Xbox Bargain Alerts (Games/Hardware/Accessories) - Part 2

My current sub had 2 days to run. When I entered the Apple ID I didnt get the 3 months free added on.

I logged out, deleted the app from Xbox, reinstalled it and signed in with another Apple ID I had setup before and got the 3 months.

Its on sale for €110 pretty often, Id say youre saving €5 rather than €30. RRP is €123 on Amazon too.

I had no idea MS sold a 3 year warranty. I wouldve bought from them instead of Amazon back in August. FML 👿

FYI at the bottom of the page it says "You may only purchase a Microsoft Protection Plan either from Microsoft or from the same Retailer selling the original device if a Protection Plan is offered by the retailer. Plans must be sold with an eligible device and never as a standalone product"

Id say buying from MS direct is the handiest.

Is anyone else having trouble purchasing that 3 year warranty on the controllers with certain controllers on the Microsoft site?

Looking to get this controller but whenever I add the warranty to the cart it says there is an error and I can't purchase them.

https://www.xbox.com/en-IE/accessories/controllers/sky-cipher-special-edition

I had a series s and switched to a series x. From a visual point of view i do not see any difference between the 2. I'm sure some do.

But the series x has a bigger hdd (twice the size) and a disc drive if you want to play games that way (reason I got it was partly this, let's me grab cheap games in cex).

So decide what's important. If you'll be digital only, strongly consider the series s, although there have been rumours that at some point game devs will be allowed target the series x specs, meaning the series s could see reduced versions of games.

I think the price is pretty standard across stores, so shop around I guess?

Tempted to since it's a fiver. I've 25 euro gift card from Rewards to redeem anyway

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Same way as before buy 36 months of Core/Gold then 1 month of Ultimate, unfortunately the ratio is 2:1 now instead of 1:1 or the recent 3:2 conversion.

CdKeys are €41 for 12 months if you don't want to mess around with a VPN. Using Indian codes, €26 from CDKeys, is cheaper but you will need a paid vpn to activate it. You'll save about €45 going the vpn route if buying the full 36 months before conversion.

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Just getting around to this now….

India seems to have gone up in price… which works out at about the same price as the EUR

Euro Price without VPN is

You can still get this and upgrade to Ultimate on a 2:1 conversion ratio. Works out cheaper stacking 3 years of core and converying to Ultimate with 1 month than buying 19 months of Ultimate, about €135 vs €380(direct from MS) without vpn.

Yeah, India still stacks up to 36 months afaik. Some of the cheaper regions like Argentina and Turkey can only stack up to 13 months making them a poor match for conversion.

Unfortunately they reduced the ratio again last year with the introduction of Game Pass Standard, from 3:2 to 2:1. Considering this is the second reduction in conversion in 2 years expect it to be reduced again this year in September to 3:1. This will stil be cheaper not by much.

100k points is roughly €100 for talk sake. Current rumour is that the next Xbox is gonna be 2026 and if the PS5 pro is anything to go by then it's going to end pricey so personally I'd keep saving towards that which I plan on doing myself.

No Gold was rebranded as Game Pass Core and both will give you the same sub. 3 years of Core plus the 1 month sub of GPU will give you a total of 19 months of Ultimate.