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Re: EA Play - FIFA 21 Questions

Hi.

I have a question. I've pre-ordered the FIFA 21 from Steam before August 14 to get the Ones-To-Watch player in UT and the other rewards as well. The thing is in the meantime I get the EA Play Pro in origin to play FIFA 20 while I'm waiting for FIFA 21.

I realized that if I have the EA Play Pro I will have the chance to play FIFA 21 next October 1st, my question is: Does it affect the rewards and the stuff that I should be receiving by pre-ordering the FIFA 21 on Steam?

Regards

7 Replies

  • EA_Cade's avatar
    EA_Cade
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    5 years ago

    Hi @TaurustarDrakest,

    Pre-Ordering on Steam won't effect the content you receive on Origin and vice versa.

    Update: If you purchased the game on Origin and Steam both games will share the same club. I apologize for the earlier inaccuracy. 

  • Hi @EA_Cade  Thanks for the reply. Is good to hear that, the thing is what about the exclusive content that I should receive because I preordered the FIFA before August 14th. I will receive it after October 6th or since October 1st? Or it doesn't affect it at all and I will have 2 copies of FIFA not related each other?? (if that's the case I should ask why then Steam asks for Origin to play FIFA 21)

  • EA_Cade's avatar
    EA_Cade
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    5 years ago

    Hi @TaurustarDrakest 

    You'll get some of the content immediately upon entering FUT for the first time like the first of the weekly packs, the OTW pack won't be available until the OTW promotion starts in game.

    More information can be found in the spoiler tag below as it's a wall of text pulled from the FIFA 21 Early Pre-order Ultimate Edition on Steam

    conditions here.

    Spoiler
    Offer is for promotional purposes only & has no cash value. Offer expires august 14, 2020 (eastern time). Good only for new purchases of fifa 21 ("Product"). You must redeem your code (if a code is required), log in to fifa ultimate team (“fut”), and create a career mode save while connected to ea servers (together these steps are referred to as “redeem”) to access all of your bonus content (a 5-match cover star loan player item, a 3-match fut ambassador loan player item from a choice of 3 fut ambassadors, a homegrown talent player in career mode, an untradeable fut 21 ones to watch item or equivalent dynamic item (“dynamic item”), fut kits and stadium items, and 24 rare gold packs). You must pre-order by august 14, 2020 to receive dynamic item. First 2 rare gold packs, loan player items, career mode player, dynamic item, and fut kits and stadium items will be available once you have redeemed. You must be connected to ea servers when creating a new career mode save in order to use the homegrown talent player for that career mode save. You must open the first 2 rare gold packs before the next weekly pack offering. For the remaining rare gold packs, you must log in to fut each week (running monday to sunday (gmt)) and open the packs in order to receive the 2 packs for that week. 2 packs are available per week for 12 consecutive weeks. Failure to log in during a week and open the pack will result in forfeiting that week’s pack offering. You must redeem by november 1, 2020 to receive all 24 packs. If you redeem between november 2, 2020 and november 8, 2020 you will only receive 22 packs, and if you redeem between november 9, 2020 and november 15, 2020 you will only receive 20 packs, and so on until if you redeem after january 17, 2021, you will not receive any packs. 5-match cover star loan item, 3-match fut ambassador loan item, career mode player, dynamic item, and fut kits and stadium items will not be available if you redeem after october 5, 2021. Content redemption dates specified in greenwich mean time. Each rare gold pack contains a mix of 12 gold items, including players & consumables, all rares. Product will be available to download once early access period begins october 6, 2020 (consumer local time). All bonus content for use with one ea account in fut and career modes, as applicable. Access to bonus content may require registration with a single-use code. Consult your retailer for distribution details. May not be substituted or combined with any other promotional or discount offer, unless expressly authorized by ea; may not be combined with any prepaid card redeemable for the applicable content. Void where prohibited, or restricted by law. Internet connection; ea account; steam account; acceptance of ea user agreement (terms.Ea.Com), privacy & cookie policy (privacy.Ea.Com) & origin end user license agreement (ea.Com/legal); installation of the origin client software (origin.Com/download) & registration with single-use product code required to play & access ultimate edition content. You must link your ea and steam accounts to play; ea will share your account id and individual game and play records with steam to validate your purchase and/or refund request. Access to software content is limited to one ea & one steam account & is non-transferable after purchase. Product code registration is limited to one ea account, is non-transferable once used & valid only while online features are available. You must be 13+ to access online features. Mandatory content updates may be downloaded automatically, require additional storage, incur bandwidth usage fees, & require an additional purchase to access. Software collects data for in-game advertising. Ea may retire online features after 30 days notice posted on ea.Com/service-updates.
  • Thanks Again.

    This answers my question... Unfortunately, I will only get the OTW in Steam... One last question: Steam and Origin version doesn't share anything? (example FUT Team, Saves, etc) I won't be able to play with my friend if he gets FIFA in origin and I have my steam version?

  • EA_Cade's avatar
    EA_Cade
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    5 years ago
    Hi @TaurustarDrakest,

    I've updated my earlier post with accurate information, apologies for the confusion.

    As far as matchmaking goes, Steam and Origin will be able to match with one another.
  • Thanks for the answer. So I can play without problems with my current EA Play pro on October 1st and then wait to October 6th (Or whenever is available) to redeem the OTW player from steam, right?

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