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That's a 1:1 conversion for less than the price of. That applies to the duration of your entire membership. If you're a newbie, you can upgrade for the low, low price of $1 / £1 / AU$1. Then head to the Xbox Live Gold upgrade page. Once you've done all of the relevant hacks to maximize savings pre-loophole, go ahead and redeem your codes. If you've never had an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription before, you're going to love this bit. (Image credit: Microsoft) How to get Xbox Game Pass cheap This all means you can potentially save even more before we get around to the actual magic. Conveniently, we have a roundup of the cheapest Xbox Live Gold deals for you. Microsoft doesn't sell the year subs on its website but you can get them elsewhere. At most, you'll be splashing out $180 / £150 / AU$267. The annual cost for Xbox Live Gold is $59.99 / £49.99 / AU$89. Microsoft Rewards members can also check to see if they can redeem points for periods of Xbox Live Gold. If you buy smaller increments, the free month with recurring billing is a nice freebie that you can use to put towards the cap. The feature actually nets you one free month as a little bonus, but that's going to throw a huge spanner in the works if you have three 12-month codes to redeem. You won't be able to redeem a code for more than one month, for example, if you're already at 35 months – so for the love of all that's holy, if you buy three one-year subs, make sure the recurring billing option is switched off. Bear in mind that when redeeming codes, 36 months is also the cap.
