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4 years ago
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Can I link EA play from Game Pass Ultimate to Steam

I have Xbox Gamepass Ultimate on my Xbox account which includes EA Play, I also saw that Steam offers free games if you have an EA Play Subscription.

Is there any way to get my EA Play Subscription to Steam so I can download the games I want on Steam instead of EA Desktop? I wanted to play The Sims 3 and download the Pets expansion but it isn't available on EA Desktop.

  • Hey @BlazeOfSteel412,

    The EA Play games available on Steam may differ slightly from the selection on EA Desktop - and thus available through the Xbox Game Pass.

    As Steam is a separate platform from EA Desktop and Origin, I'm afraid EA Play does not cross over between the two. 

    There's a bit more information about how that works here, but essentially you would need the Steam-specific version of EA Play to access those titles. The Xbox Game Pass Ultimate version only allows access to the titles available through EA Desktop. Hope that clarifies things!

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  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    4 years ago

    Hey @BlazeOfSteel412,

    The EA Play games available on Steam may differ slightly from the selection on EA Desktop - and thus available through the Xbox Game Pass.

    As Steam is a separate platform from EA Desktop and Origin, I'm afraid EA Play does not cross over between the two. 

    There's a bit more information about how that works here, but essentially you would need the Steam-specific version of EA Play to access those titles. The Xbox Game Pass Ultimate version only allows access to the titles available through EA Desktop. Hope that clarifies things!

  • Quite stupid if I can be honest. I pay for the service already, why on Earth should I pay for it again? It is baffling to me that it can't be streamlined and integrated onto multiple platforms lol. Just a money hungry company is all, not whatever * answer you provided lol. 

  • burrff's avatar
    burrff
    3 years ago

    I totally agree, I wanted to play UFC4 with my friends on Xbox but since I bought EA play for a year on pc so I cant. It's ridiculous, to be honest, it cant cost much in EA's standards to make it work in sync across all platforms...

  • I have a similar problem but with the F1 series. All of them are on it for Steam, but F1 20 and 21 aren't availble on the EA app? WHAT IS THIS???

  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
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    3 years ago

    Hey @TheBugatti42 the older F1 games were never released on Origin or the EA App, as such you will not be able to play them there.


    Darko 

  • So what you’re saying is, I have to pay for the EXACT SAME SUBSCRIPTION TWICE to play the F1 games on Xbox and Steam just because the F1 games aren’t on the EA desktop app?

  • Velociterr's avatar
    Velociterr
    3 years ago

    I would recommend contacting your local Trading Regulations Authority like I have. The F1 2021 page: https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/f1/f1-2021/news/f1-2021-on-ea-play is very misleading as to where the game is available. It states 'Join the new generation and start your story with F1® 2021 when you join EA Play.' but nowhere on the page does it say the game is not included in every version of EA Play. The link provided however includes all versions of EA Play and as such is highly misleading.

    If you're UK based this is the UK government advice booklet on consumer rights: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/misleading-and-aggressive-selling-new-rights-for-consumers

  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
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    3 years ago

    Hey @Velociterr if you actually check the page you will see the following is right there: *CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY. SEE EA.COM/EA-PLAY/TERMS FOR DETAILS. 

    If you click on it it will bring you to a page where it calls out that the games available on EA Play can vary by platform and territory: Conditions, limitations and exclusions may apply. Availability of member benefits and Play List titles may vary by platform and territory and may change from time to time. Certain titles may not be available to some players because of age rating restrictions. See www.ea.com/ea-play for details.


    Darko 

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    3 years ago

    Thanks for the post @assassins1996.

    I'll be locking the thread here to avoid additional bumps however, as this thread was started quite a while back and the information provided throughout has not changed. Thanks folks.

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