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6 years ago

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Using EA play on different platforms

I have a question about the new service EA Play/Pro. I've been a member of orgin acces premier for a while now. But sadly, I cannot connect the same account to the new PS4's Ea Play. As it requires m...

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EA_Darko
6 years ago
Hey all, I've merged a number of posts into this thread and am accepting this post for visibility.

Our membership is available on each platform for $4.99, or regional equivalent. There is no cross platform subscription at this time.

You can find all the info related to EA Play here: https://www.ea.com/ea-play

Darko

CarbonCarl

Hero (Retired)

6 years ago

@winter_rosenau Hello.

Because they are different platforms and the subscription is tied to your Xbox or PSN accounts not your EA account.

It would be best to tie one subscription to our EA accounts but I don't think that would work best financially for EA, especially if Sony and Microsoft are both taking some form of cut from it.

At the beginning it was also only available on Xbox and PC, not PS.

NuCl3aR32

6 years ago

Seems like more people would be inclined to join if it wasn't required to purchase multiple EA Play subscriptions just to play on different platforms. I joined thinking it was a given. Who in they're right mind would by this subscription multiple times? They're lucky there's people who take the chance and try this at all. This is why EA has a bad rep, for doing things of this nature. I know I'm not the only one who will be saving his money by not renewing my subscription after learning of this.

sidui
6 years ago
@NuCl3aR32 Agree wholeheartedly, maybe when Microsoft rolls out their ea play/gamepass combo I'll be interested but I cancelled my subscription.
- Kuiriel
  Seasoned Veteran
  5 years ago
  A note for anyone who doesn't realize this already - Steam and Origin count as separate platforms as well. If you made my mistake of buying EA Access on Origin, then buying 2042 on Origin, refunding it there because the joystick didn't work while buying it on Steam where the joystick does work... well, now you have 2042 on Steam and EA Access on Origin. And apparently that's a no go for rewards!
  
  On the upside, EA Help says they have added me to a queue so that I can get the appropriate Fatal Friend Melee Takedown. Hopefully that pans out.
hijabsharon
6 years ago
There should be an up front warning that you are buying for that platform only. I just bought a membership on my computer, that I never use because it is a POS, and now I can't use it on my PS4. Ugh, what a waste of money!
- cfoco
  5 years ago
  So i bought my EA Play subscription on steam because it is much easier for me to pay than on origin, as i live in a third world country. I assumed that PC was just one platform, and if you bought it on steam, you bought it on every ecosystem on the PC. SURPRISE, its not the case.
fled1979
5 years ago
@NuCl3aR32 I agree. I was going to buy EA Play but I refuse to purchase it across the 3 different platforms I'd want it on. So trashy of EA to do this crap.
- bhBlacky
  5 years ago
  well, as it actually is pretty cheap on a year base, less than 3 bucks a month, i for sure will pay 2 times.. one for playstation and one for pc
  i dont see the issue, as it is really really cheap unlike others.
  - Chr0llos
    5 years ago
    @bhBlacky This kind of mentality is why they slowly push the boundaries on what they can get away with. GG for contributing to this.
- Blue_eyes2892
  5 years ago
  @fled1979 I agree, I was going to do the 1 yr membership on the PC, but once I found out that I can't play the included games on PS4 & PC with the same subscription I decided not to purchase. I shouldn't have to purchase 2 of their memberships for 2 different platforms. maybe if enough people cancel their memberships because of this maybe they will get the hint that it need's to be fixed.
Chr0llos
5 years ago
@NuCl3aR32 * EA making * decisions again, look at Xbox Game Pass, that's fully cross-platform between PC and Xbox