Split Fiction Crossplay Issue

I am trying to play Split Fiction with a friend. I am on PS5 he is on PC. I bought the game, he has the friends pass. We both are friends on EA and have crossplay enabled. When I send him an invite he doesn't receive it on his end. We have been trying to get this to work for the past 2 hours but it hasnt worked at all and he hasnt been able to join the game.  He simply doesnt receive the invite when I send it. 

Yes we are friends on EA. Yes we have both tried deleting and redownloading. Yes we both have crossplay enabled. Yes both of our systems are capable of running the game. Yes we have tried logging in and out of our EA accounts. Yes We have tried unfriending and re-friending. Yes my friend has tried downloading the friend pass specifically through the EA servers rather than steam. Genuinely shocked at how frustrating this is. Been trying to get it to work for the past 3 hours of my day I just wanna play the game :(