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EA Play membership not being honoured
I have an EA Play membership, courtesy of XBox PC Game Pass. There are no problems with that service, I have played other games connected through that service with no issue. Battlefield 2042 however ...
Resolved! Finally.
I had to be incredibly persistent. As soon as I said the words "make a formal complaint" boom! suddenly the issue is magically able to be fixed..? Very frustrating experience overall. But it's done now. I did a quick pass to redact as much personal data as I cared to find and included it all here in case anyone else has the same issue in future-- hopefully there's something useful to you in it.
