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mumteo
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2 months ago

Purchase completed on Steam, but EA shows purchase as failed / missing

Please note that this message was written using automatic translation. I apologize if there are any unnatural expressions or misunderstandings.

I am experiencing an issue where a purchase made through Steam is not correctly recognized on my EA account.

Details:
- The purchase was made via Steam
- Steam shows the purchase as completed
- I received the Steam purchase confirmation email
- Payment (PayPay) was successfully completed
- The purchase appears in my Steam purchase history
- No refund has been issued

However, on the EA side, the purchase is not reflected correctly.
When contacting EA Support, I received inconsistent explanations depending on the agent:
- Some agents said the Steam transaction failed
- Others said no transaction exists
- Another agent said this may be an EA-side bug and that it is being investigated

I have now been informed that this issue may be reported as a bug for investigation by the game team.

I would like to know:
- Are there other users experiencing the same issue?
- Is this a known EA-side issue related to Steam purchases?
- Is there any estimated timeline for investigation or resolution?

Any information would be appreciated.
Thank you.

1 Reply

  • mumteo​ When you buy something for the game, (like the Battle Pass, for example), you must log into the game from the platform you had bought the item from and that you make sure you use the same EA Account, (or platform account that is linked to the same EA Account), when you log into the game.

    This is because each platform account cannot see purchases made on other platform accounts directly, however once a platform account tells the game that you had purchased the item, then all the other platform accounts will have that item unlocked.

    mumteo wrote:

    Some agents said the Steam transaction failed

    This is because the Agent cannot see purchases made on Steam and they might of assumed that since you didn't have what you bought in-game, that your Steam purchase had failed.

    mumteo wrote:

    Others said no transaction exists

    This one is more accurate because as far as EA can tell, you didn't buy anything since it was through Steam.

    mumteo wrote:

    Another agent said this may be an EA-side bug and that it is being investigated

    While this one is possible, have you tried logging into the game through Steam after you had made the purchase?

    If you did already log into the game through Steam after the purchase, (and are still missing the item), I would suggest checking your platform links to see if you had bought the item on the correct Steam Account that is linked to the correct EA Account.

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