Being a consumer today isn't just to press 'purchase', it's never been like that. If you now how to use the market you can save a lot of money, which in my case is about 50% of the price, which means 50% more games! Walk that extra mile to get these benefits, it's worth it!
Go Digital
Do you have to have all your games on display in that bookshelf? If not this is the time to stop giving your money to the game store and go fully digital, you have to install every game even if you buy it on it on disc today, and with digital you can always pre-load the game and have it ready when the game launches. Also, a digital game is harder to lose. Sure, you can't sell the games, but you can lend them out, sort of, I'll get to that. Another benefit for going digital is the Xbox Rewards program, which give you money back on your account, up to 10% of the costs, and other ways to get some extra money to buy even more games.
Console Region
Okay, a game in the US costs $60, In Sweden it costs about $100, luckily for us, you can change region on your Xbox One, Microsoft kindly tells you how here. There is a catch, which is easy to circumvent, and that is that you'll need a credit card that has an address in the US. Fear not, the nice people over at EntroPay have this fixed for you. All this is accepted for by Microsoft for the time being. Remember, with the 10% money back you effectively pay $54 USD for each game.
Look around
Still not convinced? Maybe you want to resell the game after you're done with it, then be sure to get the best deal. The best site I've found is XboxPriceChecker which works both for EU and US players, never spend more than necessary! Also, if you're looking for a game that's more than a month old, consider buying a used copy, go to eBay and search for the game, you'll be surprised how fast the prices drops on the big titles.
Don't subscribe!
Get Xbox Live gold, just don't subscribe to it. You can easily find a 12 months code to Xbox Live for $40 over at CDKeys.com. Also, with that low price, consider buying Xbox Live Gold even if multiplayer isn't your main interest in games. You'll get at least one new game in that subscription every month, check MajorNelson's blog (Or mine...) at the beginning of each month to see what games are free that month. Just remember to "buy" those free games, either on the console, the web or via SmartGlass app before the month ends to secure them in your collection.
Talking about subscriptions, check out EA Access, which has a lot of player value. You get access to all the games in the vault, and 10% off any EA game or DLC not in the vault. You also get trials on unreleased games five days before launch, all for $30 per year. My recommendation is that if you're looking to buy one of the games in the vault, buy a years subscription instead.
Get a best buddy
Buddies are great, everyone should have someone to hang out with, on Xbox One this becomes even more so. You can put any console as your home console, and everyone playing on your home console have access to your games and even Xbox Live Gold if you want. You don't even have to sign in to share!
So, get a friend of yours to make your console their "home" and you'll do the same at their console, and you might want to make sure to lock the account so they can't buy anything more. You can now play each others digital games, another reason to go digital, and you can even play them at the same time, in the same match!
This means, that if you and your friend have the same taste in games, you'll pay $27 for a brand new game after discounts and splitting the price. Think games are too expensive? Think again.
Being a consumer today isn't just to press 'purchase', it's never been like that. If you now how to use the market you can save a lot of money, which in my case is about 50% of the price, which means 50% more games! Walk that extra mile to get these benefits, it's worth it!
Go Digital
Do you have to have all your games on display in that bookshelf? If not this is the time to stop giving your money to the game store and go fully digital, you have to install every game even if you buy it on it on disc today, and with digital you can always pre-load the game and have it ready when the game launches. Also, a digital game is harder to lose. Sure, you can't sell the games, but you can lend them out, sort of, I'll get to that. Another benefit for going digital is the Xbox Rewards program, which give you money back on your account, up to 10% of the costs, and other ways to get some extra money to buy even more games.
Console Region
Okay, a game in the US costs $60, In Sweden it costs about $100, luckily for us, you can change region on your Xbox One, Microsoft kindly tells you how here. There is a catch, which is easy to circumvent, and that is that you'll need a credit card that has an address in the US. Fear not, the nice people over at EntroPay have this fixed for you. All this is accepted for by Microsoft for the time being. Remember, with the 10% money back you effectively pay $54 USD for each game.
Look around
Still not convinced? Maybe you want to resell the game after you're done with it, then be sure to get the best deal. The best site I've found is XboxPriceChecker which works both for EU and US players, never spend more than necessary! Also, if you're looking for a game that's more than a month old, consider buying a used copy, go to eBay and search for the game, you'll be surprised how fast the prices drops on the big titles.
Don't subscribe!
Get Xbox Live gold, just don't subscribe to it. You can easily find a 12 months code to Xbox Live for $40 over at CDKeys.com. Also, with that low price, consider buying Xbox Live Gold even if multiplayer isn't your main interest in games. You'll get at least one new game in that subscription every month, check MajorNelson's blog (Or mine...) at the beginning of each month to see what games are free that month. Just remember to "buy" those free games, either on the console, the web or via SmartGlass app before the month ends to secure them in your collection.
Talking about subscriptions, check out EA Access, which has a lot of player value. You get access to all the games in the vault, and 10% off any EA game or DLC not in the vault. You also get trials on unreleased games five days before launch, all for $30 per year. My recommendation is that if you're looking to buy one of the games in the vault, buy a years subscription instead.
Get a best buddy
Buddies are great, everyone should have someone to hang out with, on Xbox One this becomes even more so. You can put any console as your home console, and everyone playing on your home console have access to your games and even Xbox Live Gold if you want. You don't even have to sign in to share!
So, get a friend of yours to make your console their "home" and you'll do the same at their console, and you might want to make sure to lock the account so they can't buy anything more. You can now play each others digital games, another reason to go digital, and you can even play them at the same time, in the same match!
This means, that if you and your friend have the same taste in games, you'll pay $27 for a brand new game after discounts and splitting the price. Think games are too expensive? Think again.
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