royale with Cheese

Treppen wrote: »

Rumours that Battlefield 6 will be released first on Gamepass !!!

That's the only way I would be playing Battlefield 6 at launch after BF5.

Treppen

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I can't see it. Unless MS paid them massive amounts of money. Their revenue would be down millions if it came straight to gamepass.

Ya dunno what way the money would work. Maybe they reckon people will take a punt on subscribing to gamepass for a few quid, as opposed to paying full whack for the game. Would Battlefield be a free to play game like Fortnite or Rocket League?
Presume there's buckets to be made on the DLCs, battle passes and season passes etc.
Could be a loss leader to get more people into Xbox / subscriptions.

Just a rumor though

murpho999

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I can't see it. Unless MS paid them massive amounts of money. Their revenue would be down millions if it came straight to gamepass.

They would get paid handsomely by MS and also companies have found that their games are making more money when they go to gamepass.

Gamepass is changing gaming and gamers are the winners.

Interesting article about it.

ZiabR

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

That's the only way I would be playing Battlefield 6 at launch after BF5.

I think we are in for a treat though. It is comfirmed to ONLY be launching on PC, Series S/X and PS5. BF5 was the last PS4, Xbox One/S/X game. So BF6 is a true next gen or current gen title and wont be held back by last gen hardware. I am expecting it to look and sound incredible. I am actually excited for a BF game.

Royale with Cheese

Hopefully, I'm sure I'll pick it up eventually but no way I'd pay full price for it at launch after BF5 basically being half completed when it launched. BF4 was a buggy mess at launch too wasn't it? BF1 was pretty solid though from what I remember.

beakerjoe

B_Sharp wrote: »

Could it just be that a 10-hour trial will be available as part of EA Play? Let people play the campaign and dip their toe into multiplayer.

It doesnt have to be direct, just the back catalog and a time delayed release, like Fifa21 with EA

Call me cynical, but first thought I had when I heard this is that its going to be a mediocre game and they know it.

brav

Deleted User wrote: »

Call me cynical, but first thought I had when I heard this is that its going to be a mediocre game and they know it.

Nah, there is a decent boot load of cash to be made by single player games, but getting as many people as possible to play your multiplayer game with cosmetics and all that will get them the truck loads of cash they expect

Hurrache

Rain on your parade is a great game if anyone hasn't tried it yet. Initially seems quite simple but gets pretty inventive when it comes to puzzle solving.

Hurrache

Hurrache wrote: »

Rain on your parade is a great game if anyone hasn't tried it yet. Initially seems quite simple but gets pretty inventive when it comes to puzzle solving.

Yeah really enjoyed it, some chuckles to be had along the way too on some of the levels.

Fingleberries

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah really enjoyed it, some chuckles to be had along the way too on some of the levels.

Definitely lots of nods and chuckles along the way in this one, took me by suprise how a simple concept could have decent variety in levels and pop culture / game references. I'd recommend it to anyone for a spin, not overly challenging at all.

"Cloud ... Cloud .... CLOOOOUDDDD?"

Sandor Clegane

Downloading Halo: the master chief collection on the series x, have not played a halo game since the first xbox so thought id give this a go since it's free with Pass.

Quick question, I've always been a playstation player, this is my first time playing Xbox since the first one came out, just wondering is Xbox game Pass like the playstations psn network? where you get discounts/free games every month? or how does it work?

Iseedeadpixels

Sandor Clegane wrote: »

Downloading Halo: the master chief collection on the series x, have not played a halo game since the first xbox so thought id give this a go since it's free with Pass.

Quick question, I've always been a playstation player, this is my first time playing Xbox since the first one came out, just wondering is Xbox game Pass like the playstations psn network? where you get discounts/free games every month? or how does it work?

You get discounts, you get free games with xbox live every month but they're not really worth it these days.

Danick

My gamepass ran out - what is the cheapest way of getting it at the moment - I know the last time I bought xbox live and it converted it - what is the best value method at the moment? Thanks.

theteal

Danick wrote: »

My gamepass ran out - what is the cheapest way of getting it at the moment - I know the last time I bought xbox live and it converted it - what is the best value method at the moment? Thanks.

Sticky

Darren 83

Seen game pass ultimate on g2a one year for under €60 too good to be true?

Darren 83

Darren 83 wrote: »

Seen game pass ultimate on g2a one year for under €60 too good to be true?

It's possible. You can buy EA play for a year for €20 quite often, which transfers to 4 months ultimate. Works out about the same.

sniper_samurai

Basil3 wrote: »

It's possible. You can buy EA play for a year for €20 quite often, which transfers to 4 months ultimate. Works out about the same.

Still wouldn't trust G2A as far as I could throw them, backwards. They've always had a bad rep as a repository of stolen and fraudulently obtained keys.

feargantae

Danick wrote: »

My gamepass ran out - what is the cheapest way of getting it at the moment - I know the last time I bought xbox live and it converted it - what is the best value method at the moment? Thanks.

Get it from Brazil/Turkey. A year of live for about €30, then depending on your luck it'll either let you pay a euro again to convert it to GPU or you pay €13 for a full month and convert it that way. You can also buy a weeks sub for about €1 too and convert it that way, just be careful to buy a 1 week sub, not a 1 week trial.

recyclops

I'm absolutely loving psychonauts always forget how good it is

wotzgoingon

recyclops wrote: »

I'm absolutely loving psychonauts always forget how good it is

It is a really good game.

Nyum Nyum

Basil3 wrote: »

It's possible. You can buy EA play for a year for €20 quite often, which transfers to 4 months ultimate. Works out about the same.

People on Neogaf saying this is just two months conversion now - https://www.neogaf.com/threads/psa-xbox-has-changed-ea-play-to-gamepass-ultimate-conversion-from-4-months-to-2-months.1605479/

I did mine last fortnight and got the 4 months conversion and am covered for 3 years now. Glad I did it in time