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CyberDyme
4 years ago

Re: Is early access also shared when doing console sharing?

@GreasyMcNugget wrote:

Hello all. Looking to preorder this game on PS5 and I am interested to know if my other console which I currently do console sharing with, will also have access to the early access. Or will only the main account have the early access privilege? Anyone has any experience with this? Thank you

Hi @GreasyMcNugget ,

Great questions!

Now as none of us have the factual game installed on our consoles just yet, my answer here is based on the recent announcements on this from EA and it sounds very positive also with regards to exactly that gaming setup and scenario you ask about here for your own situation.  (much like my own actually  :o).

So its all to do with the handling of our user license, which also controls our soldier game progression and purchases.  As these will indeed in the BF2042 environment be enabled to be fully fluid and synched no matter what platform or console that we play on, when and where!

So our progress and 'game properties' will be shared across all platforms/consoles and travel with us wherever we go. So our unlocked progress and purchases on aka our PlayStation 5 will also carry over onto aka our Xbox or PlayStation 4, if we do some gaming there. And vice versa back again if returning to the PlayStation 5 from there!

I really like everything I heard here, as it gives us total freedom to go wherever we want with our gaming on BF2042. And also fully enable to join/play with friends at their locations when visiting them, no matter the platform they may be on versus what you have at home.  And yes, for the privileged, we can have the single BF2042 license enabling the game for us on the various PlayStations that you may have standing around at various locations.  (but yes, you can only be active at one of them at a time.  Just as you know well from your PlayStation environment, which only allows one to be the master account)

Exciting good times ahead for us!   :o)

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    CyberDyme
    4 years ago
    @GreasyMcNugget wrote:
    @CyberDymeDo you know if also the early access at the beginning of October will also be able to be shared?

    Hi again @GreasyMcNugget ,

    Please notice that your first question was about if you seamlessly could use your single BF2042 license to log on to different PlayStations in your possession and the answer to that was YES.  Even to the various PlayStations of PS4 or PS5 generations in the mix.  And for what I understand, then the Early Access will also work for this.  Your single EA account that purchased/registered for that BF2042 GOLD or ULTIMATE license can do this.

    However, please be careful with your wording 'shared' here in your second posting here, as your BF2042 GOLD or ULTIMATE edition license is not enabling your primary EA account to share those 'premium features' with other EA accounts that may then log on to your PS4 or PS5 where you have your primary EA account that owns the BF2042 license.  That was certainly not the case with previous EA BF titles and we have not seen any info that this should be any different with the next BF2042.

    Hope this answered your second question, as it hinted towards those two variations without you were clear which you asked about.

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