Battlefield 5 pre order weapons for ea play members on PC but not console?

A pity, but that's what I suspected would happen. I guess that whoever made the Reddit post in the other thread either got incredibly lucky with a bug or forgot that they'd pre-ordered BFV. 

The other potential but possibly unfeasible option is to try finding someone selling an old pre-order code online. Of course, that is pretty risky as there are a lot of scams out there, so if you do go down this route, tread extremely carefully.