Xbox’s recently announced Game Pass price drop was welcome news, but players can once again take advantage of a key loophole that lets you score a 10-month membership for the low sum of £77.
Previously £22.99 a month, Game Pass Ultimate was sliced down to £16.99 — which is great, though the classic EA Play trick I covered last year, as it turns out, still works. The TL;DR around how this saves you almost £100 (over the course of 10 months) effectively comes down to taking advantage of the triggered conversion that occurs when redeeming the right codes.
By buying and activating said codes in the correct order, whilst you do not have an active Xbox Game Pass subscription of any kind, this wallet-friendly loophole will take that monthly £16.99 cost all the way down to the monthly equivalent of £7.69.
To get the EA Play-to-Game Pass Ultimate loophole working, you need to carry out the following steps.
EA Play – 12 Month Subscription | Xbox – Download Code
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Buy three 12-month EA Play digital codes
These are currently available at Amazon for £19.99 each, totaling £59.97. However, you can only buy one of these at a time; Amazon restricts you from buying multiples as part of a fraud-prevention tactic.
So, you’ll need to buy them all across three separate transactions.
Redeem All Three EA Play Codes Through Microsoft
Activate all three of your codes at Microsoft’s dedicated redemption website. This will stack your membership to 36 months of EA Play.
Buy One Month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
After the EA Play subscriptions have been added, purchase a single month of Game Pass Ultimate for £16.99 from the Xbox store; this will be the key that triggers the full conversion.
All EA Play Months Should Now Be Converted
Buying that one month of Game Pass Ultimate should activate the loophole in Microsoft’s redemption system, converting your 36 months of EA Play into nine months of Game Pass Ultimate — giving you 10 months altogether, one accounting for the one you just bought.
All in, you’re paying £76.96 instead of £169.90 for 10 months at the usual £16.99 rate. That’s a saving of £92.94, and one of the best ways to keep access to day-one Xbox releases, EA Play titles, cloud gaming, and the wider Game Pass library for less.
Ben Williams – IGN freelance contributor with over 10 years of experience covering gaming, tech, film, TV, and anime. Follow him on Twitter/X @BenLevelTen.
