Re: Do I have to pay EA the $5 / month to play Battlefield 1 online?

Im experiencing a different problem. I bought the Xbox 1 bundle back which came with a free one month subscription to battlefield 1, my subscription has run out and I cannot launch my game, I keep getting a error code telling me I need to manage my subscriptions and I know my Xbox Gold is covered. Do I have to subscribe to play?

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@BoneMarrow99 wrote:

Im experiencing a different problem. I bought the Xbox 1 bundle back which came with a free one month subscription to battlefield 1, my subscription has run out and I cannot launch my game, I keep getting a error code telling me I need to manage my subscriptions and I know my Xbox Gold is covered. Do I have to subscribe to play?

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It could be that it came with EA Access. You will need to subscribe to EA Access to continue playing Battlefield 1. You can subscribe to it for a year and it would only cost you $30, instead of $5 per month.

Hey @BoneMarrow99,

to add to the above: There's two different subscriptions that may come into play here:

1. EA Access.

You can get an EA Access subscription which allows you to play the games in the EA Access Vault - which includes the Battlefield 1 base game - without having to purchase it, dor the duration of your subscription.

2. Xbox Live Gold

You need an active Xbox Live Gold membership in order to be able to play the multiplayer online portion of most of the games, this is charged by Microsoft.

So you would need either

- Battlefield 1 game + Active Xbox Live Gold membership

- EA Access subscription + Active Xbox Live Gold membership

I have XBox Live Gold and I'm still getting the error message that I'm not eligible to play multiplayer.  Any other settings I need to change?  

I've read through this thread and searched EA help for answers. But I'm not finding help with playing BF5 on xbox.

We have Xbox Live Gold, bought BF5 disc, and have an EA account profile. However, when trying to play the game, it stalls at EA log in and simply says, "We cannot complete this action at this time."

I'm assuming that we don't have to pay EA, since we have the game. But, given that we have Xbox Live Gold and an EA profile, I don't understand why it won't let us play, or get past the EA logon! HELP!

Jack