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Xbox Game Pass

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  • #1252
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just double checking as my brothers game pass as expired that you still stage a few years live and upgrade it using the €1 offer? Recent posts seem to suggest this is still the case.

    You can stack the couple of years of xbox live alright (I believe Brazil is nice this time of year) but the €1 upgrade offer won't work if you've had Game Pass Ultimate before, you'd need to buy a one month GPU pass to then convert over

    I did this only a few weeks ago so it does work


  • #1253
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Ah thanks for the info. One month of GPU is still good value vs full price for a few years.


  • #1254
    pm1977x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭pm1977x


    Frightened Inmate No.2 wrote: »
    New Game Pass games getting added today

    Night Call (Xbox One)
    Observation (Xbox One and PC)
    The Messenger (Xbox One)
    Streets of Rogue (Xbox One)


    Looks like The Messenger is PC only, not available on Xbox? :mad:


  • #1255
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    pm1977x wrote: »
    Looks like The Messenger is PC only, not available on Xbox? :mad:

    Not near my xbox but according to the phone app I can install it on Xbox.


  • #1256
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Ah thanks for the info. One month of GPU is still good value vs full price for a few years.

    oh yeah, only a couple of quid. I made the mistake of buying a 14 day one for something like a £1 but this is when I found out about the previous GPU account bit so I had to "splurge" again for the full month. I'm good until well into 2022 now


  • #1257
    pm1977x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭pm1977x


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Not near my xbox but according to the phone app I can install it on Xbox.


    My apologies, have it now but wasn't available on desktop site, may have been in wrong region or something. :pac:


  • #1258
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,503 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    I played through Observation on Sunday!
    Fun enough short game, space puzzler told through the view of a ships AI.
    I wasn't going out of my way to find everything and got 540/1000 GS on the first try.
    That was 6/11 achievements.
    was gonna try for the other 5, but 4 of them are market secret, so I've no damn idea :D


  • #1259
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,696 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Soul Calibur 6 added to Game Pass today.


  • #1260
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,696 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Coming soon

    July 1st
    Soul Calibur VI Console
    Out of the Park Baseball 21 PC

    July 9th
    Cross Code Console
    Fallout 76 Console & PC

    Leaving July 15th

    Console
    • Blazing Chrome
    • Dead Rising 4
    • Metal Gear Solid 5

    PC
    • Blazing Chrome
    • Dead Rising 4
    • Metal Gear Solid 5
    • Timespinner
    • Unavowed
    • Undertale


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  • #1261
    xtal191
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,397 ✭✭✭xtal191


    sniper_samurai wrote: »
    Coming soon

    July 1st
    Soul Calibur VI Console
    Out of the Park Baseball 21 PC

    July 9th
    Cross Code Console
    Fallout 76 Console & PC

    Leaving July 15th

    Console
    • Blazing Chrome
    • Dead Rising 4
    • Metal Gear Solid 5

    PC
    • Blazing Chrome
    • Dead Rising 4
    • Metal Gear Solid 5
    • Timespinner
    • Unavowed
    • Undertale

    Strange, Metal Gear 5 was never on my Game Pass (PC)


  • #1262
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,696 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    xtal191 wrote: »
    Strange, Metal Gear 5 was never on my Game Pass (PC)

    Yeah, doesn't seem to be on PC, was just going by what was mentioned in the announcement.


  • #1263
    Treppen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭Treppen


    I remember trying out MGSV phantom pain, it'll take hours upon hours it's so open-world.


  • #1264
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    tried timespinner on the pc recently and found it a bit meh so far, don't think i'll be rushing back to it.


  • #1265
    recyclops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭recyclops


    so my €1 ultimate is up on the 24th of this month, whats the best advice on cheapest way to get it back


  • #1266
    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    recyclops wrote: »
    so my €1 ultimate is up on the 24th of this month, whats the best advice on cheapest way to get it back

    You can check this post here


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  • #1267
    recyclops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭recyclops


    CatInABox wrote: »
    You can check this post here

    perfect stuff for that thanks, one quick question does it have to be the full three years in step 1 or would it work on one or two


  • #1268
    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    recyclops wrote: »
    perfect stuff for that thanks, one quick question does it have to be the full three years in step 1 or would it work on one or two

    Any length of time will work, I just went with the full three years because that's technically the best deal


  • #1269
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I did it recently for my brother as his had expired too. The only difference second time around is you can't use the €1 offer and will have to buy a code for one month of gamepass ultimate to use after you stacked your x amount of xbox live gold.

    Just a note I used cdkeys to by the codes, no real issue but they do state that you can't stack gold codes anymore when buying the codes. This isn't true it worked fine for me.


  • #1270
    Treppen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭Treppen


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I did it recently for my brother as his had expired too. The only difference second time around is you can't use the €1 offer and will have to buy a code for one month of gamepass ultimate to use after you stacked your x amount of xbox live gold.

    Just a note I used cdkeys to by the codes, no real issue but they do state that you can't stack gold codes anymore when buying the codes. This isn't true it worked fine for me.

    Hold on, an I reading this right. If you buy live gold it stacks onto the ultimate and changes to ultimate


  • #1271
    JoyPad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭JoyPad


    Treppen wrote: »
    Hold on, an I reading this right. If you buy live gold it stacks onto the ultimate and changes to ultimate

    If you have an Ultimate sub and redeem a code for Live Gold, the latter is converted to Ultimate, but at a 4:1 ratio, e.g. 12 months of Gold converted to 3 months of GPU.


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  • #1272
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Treppen wrote: »
    Hold on, an I reading this right. If you buy live gold it stacks onto the ultimate and changes to ultimate

    You need to let it expire first. Then stack gold and convert that to ultimate with a 1 month code. So 3 years Ultimate for the price of 1 more or less.


  • #1273
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    Treppen wrote: »
    Hold on, an I reading this right. If you buy live gold it stacks onto the ultimate and changes to ultimate

    Yep read back a few posts and youll see someone has linked the page with all the instructions needed


  • #1274
    recyclops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭recyclops


    CatInABox wrote: »
    You can check this post here

    so mine says its expired so i loaded up some gold and when its saying upgrade its just saying for 12.99, will this load all gold for 12.99 or did i mess it up.

    just a note the ultimate is saying expired but its only for today unsure if this matters


  • #1275
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    I think the issue here is that as far as I'm aware, the gold upgrade for €1 is a one time deal.

    so - if you've never had gamepass ultimate before - you stack the prepaid gold codes out as far as you can (3 years max i believe), then upgrade the 36 months for a 1€.

    If you've already had ultimate, and its expired, I think you're stuck at the higher rate.

    I'm open to correction on this.


  • #1276
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,696 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    I think the issue here is that as far as I'm aware, the gold upgrade for €1 is a one time deal.

    so - if you've never had gamepass ultimate before - you stack the prepaid gold codes out as far as you can (3 years max i believe), then upgrade the 36 months for a 1€.

    If you've already had ultimate, and its expired, I think you're stuck at the higher rate.

    I'm open to correction on this.

    It will still stack, but you will need to pay the full price fir a month of GPU to activate.


  • #1277
    recyclops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭recyclops


    so i rang MS today to confirm as i wasnt risking buying more, lovely girl advised whatever gold i have on the account if i pay 12.99 it converts to ultimate. so thats me sorted until 2022


  • #1278
    Legion.
    Registered Users Posts: 401 ✭✭Legion.


    Before I make an absolute hames of this...

    If I buy and stack a couple of 12 months gold codes. then buy a one month GPU for 13e then they all convert?


  • #1279
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,696 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Legion. wrote: »
    Before I make an absolute hames of this...

    If I buy and stack a couple of 12 months gold codes. then buy a one month GPU for 13e then they all convert?

    Up to 36 months. I would advise getting 2 years before converting, with the free months you get for turning on auto renew, then turning it off again you'll have about 30 months of GPU.


  • #1280
    SuperS54
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭SuperS54


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    I think the issue here is that as far as I'm aware, the gold upgrade for €1 is a one time deal.

    so - if you've never had gamepass ultimate before - you stack the prepaid gold codes out as far as you can (3 years max i believe), then upgrade the 36 months for a 1€.

    If you've already had ultimate, and its expired, I think you're stuck at the higher rate.

    I'm open to correction on this.

    I have gold&Ultimate to Oct 2021, I wonder if it's possible to cancel Ultimate, stack another couple of years of gold and upgrade again to ultimate for 12.99?


  • #1281
    Legion.
    Registered Users Posts: 401 ✭✭Legion.


    sniper_samurai wrote: »
    Up to 36 months. I would advise getting 2 years before converting, with the free months you get for turning on auto renew, then turning it off again you'll have about 30 months of GPU.

    Did this. At the stage where I'm not sure I'll still be using in 3 years so 30 months it is :pac:

    Roll on Destiny 2!


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  • #1282
    Smacs89
    Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭Smacs89


    I currently have a Xbox Live/Gold Subscription, which is due to expire at the end of September.
    I tried adding a 1 month Game Pass Ultimate code, (bought from CdKeys) but I was getting error messages that I needed to change my Microsoft Store Region and was unable to add the Game Pass Ultimate to my account.

    Contacted them through live chat and I was told that I need to either:
    1) Cancel my current subscription.
    2) Wait until my current subscription expires.

    - then I would be able to avail of the €1 for the first month offer, through Microsoft, or buy separately from CdKeys etc.

    Has anyone had this issue?
    The Gold subscription was a 12 month code bought from CdKeys (EU region) last September.


  • #1283
    Treppen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭Treppen


    Smacs89 wrote: »
    I currently have a Xbox Live/Gold Subscription, which is due to expire at the end of September.
    I tried adding a 1 month Game Pass Ultimate code, (bought from CdKeys) but I was getting error messages that I needed to change my Microsoft Store Region and was unable to add the Game Pass Ultimate to my account.

    Contacted them through live chat and I was told that I need to either:
    1) Cancel my current subscription.
    2) Wait until my current subscription expires.

    - then I would be able to avail of the €1 for the first month offer, through Microsoft, or buy separately from CdKeys etc.

    Has anyone had this issue?
    The Gold subscription was a 12 month code bought from CdKeys (EU region) last September.

    Think someone mentioned it back along that CDKeys sold the incorrect region but it was labelled as EU. I carried over an old 360 account which was UK based and that screwed things up when I was trying to register with EU.
    Raise a ticket with Microsoft just to be certain then back onto CDkeys. I'm not sure but I think the gold has to be new enough to use the ultimate upgrade.


  • #1284
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,696 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Treppen wrote: »
    Think someone mentioned it back along that CDKeys sold the incorrect region but it was labelled as EU. I carried over an old 360 account which was UK based and that screwed things up when I was trying to register with EU.
    Raise a ticket with Microsoft just to be certain then back onto CDkeys. I'm not sure but I think the gold has to be new enough to use the ultimate upgrade.

    Definitely screwy things going on with cd keys atm. Bought a code for Control earlier labeled as worldwide, they also had a UK code, and it wouldn't redeem on my account for being out of region.


  • #1285
    gmg678
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭gmg678


    According to reports today the xcloud/game streaming is going to open beta on android till the full release on the 15th of september. for anyone who wants but hasn't tried it yet.


  • #1286
    Fingleberries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭Fingleberries


    https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/10/21362384/microsoft-xcloud-game-streaming-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-beta-date

    Did anyone get in with the new Beta App? Any difference from the xcloud preview?


  • #1287
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    maybe a bit of a strange question

    i have an xbox account for years, linked to a hotmail account

    however, as i use gmail for everything, i set up my main pc account with that as the email, and created another xbox profile with that email, i use that as the home profile on my xbox and have game pass ultimate on that, which allows me to use the games on my original xbox/hotmail account where i have all my progress (Esp on destiny, crosslinked to my steam account)

    the problem now is to use the new game pass on my android device, my game pass is on the account that doesn't have my progress. i could jsut switch the game pass over to the other orginal hotmail account, but then i think i wouldn't have game pass on my pc as it is linked to the gmail account

    any smart way around this?


  • #1288
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You could have changed the email address on your Hotmail xbox account to your gmail. But now you have two separate xbox accounts, one with your saves and one with your game pass sub.

    I don't think this will consolidate them but you never know, its worth exploring:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/12407/microsoft-account-change-email-phone-number


  • #1289
    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    Red Dead Redemption 2 Leaving Game Pass

    It's seems obvious the cost of having it there was too large. Four months hardly seems like much especially considering the sheer size of the game.


  • #1290
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    They done the same with GTA V. Some person on here was planning on playing this once it came on to gamepass and I told them make sure to play it on release as I knew it wouldn't be on there long. But 4 months is plenty of time to get through the game.


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  • #1291
    a_squirrelman
    Registered Users Posts: 604 ✭✭✭a_squirrelman


    Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »
    Red Dead Redemption 2 Leaving Game Pass

    It's seems obvious the cost of having it there was too large. Four months hardly seems like much especially considering the sheer size of the game.

    I tore through it in two weeks when the mrs was away. Then I replayed Alien:Isolation on extreme mode. Pair of amazing games.


  • #1292
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Playing Final Fantasy IX at the minute and it was the second game I got for my PS2 way back when 20 years ago. Gas I still recall how to play the card game it has and I'm likely using the same bloody cards to win.


  • #1293
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    They done the same with GTA V. Some person on here was planning on playing this once it came on to gamepass and I told them make sure to play it on release as I knew it wouldn't be on there long. But 4 months is plenty of time to get through the game.

    I don't like the way they are using game pass as a taster and to entice people to buy it, albeit at a discount. I hope its not a trend that others follow. You can't play every game that comes along the moment it gets added in a race to finish it before they pull it down. That's about the only kind of thing that would make me want to unsubscribe and just go back to buying games thst interest me so I can play them on my own time.


  • #1294
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I don't like the way they are using game pass as a taster and to entice people to buy it, albeit at a discount. I hope its not a trend that others follow. You can't play every game that comes along the moment it gets added in a race to finish it before they pull it down. That's about the only kind of thing that would make me want to unsubscribe and just go back to buying games thst interest me so I can play them on my own time.

    Dunno, that's very odd thinking. Isn't it absolutely perfect for giving you a risk free taste of something that you wouldn't drop the cash on ordinarily, specially now that demos are a think of the past.


  • #1295
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    Dunno, that's very odd thinking. Isn't it absolutely perfect for giving you a risk free taste of something that you wouldn't drop the cash on ordinarily, specially now that demos are a think of the past.

    And the Microsoft games go straight on, as Flight Simulator has. €60 to buy.


  • #1296
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    Dunno, that's very odd thinking. Isn't it absolutely perfect for giving you a risk free taste of something that you wouldn't drop the cash on ordinarily, specially now that demos are a think of the past.
    It's not what I'm signed up for to be honest. Maybe I've got the purpose of the service all wrong, but if it becomes the normal for 120hr+ games to last only 4 months as a "taster" then I'm not interested in a service like that. We have youtube to determine if we like a game or not.

    When people are saying you better play the game now and grind it out before its gone then there's something not right with it there. I'd imagine R* are playing hardball with Xbox and basically using them to squeeze more sales out. As in getting people to buy the game rather than having paid for the game through the subscription.


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  • #1297
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Latest games to be added soon:
    • Final Fantasy VII HD (added August 13th, 2020)
    • Spiritfarer (added August 18th, 2020)
    • Battletoads (added August 20th, 2020)
    • Don't Starve: Giant Edition (added August 20th, 2020)
    • New Super Lucky's Tale (added August 21st, 2020)
    • Hypnospace Outlaw (added August 27th, 2020)
    • Tell Me Why - Chapter 1 (added August 27th, 2020)
    • Double Kick Heroes (added August 28th, 2020)
    • Wasteland 3 (added August 28th, 2020)
    • Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (added September 3rd, 2020)


  • #1298
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    New Super Luckys Tale never heard of it till you just posted it. I played the original and all DLC. It's a good game. I don't know will I play it again though.


  • #1299
    IvoryTower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,825 ✭✭✭IvoryTower


    Tabs is great fun btw, myself and the son have put in more hours than I'd care to admit this week. Social services be knocking


  • #1300
    fitzerelli9
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭fitzerelli9


    Hi friends, I'd like to reapply Xbox gamepass ultimate. I found a website called "eneba" where is sells 3 months for 21.89 euro. That's seems pretty good. It says the digital key is global and can be used in Ireland. Has anyone used this, and is it a good deal?. Ps - I'm an Xbox X user in Ireland. Many thanks for taking the time to read this.


  • #1301
    Hairdo
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭Hairdo


    Any info on how to contact them regarding testing?

    CatInABox wrote: »
    It's currently available to alpha testers. Downloading the app gives you a free month to test out the service. There are currently 21 games available to testers, a mix of Games with Gold and older 360 games, along with a few recent Microsoft releases.


    Here's the list:

    A kingdom for keflings
    Banjo-Kazooie
    Comic Jumper
    Dark Void
    Defense Grid 2
    Gears of War: Judgement
    Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
    Halo: Spartan Assault
    Hexic 2
    Jetpac Refueled
    Kameo
    Max: The Curse of the Brotherhood
    Monday night Combat
    Ms. Splosion Man
    OF: Dragon Rising
    Perfect Dark Zero
    Sacred 3
    Sam & Max Beyond time
    Sunset Overdrive
    The Maw
    Viva Pinata


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