Xbox Game Pass

CatInABox · 07-01-2021 02:47PM

We're on it, will be done later today.

CatInABox · 07-01-2021 11:24PM

CatInABox wrote: »

We're on it, will be done later today.

This is now done, please let me know if I need to add anything else into the post.

Thanks to everyone for the advice on this, sniper_samurai being the most recent to put it into a post.

If anyone asks for advice on Game Pass now, please direct them to that post. I don't want to make it a hard and fast rule that people can't ask about it on here, as a lot of posters won't know to look in the stickys. I think one version of boards also hides the stickys in a dropdown, so please bear this in mind with future posters.

Brian201888 · 08-01-2021 12:07AM

Any chance you can leave it unlocked so they can ask questions there too?

DelBoy Trotter · 08-01-2021 01:19AM

Brian201888 wrote: »

Any chance you can leave it unlocked so they can ask questions there too?

I’d agree with Brian on this. If it stays locked, all questions will just end up in this thread

Treppen · 08-01-2021 03:38AM

Brian201888 wrote: »

Any chance you can leave it unlocked so they can ask questions there too?

Also if someone could put a link in the start of the gamepass game thread for the subs then if someone moseys in later we could just copy and paste the link to their offending post.

The_Honeybadger · 10-01-2021 02:54PM

Hi folks. Sorry if the answer to this has already been posted. My two kids play Xbox, I have an adult account and they have child accounts to manage time limits etc. They have Game Pass Ultimate

We recently got a second console that I am going set up in a separate room. Can GPU be shared across consoles if they are in the same MS family?

I hope I explained that correctly, basically what I want to do is have two consoles, each with online access and GPU, do I require two subscriptions or can they share a parent subscription? I don’t play myself and don’t really know the ins and outs of it

dr.kenneth noisewater · 12-01-2021 04:57PM

Any update on Ubisoft plus coming to Gamepass? Looking at getting Valhalla soon

Birneybau · 13-01-2021 02:16AM

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Any update on Ubisoft plus coming to Gamepass? Looking at getting Valhalla soon

IMHO, not a chance. At least soon.

nextgengamer · 14-01-2021 11:40PM

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Any update on Ubisoft plus coming to Gamepass? Looking at getting Valhalla soon

I'd imagine you might see one or two Ubisoft games appearing on Gamepass for a couple of months, and then disappear. Really, it's advertising

grimm2005 · 14-01-2021 11:58PM

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Any update on Ubisoft plus coming to Gamepass? Looking at getting Valhalla soon

Rumours suggest late this year which makes sense, probably plenty of subs coming in at the moment with the new consoles still selling out and the recent addition of EA. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a mild price jump at that point either, maybe up to €15 or €16 a month. It will most likely be all legacy titles though, that said Valhalla would probably be considered old enough to add at that point.

mamaz · 17-01-2021 01:47AM

I know we don't want Q's about the gamepass but I do have one.

The first steps are to turn off recurring billing - at the moment my live is expired so I can't, will this affect it? Probably stupid question but I dont wanna spend 100€ only to find it doesn't work

Edit: Yes obviously it works - silly question! Just did it there cheers folks

CatInABox · 17-01-2021 11:26AM

mamaz wrote: »

I know we don't want Q's about the gamepass but I do have one.

No worries mamaz, mostly my own fault, I never got around to reopening the other thread.

Glad it worked out for you, and enjoy!

mamaz · 17-01-2021 01:12PM

Cheers mate - ordered a Series S last night so should be a nice upgrade from the Xbone.

17-01-2021 08:50PM

Anyone play Call of the Sea? Just finished it, very enjoyable although I'll admit i did have some frustrating parts where I had to rely on Google to get past. It's no AAA but as far as entertaining video games go it beats many AAA's if you ask me. This is what I love about Game Pass. Never in a million years would I have bought this game.

theteal · 17-01-2021 10:16PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone play Call of the Sea? Just finished it, very enjoyable although I'll admit i did have some frustrating parts where I had to rely on Google to get past. It's no AAA but as far as entertaining video games go it beats many AAA's if you ask me. This is what I love about Game Pass. Never in a million years would I have bought this game.

I'm about 600 points shy of the 10k challenge and that's next on the list as I've read it can be done in less than 2 hours. All the better if it's actually enjoyable

nextgengamer · 17-01-2021 11:27PM

Playing Control on S X and GamePass. Plays really well and super smooth. Was getting lost and then it all started clicking. Spooky as hell, had to turn down the sound. Really good.

sniper_samurai · 19-01-2021 04:11PM

https://twitter.com/XboxGamePass/status/1351530319157948426?s=19

ShaneU · 19-01-2021 04:15PM

Looking forward to Desperados 3

Wonda-Boy · 19-01-2021 11:38PM

Anyone else having trouble with this on PC.....Have 3 games installed on the game pass and 2 off them will not launch (Minecraft and MSFS2020). Just get a white screen saying to DL the service and it says I already have it....Forza 7 will work for some reason.

Really strange one this..any ideas?

deadl0ck · 20-01-2021 12:18AM

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble with this on PC.....Have 3 games installed on the game pass and 2 off them will not launch (Minecraft and MSFS2020). Just get a white screen saying to DL the service and it says I already have it....Forza 7 will work for some reason.

Really strange one this..any ideas?

Try disabling your firewall and try again - if you're on Windows 10 the windows firewall is on by default, and it was causing similar issues for me a while back

Just don't forget to turn it on when you're not playing a game

Hope that helps

sniper_samurai · 22-01-2021 04:50PM

Seems the price of Gold is increasing in some territories.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/update-on-xbox-live-gold-pricing/

Price is doubling in the US, which makes Gold extremely bad value with GPU costing only $4 more per month.

This could see the end of the cheap upgrade deals for GPU.

dar83 · 22-01-2021 06:02PM

Smart move to push people towards GPU. That's about it though, so it's an interesting play by MS.

maximoose · 22-01-2021 06:38PM

Yikes, this isn't going down well at all

sniper_samurai · 22-01-2021 06:42PM

maximoose wrote: »

Yikes, this isn't going down well at all

Unsurprisingly. Double the price of the competing platform for multiplayer, compounded that Gold is even required for F2P games unlike other platforms.

gmisk · 23-01-2021 12:05AM

ShaneU wrote: »

Looking forward to Desperados 3

I have played it for a couple of hours it is a lot of fun!

23-01-2021 08:39AM

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Unsurprisingly. Double the price of the competing platform for multiplayer, compounded that Gold is even required for F2P games unlike other platforms.

Xbox have quickly reversed the decision, as well as allowing free-to-play games without a gold sub. Fair play.

IGN: Microsoft Not Changing Xbox Live Gold Pricing, Free-to-Play Games Unlocked.
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-not-changing-xbox-live-gold-pricing-free-to-play-games-unlocked

laneooo · 23-01-2021 09:17AM

Not sure if this is an offer but seems like a good offer so thought I'd share...

I get 2x14 day trial Ultimate usually from ebay as it's only 5ish a month that way and can use when needed as I don't always play but this time after I added one code I went to my subscriptions (on website) and there was an offer for 12 months Ultimate for 59.99 which is 62% off...anyway there ya go

00sully · 23-01-2021 10:17PM

laneooo wrote: »

Not sure if this is an offer but seems like a good offer so thought I'd share...

I get 2x14 day trial Ultimate usually from ebay as it's only 5ish a month that way and can use when needed as I don't always play but this time after I added one code I went to my subscriptions (on website) and there was an offer for 12 months Ultimate for 59.99 which is 62% off...anyway there ya go

The offer was on an ebay seller site or MS?

Also, does anyone know if the sticky still stands to get ~3 years of game pass? I don't have an xbox yet but want to get GPU now if this workaround is still available. The MS site says that 24 months of gold = 8 months of GPU yet the stick says otherwise? I have an old account not used since 2013.

Thanks in advance

sniper_samurai · 23-01-2021 10:35PM

00sully wrote: »

The offer was on an ebay seller site or MS?

Also, does anyone know if the sticky still stands to get ~3 years of game pass? I don't have an xbox yet but want to get GPU now if this workaround is still available. The MS site says that 24 months of gold = 8 months of GPU yet the stick says otherwise? I have an old account not used since 2013.

Thanks in advance

It does still stand. That conversion is only valid if you have a current GPU subscription.

Sean Seoighe · 24-01-2021 01:06PM

Finished What Remains of Edith Finch recently and thought it was absolutely amazing. I've not really gamed in a few years and would've mostly played sports or FPS games but I thought it was original and really special. Only about 3 hours to playthrough

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