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IThinkALot
2 years ago
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EA App - Downloading "Preparing" bug

I'm trying to download both Battlefield 4 and The SIms 4, both doesn't download at all. It says "Preparing" for a while and always results in the error message saying "There's a problem With your dow...
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    IThinkALot
    2 years ago

    Hey everyone!

    I think I've found something very interesting regarding this extraordinary "bug" EA App having... Hear me out!

    Every game I'm trying to download is marked with the "Play"-emblem on the top left corner of the game thumbnail, they are stuck in "Preparing" phase and ends up with en error, even if you have bought this game separatly from EA Play. However, if I select an EA Play game I don't have purchased it will tell me to subscribe to EA Play, something is working... Ironic. If I try to download and install a game I have in my library but is excluded from EA Play, it will download.

    So the problem here is guys, EA want us all to subscrube to their EA Play subscription to be able to play our games we have paid for!

    This will be hard to get from EA helpdesk to "unlock" my games, good luck out there fellas! 🙂

IThinkALot's avatar
IThinkALot
2 years ago

Hey everyone!

I think I've found something very interesting regarding this extraordinary "bug" EA App having... Hear me out!

Every game I'm trying to download is marked with the "Play"-emblem on the top left corner of the game thumbnail, they are stuck in "Preparing" phase and ends up with en error, even if you have bought this game separatly from EA Play. However, if I select an EA Play game I don't have purchased it will tell me to subscribe to EA Play, something is working... Ironic. If I try to download and install a game I have in my library but is excluded from EA Play, it will download.

So the problem here is guys, EA want us all to subscrube to their EA Play subscription to be able to play our games we have paid for!

This will be hard to get from EA helpdesk to "unlock" my games, good luck out there fellas! 🙂

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