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ietxmmyrus
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8 years ago

Re: Do I have to pay EA the $5 / month to play Battlefield 1 online?

Hey @BoneMarrow99,

to add to the above: There's two different subscriptions that may come into play here:

1. EA Access.

You can get an EA Access subscription which allows you to play the games in the EA Access Vault - which includes the Battlefield 1 base game - without having to purchase it, dor the duration of your subscription.

2. Xbox Live Gold

You need an active Xbox Live Gold membership in order to be able to play the multiplayer online portion of most of the games, this is charged by Microsoft.

So you would need either

- Battlefield 1 game + Active Xbox Live Gold membership

- EA Access subscription + Active Xbox Live Gold membership

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    I have XBox Live Gold and I'm still getting the error message that I'm not eligible to play multiplayer.  Any other settings I need to change?  

  • AlteredOsprey82's avatar
    AlteredOsprey82
    6 years ago

    I've read through this thread and searched EA help for answers. But I'm not finding help with playing BF5 on xbox.

    We have Xbox Live Gold, bought BF5 disc, and have an EA account profile. However, when trying to play the game, it stalls at EA log in and simply says, "We cannot complete this action at this time."

    I'm assuming that we don't have to pay EA, since we have the game. But, given that we have Xbox Live Gold and an EA profile, I don't understand why it won't let us play, or get past the EA logon! HELP!

    Jack

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