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Re: EA Play - Xbox Games Pass - Cross Saves

A good solution to this, if the team is out there listening, would be to clearly note this on one platform or another. If I'd known when I started playing on xbox cloud gaming via my phone that, once I got home and had a hardline connection to download the game I wouldn't be able to click that same icon in that same app and download/continue, I'd have started a different game. 

I think the obfuscated state of this partnership and the lack of clear communication is the main problem demonstrated here. Like, it's cool to be able to play both sets of games. But if there are limitations, please tell us before we sink time and money into a game on one platform over another. 

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  • artemiswren's avatar
    artemiswren
    3 years ago
    @artemiswren in addition to this ++ I'm doubly bummed because I thought this was why I had to jump through the extra hurdle of signing into an EA account every time I play an EA game on any platform. If that's not there to centralize the game experience, what's it for?
  • GODsAssassin767's avatar
    GODsAssassin767
    Seasoned Novice
    3 years ago

    Same here, I have the Xbox game pass ultimate, I'm a pc player. I was playing on my phone and also on my friends pc when I went to go visit. Then when I got back home I was still able to play it on my pc web browser but then saw oh I can download it from the Xbox app with my game pass linked with ea and ea pass. So I click download but then an ea app login pops up, so I'm like okay cool this must want to confirm my account for cross save. It had me download it with the ea app and not Xbox app for some reason and then when it's finished downloading I launch it just to find out I have to start all over. Just like you said then what's the point of having to log in. If it's in partnership with Xbox and I played it on Xbox services a d downloaded it with the Xbox app it should have my cloud save when launching from my Xbox app but it forces me to open and play it with the ea app, like what the point to have both apps open and running just to play one game. This is broken, beyond broken. And like you said we should of been given a warning ⚠️ so we don't waist our time.

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    3 years ago
    Hey @GODsAssassin767,

    Something can't be broken if it wasn't a feature or function in the first place. 🙂

    That you can get EA Play for PC (EA App) via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, has nothing to do with potential cross-save game functionalities. This is something that is separate. If a game doesn't support cross-save, it, unfortunately, doesn't support cross-save.

    Battlefield 2042 is the first full-fledged EA / DICE PC & console title that supports cross-save, cross-progression etc. This is a feature of the game itself & has nothing to do with anything related to EA Play.

    However, I understand your (and the other players) feedback regarding this topic.

    Thanks.
  • Hey guys, just a litte +1 here.
    I also am looking for cross save support like most of the games do these days. It makes total sense that older games dont support this function but I do expect that mass effect legendary edition supports this. It came out this year. Looking forward to playing on Xbox and continuing on PC when my GF plays PS5!

    Thats one of the main benefits of GamePass! Xbox, PC, Streaming, all the same, all the same savegames!

    @EA_Leeuwthanks!

  • Is there any updates since? It just feels that Microsoft isn't doing well by keeping paying you for this partnership. They are way above you on this and are all about cloud saves and gaming. You are showing the exact opposite by just being lazy by not implementing a freaking cross-saves feature. Too much money or you just don't care?

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    3 years ago

    Hey @andiecharmot,

    Many thanks for the feedback.

    However, as mentioned previously a couple of times in this thread; cross-progression is not a perk that comes with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate x EA Play for PC. Cross-progression is a game-specific feature that has nothing to do with either EA Play for PC or Xbox Game Pass.

    Battlefield 2042 is, at the moment, the only game that has support for cross-progression.

  • itswerewookiee's avatar
    itswerewookiee
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 years ago
    @EA_Leeuw The "It's not broken" line was unnecessarily arragont and rude, but hopefully EA will realize there's plenty of people who won't use their launcher on PC because their progress doesn't carry over unlike Ubisoft, Bungie, Blizzard, etc. games. "It's not broken, we simply don't care to implement things for a better experience" would be more accurate.
  • KyleGS21's avatar
    KyleGS21
    2 years ago

    Maybe im miss understanding what everybody's saying about cross play progression. But I play on Xbox one and PC using my same save data. I took tried it with ea play but it's cross play progression. I play on my console and im able to play on my gamepass on PC with the same save data. If your on the Xbox app on PC just play it through the cloud and it lets you use your progress from xbox console and vice versa

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago


    Hey everyone,

    Just a quick reminder: if you want Cross-Save & Cross-Progression to be mandatory features for games in Xbox Game Pass (Ultimate), it's important to let Microsoft know. Your feedback matters!

    Thanks.

  • I wholly support your view on this matter. That seems to be the only good reason to have  to sign in to ea on every platform, yet there is no cross save. For instance, I play deadspace remake on  x box, and when i play it on the cloud on pc on my rog ally or my gaming laptop, i can continue my progress.I installed the game on both my pc's and there's no save progress at all, just the option to start a new game, unless i play it through cloud gaming, then my x box and pc cloud progress is right there. Its maddeningly frustrating.

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