Bored? PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold are on sale starting at only $4

By Jennifer Allen May 4, 2020

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Stuck at home and want to play your favorite console games online with your friends? Grab a cheap Xbox Live Gold or PS Plus membership from CDKeys and you’ll be able to play online to your heart’s content, as well as enjoy some other exclusive benefits. It’s the perfect way to feel a little more sociable without having to head outside.

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Xbox Live Gold
PS Plus

Xbox Live Gold

One-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership — $4, was $10
Three-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership — $20, was $25
Six-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership — $33, was $38
One-Year Xbox Live Gold Membership — $55, was $60

If you want to play games online via your Xbox One or Xbox 360, you need an Xbox Live Gold membership. Besides offering thousands of dedicated servers which promise reduced lag and less risk of cheating, Xbox Live Gold also includes free games twice a month. These tend to include a couple of Xbox One games as well as a couple of Xbox 360 games. In recent months, it’s included Project CARS 2, Sonic Generations, and Jurassic World Evolution. The choice of games is often fairly eclectic. There’s always something new to play here, with even original Xbox games sometimes bundled in to the offer. You also get exclusive access to weekly sales with up to 75% off many sale items.

PS Plus

Three-Month PS Plus Membership — $16, was $25
One-Year PS Plus Membership — $34, was $60

PS Plus is the best way to play online with friends on your Playstation 4, PlayStation 3, or PS Vita, but it’s also so much more than that. Each month, you get free games in exchange for your continuing membership. In recent months, these have included major hits like the Uncharted Collection as well as Uncharted 4, and The Last of Us Remastered. Oftentimes, if you don’t mind waiting a little while, you can play some of the best games that the PlayStation 4 has to offer entirely for free. You also gain access to cloud saving functionality so you don’t have to worry about losing your game saves if something happens to your console.

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Check out our lists of the best PS Plus deals and the best Xbox Live deals.

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GameStop Cyber Monday Deal: Buy 2 Get 1 on all preowned Xbox One and PS4 games

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The Cyber Monday deals are pouring in and they're some of the best we've seen in a long while, especially if you're into gaming. Why? Mainly because GameStop is hosting some crazy deals right now, particularly on Xbox One and PS4 games. You see, if you buy two games you'll get one free, and it's for any preowned titles from those two consoles. We're talking about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Madden NFL 23, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, and we could go on all day but you get the point. Shop the sale below, or keep reading to see some of our top picks.

Typically, with buy-two-get-one sales like this, you see a lot of older titles and the selection is pretty limited. That's not the case with the GameStop Cyber Monday sale. All preowned Xbox One and PS4 titles are fair game, including even some of the newer releases. There's nothing special needed to take advantage of the deal either, just add all three games to your cart and the discount will automatically apply at checkout.

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Live now: Save $50 on the Microsoft Xbox Series S Digital Edition deal

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It's been notoriously difficult to find some great deals on game consoles this year, and that's if you could find them in stock. Rejoice, because Black Friday and Cyber Week are officially underway, and it's the best time to get deals on just about everything. If you've been waiting for a solid deal on Microsoft's Xbox Series S, listen up. Right now -- yes right this instant -- GameStop is offering $50 off the purchase of a Microsoft Xbox Series S Digital Edition console. That means it's all yours for $250. Brand new. Go ahead and shop that deal below if you're interested, or keep reading for some more details on the console and the offer.

The Xbox Series S Digital Edition is completely digital and does not support physical discs. Going all digital isn't as big of a deal these days, especially if you have Xbox Game Pass for immediate access to some of the best and newest titles available. Even if you don't have Game Pass, it's super easy to get your digital game collection going. Not to mention, GameStop is also hosting some incredible deals this week on controllers, games, and other accessories. Be sure to take a look after you lock down your Series S order.

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This sweet PS Plus deal will get you a year’s subscription for $45

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If you own a PS3, PS4, or PS5, then you likely have a PlayStation Plus membership, which was recently relaunched into three different tiers. If you aren't familiar with it, here's everything you need to know about the new PS Plus, but if you're already in the know, then we're happy to report that there are a few great PS Plus deals on the PS Plus Essential plan at CDkeys, such as this 12-month subscription that's discounted down to $45, rather than the usual $60 price.

Why you should buy PS Plus 12-month subscription
While you don't get some of the features or games in the higher tiers, the Essential tier of PS Plus still has some nice perks, including free monthly PS4 and PS5 games, PlayStation Store discounts, and access to online multiplayer. PS5 owners get access to the PlayStation Plus Collection of free games, which includes hits like God of War, Uncharted 4, and Bloodborne. You also get 100GB of cloud storage for your game saves, which gives you some continuity between consoles if you're playing at a friend's place or on a different console, and you even have the option of Share Play to share your screen with another person so you can both play in multiplayer as if you both own the game.