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Anonymous
10 years ago
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Xbox Live Gold Required for Need for Speed??

We just purchased this game today, and have been unable to play it.  After spending time on the phone with EA support, I was told that this game cannot be played without Xbox Live Gold (which we don'...
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    Straatford87
    10 years ago

    Hi @barber99jlb,

    PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold will not be required for single player. If you unable to play single player without a subscription, it is not working as intended. We are currently looking into that.

    --Tom

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rebl00ded
10 years ago
It's a bug since patch 1.02. The aforementioned patch appears (to me) to have removed the "Play Alone" functionality on both Xbox One and PlayStation 4; "Play Alone" is the always online single player mode which does NOT require Live Gold or PlayStation Plus.
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Straatford87
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10 years ago

Hi @barber99jlb,

PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold will not be required for single player. If you unable to play single player without a subscription, it is not working as intended. We are currently looking into that.

--Tom

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    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Thanks rebl00ded & Tom, that's good news. 

    Tom, Please also be sure to update the support team on this - I was told by two people on the phone that Gold was required.

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    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Thanks Tom.

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    Akashdeep069
    10 years ago

    wait so I don't need gold? Phew?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago
    Well I'm not able to even get that feature. When I launch the game I automatically get an error code and when I tweeted EA Support they said it required Xbox Live Gold. However I was able to play it without gold for 2 days in "alone" mode or whatever it's called and now it won't launch! What's the deal?
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      Straatford87
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      9 years ago

      @Zyphyr11258rt

      A permanent online connection is required to play the game - you also don't need Xbox Live Gold for that. If you however want to race against others in multiplayer, then you will need the Gold subscription.

      Could you let me know which error code you are getting?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        9 years ago
        0x803f800b is the code I've been receiving

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