Xbox Gold Requirement for PvZ is WRONG

... and this is exactly why, as parents, you should be paying attention to what your children purchase, as well as teaching them to read and research something before buying it. Simply going to the website for the game would show you that it requires Xbox Live.

http://www.pvzgardenwarfare.com/

As for me, I thought I understood what "Please be aware that you will need an Xbox LIVE Gold account to access Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare" meant, and we do in fact have an account. What upsets me is that it is not made clear on the box for the 360 version that you cannot have multiple people--multiple family members--playing together on that one account. We thought that, at minimum, one of us could log in and the rest play as guests. That, apparently, is not possible.

I don't understand why people don't do their research before purchase? \

You, should've done your reseach before letting your child buy the game ... I done mine, very easy... bing or Google is not hard to find

my  child pré owner this game for christmas, on origin , no indication for the obligation to have a xbox live gold, he has 12 years old ( we are french)  and now he 's very diseaointed . it's not normal   i want a dedomagement ( escuse my poor english)

The box also says gold required.  Its an online game, this is the only way to play this way

I totally agree with 1st post on this thread. My son has many xbox games and NONE of them are online only and all of them have an option to just play a single player. This game is only for 7+ ,not as someone on my posting said  - 10+. These games should have a single game player or co op at home option. My son's game is being returned and I suggest that others do the same. If enough get returned ( and it sounds as though there are lots of problems and dissatisfaction) then maybe EA will sort it out and produce something a lot better. We deserve better than this for the money we pay.

Well if EA wants to be known as one of those companies you have to read the fine print with in order to not get screwed, all I can say is - good luck with that.  rule number one in marketing - never stand in front of the train and cross your customer.