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tomatoplukkers's avatar
3 years ago

You don't have access

Product: The EA app
Platform:PC
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Which client functionality are you experiencing this bug with? Subscription Purchase
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 19.10.2022
Summarize your bug I was hoping to play the 10 hour trial of fifa 23
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I accidentally signed into not my main account
What happens when the bug occurs? I bought ea play but not on my main account
What do you expect to see? I was hoping to play the 10 hour trial of fifa 23

I wanted to try fifa 23 so I bought ea play at 3.99 , I didnt use my main account to sign in , so its an account with no games on it ...
I didnt notice I didnt sign into my main account before purchasing ea play monthly.

Anyway I decided to download the 10 hour trial of fifa 23 but it wont launch

There is a popup message saying ...

I was hoping to play the 10 hour trial of fifa 23

7 Replies

  • I restarted the app ect ect and signed into my main account then back to this one but I keep getting a popup saying


    "You don't have access. This title may have been downloaded to your device by another user who owns the game. Log in to a different account or restart the app to try again."

  • tomatoplukkers's avatar
    tomatoplukkers
    3 years ago

    Anyway , I downloaded another game from ea play just to test , Crysis, and it loaded and played just fine

    How come Im getting that 'You don't have access....' message for fifa 23 ?

  • tomatoplukkers's avatar
    tomatoplukkers
    3 years ago

    Does anyone have any advice as I ha paid for ea play monthly and cant try fifa 23 , Im on the account that pad for the sub and have downloaded the game onto my system ??

    Is it even possible just to cancel for a refund because the game isnt starting....

  • BnaJr's avatar
    BnaJr
    3 years ago
    @tomatoplukkers same i need help just bought it from epic and whenever i try to install it that lessage show up (you dont have access)
  • Strongfinger1977's avatar
    Strongfinger1977
    Rising Traveler
    3 years ago

    Me too.  Ive not played the Sims 4 in a while and Ive just done a new install of Windows 10.  I wanted to make sure it still worked and I also have the Sims 4 on Steam, yet it forces me to still use Origin and now the EA app.  When I try to launch the game I get Origin forcing me to install the EA app.  So I do that and log in and then I get the "You Don't have access, blah, blah, blah" message. 

    Its suggesting that I might be trying to play someone else's copy of the game.  Guilty until proven innocent!   WTF???  I

    Edit:  Ok, I managed to fix it by updating the game via Steam, which I REALLY did NOT want to do.  Good thing I had a backup of my Sims 4 current version as well as the documents folder.  I was able to switch it back without steam and the EA app noticing.  

    Edit 2:  Nope its broken again.  Now when I open the EA app and Steam and I try to launch the Sims 4, the EA app tries to open again, even though its already open and then Steam pops up and says "Please exit any running games or tools before attempting to verify your local files".

    I really resent this type of enforcement.   Being forced to use a platform online and being forced to update my games, when I don't want to.  I don't want the Sims 4's latest content. It stinks!  When I spend a lot money on game, I should be able to play whenever and however I like.  No one should have to put up with this crap.  

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