Play all the games with three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for less than $25
Get three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on sale for $24.79 from CDKeys. Game Pass Ultimate normally goes for $14.99 a month, which means it'd be $45 total for the three month period. You're saving a nice chunk of change here. However, it's worth keeping in mind that when you sign up for Game Pass Ultimate it starts a subscription. If you don't want to pay the regular price, you'll want to end the subscription before the three months are up and it automatically renews. Chances are you'll be able to find another discount before then.
There are several versions of Xbox Game Pass, but Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is, well, the ultimate version. It combines three different Xbox services: Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Game Pass, and Xbox Game Pass for PC. Xbox Live Gold is normally around $5 a month on its own, and either version of the Game Pass goes for $10 individually. So that tells you how much you're saving with Ultimate in general, let alone at this discounted price.
So what does Game Pass do for you? Well, remember back in the day how you could pay Netflix a monthly fee and then get a couple DVDs sent to you from a huge library? Basically you could watch, send the DVDs back, and get more for as much as you wanted to watch while paying one little fee? That's Game Pass only with video games and it's all online. You'll get access to hundreds of games. Download them to your console and you can play the games in full for as long as you're paying for Game Pass or the games remain in the Game Pass library. You can play the Xbox games using Xbox Play Anywhere on your Xbox or PC, but there's also a list of PC-exclusive games on the Game Pass for PC subscription.
With Xbox Live Gold you'll be able to play the games online. There are many games with multiplayer and co-op functions you'll need Gold to access. Plus, you'll get all the other features of Gold including Deals with Gold, Games with Gold that includes free games to download every month, and more.
When Microsoft announced its new generation of console, it also announced all the new games would be available on Game Pass. Microsoft recently bought Bethesda, which means those games will be on Game Pass. EA Play is now on Game Pass, and Microsoft has a Cloud-based gaming service you can access even on mobile devices (Android only). This might be the best $25 you ever spend, honestly.
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