I saved 85% on three years of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – here's how you can too

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Xbox Game Pass is arguably the best deal in gaming right now, and I managed to get three years' worth at a massive discount. 

While paying $14.99 / £10.99 / AU$15.95 a month for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate might seem like a good deal, I’ve got a trick that’ll really tickle your economical taste buds. After recently bagging an Xbox Series S for an absolute bargain on Facebook Marketplace, I was keen to continue my frugal streak and pick up Xbox Game Pass for as little money as possible. Proud, noble, dignified – all accurate descriptions of my endless lust for commercial savings.

I struck upon a trick that’s been floating around Reddit since Game Pass first emerged, but fortunately still works. We actually covered it back in May and it still works. By stacking multiple subscriptions of Xbox Live Gold and converting them into Game Pass Ultimate memberships using Microsoft's official portal, I was able to nab three years of access to the platform, all for the modest sum of £65. Here’s how.

I’ll start as all good self-help guides do – with a caveat. This trick will only work if you currently do not have an Xbox Game Pass subscription. If you’re currently a member, make sure your subscription isn’t set to auto-renew, and wait for it to run its course. When that’s done, come back and read on.

At its core, the trick involves buying a ton of Gold subscriptions, redeeming them online, before converting the whole lot into Game Pass Ultimate memberships at a 1:1 monthly ratio. Gold subscriptions generally cost substantially less than Game Pass and Game Pas Ultimate, saving you a fair amount of money along the way.

You have a few choices about exactly how to do that. First, you need to find the cheapest way of buying Gold subscriptions.