Disclamer:

Ok first of all, everything I wanna show you is NOT forbidden by microsoft. Microsoft knows about all of these tricks and it's kinda a gray area since nothing about this is addressed by the terms and conditions of using a microsoft account (for xbox). No one was ever known to be banned from the service after using one of these tricks.

And if you are a MS employee and reading this, don't panic, this could make more people buy your console bro it's like free advertisement bro

And mods, if you don't like this content, just delete this thread and mute me but please no ban

Ok I wanna show you 3 cool things you can do with a Xbox One (Normal/S/X) and a Series X|S

1. Game Pass Ultimate up to 3 years for the price of regular Gold (PS plus for xbox)

2. Buy digital games in foreign microsoft stores

Bonus: Share your games with 1 friend

Disclamer 2:

I currently use a site called g2a.com (no don't work for this shady site) to buy codes for xbox gift cards or subscription cards

IMPORTANT: If you do purchase an item from there, IMMEDIATELY redeem that code on your account. Don't wait any minute. These f***ers will use/sell YOUR code if you are not fast enough. Yup this site can be very s***ty, but it works if you redeem your codes quickly.

1. Cheap Game Pass Ultimate up to 3 years

Game Pass Ultimate is a subscription that basically consists out of regular Xbox Gold (which is required to play Online Multiplayer) and the regular Game Pass subscription.

There's the possibility of converting a regular Gold subscription into a Game Pass Ultimate subscription.

Steps:

a. Make sure you don't have an active Game Pass Ultimate subscription for your microsoft account. Otherwise it won't work.
I actually have an Ultimate subscription that runs out today, so I have to wait until I have no subscription left.

b. Buy regular Xbox Gold subscription cards up to 3 years (e.g. 3 12 month subscription cards)
On g2a.com there are cards that use the term "GLOBAL" in the card title but I never tried them out if they work over here. A 12 month card usually cost between 30 and 45 € . Don't pay more for these codes.

c. Redeem the Gold subscription to your account. You now only have regular gold so far.

d. Buy and redeem a 1 month "Game Pass Ultimate" code to your account.
Your gold subscription will now merge into the Ultimate subscription and you will have the amount of months of gold PLUS the month of game pass ultimate. This can be up to 3 years.

Disclamer: You can also redeem a game pass ultimate trial code to make this work but an account can only use a trial code once. So don't buy a 14 day trial code if you already experienced a trial phase on your account!

e. Go to your microsoft account and deactivate the automatic subscription renewal. Just let the subscription run out and do the trick again if it's time again.

I hope this was helpful. Just tag me and ask a question if you have one.

2. Buy digital games in foreign microsoft stores

The games in the microsoft store actually have different prices in different countries.

Example:
Cyberpunk 2077 costs 70€ ($83) in Europe
In the US it's 50€ ($60)
In Brazil it's 40€ (250 BRL)

I use this website xbox-now.com to compare the prices in different countries

You can also find a tutorial over there
xbox-now.com/en/help

So basically you can buy these games in other country's stores by using gift cards or having a specific credit card from that country.

Good countries are usually Brazil and Turkey. Argentina is bad for specific reasons, trust me. USA can be great too, e.g. Fifa is pretty cheap over there cause they don't like european football

Disclamer: Some countries have special taxes on digital content. Argentina now has 64% taxes on that stuff lmao

Disclamer 2: Addons also work but addons actrually require you to use a VPN. Regular full games DO NOT require a VPN.

Steps for buying a game (Cyberpunk from Brazil as an example):

(Turn your xbox off)

a. Go to a gift code site (e.g. g2a)

b. Buy enough gift cards for your game
Cyberpunk Brazil example:
1x 200 BRL for 33€
1x 50 BRL for 9€

Don't redeem these codes yet.

c. Go to the store site for the game and location
Example: microsoft.com/pt-br/p/a39b3702-1a47-4681-9609-c7b8e25f8087
Use google translate if you can't figure stuff out lol

d. Press purchase (here: "Encomendar") and login into your microsoft account

e. Choose Gift Cards as your billing method. Here is the situation where you will be able to redeem your codes!

f. Redeem the code(s)

g. Click on Buy

h. Microsoft will ask you for a billing address in the country you're buying the game from. Just google a random hotel in that country and type in that address.
Example: Use an address for a hotel in Rio de Janeiro.
Microsoft actually doesn't validate this address, so don't panic

h. You will now have the game ready to download in your library on your xbox. And the game will be in the language of your xbox.

Tag me ITT for questions.

3. (Removed cause it's outdated. Don't get Dev mode from now on)

Bonus: Gamesharing

You can share all your digitial games up to 1 friend for free on xbox.

You can have one of these requirements to play games that are purchased by a specific microsoft/xbox account. I call this account Account A.

a. You are signed in into Account A
b. You are using an xbox that was set as the home console by Account A

So basically thats what you do. You are Friend A with Account A and you have a Friend B with Account B.

a. Friend A gives Friend B the login informations for Account A

b. Friend B signs in with Account A on his xbox and sets the console as the home console in the xbox settings

c. Friend B signs out of Account A

d. Friend A signs in on Account A on his xbox

e. Friend B signs in on Account B on his xbox

f. Both Friends now can play the games of Account A

They can also do this the other way around to also play the games from Account B

UPDATE:

You can also buy 12 month gold codes for Brazil and redeem them on redeem.microsoft.com while having an active VPN from Brazil

PUSH

Just get a ps5

just edit the money out of the emote and I agree

Bill Gates will remember this

I just do Microsoft rewards for free gamepass. Just like 20 bing searches a day and you get free game pass. Just search random movie, cast; and click all their names super fast every day. Takes a minute

Just wish Microsoft had better exclusives I’d prefer them much more over Sony

This would be super duper finesse if they had ultimate cards in the rewards store to replace the last part of method 1

Nice guide op

Yeah I just buy 3 months gold for 20k points and convert it to ultimate doing the 1$ trick.

I save up like a years worth of points and do that every year. And I have a bunch left over for free games too

goat post

how cheap can i cop cold war for series x

Good thread

Instructions unclear made an onlyfans

Knew all this cept the emulator stuff. Good post tho

Also... just a note for anyone unfamiliar with game sharing:

If for some reason your internet goes down, you won’t be able to access your digital games until it’s back since it’s not your home Xbox anymore. You WOULD be able to play your friends games tho.

I could only find this cross gen bundle and the best price was 319,90 Brazil Real = $60 which is only $10 cheaper than the US price and you have to get gift codes for 350 BRL which are $65

So not really worth it

xbone Standard version is $52 in brazil and it's backwards compatible but Activision is doing weird shenanigans towards the Series X version and they are doing this bundle stuff

Other games let you upgrade your game to the next gen for free but this doesn't apply to call of duty

Thread would be helpful if Xbox was worth buying

Shut up man

How about you just don’t post?

Just received a year of Xbox live as a gift

How do I finesse that into the most bang for my buck

You can redeem those 12 months and buy 1 month of ultimate (e.g. by using the $1 trial) to get 13 months of game pass ultimate

Or you can add up to 24 more months of gold and then add 1 month of ultimate for up to 36 months of game pass ultimate

This is me after using 3x 12 month codes from Brazil for $35 each and 1x Game pass ultimate code from Turkey for $5 (Redeemed by using a vpn)

Yeah after u buy this s*** once its easy to keep ur subscription for free.

And i gameshare anyway so i get it free and just use my points to redeem the gift cards.

Dam

Now I just need an xbox series x