My son can not play Battlefront II multiplayet on his Xbox Live account.

Hello,

My son can NOT play the Battlefront II multiplayer on his Xbox Live account. Is there a fix in the works to allow child's accounts to play with parents permission? All the Xbox live settings are set up correctly to have him play, this seems to be an EA issue. One of the reasons I purchased the game is because I knew my son was a Starwars fan (it is a Disney franchise after all) and would want to play the game. I have never had this problem with any other game franchise we have tried to play on his account. This is a Disney franchise and it seems a bit ridiculous to think EA has locked anyone under a Childs account from playing a great portion of this Starwars game.

Thank you,
Anthony

25 Replies

IAmYeke
8 years ago
Is there an error message at all?
Anonymous
8 years ago
I tested out changing the account age on the account my son uses and it still wouldn't allow the account to play multiplayer. I observed a post online which advised EA blocks all accounts set up as child accounts from playing multiplayer on Battlefront, no matter what the age is on the account. Also if it was a ratings issue then why can a child account play the campaign but not multiplayer and why is EA the only one that blocks child accounts even when parents allow the account permission to play? To reiterate my previous post, I wonder if Disney is aware that EA is blocking kids accounts from playing a great portion of this Starwars game. I would love a comment on this from EA.
Anonymous
8 years ago
I went round and round with them last night for my son as well.
their answer is that accounts that are showing age below 13 or 16 depending on who you talk to are unable to play this game online because of the law.
they are unable to provide me the specific law that says this meanwhile he can play similar T rated games online like Destiny 2 & Overwatch without issue
I have even seen some parents say that their kid can play Titanfall 2 online which is EA and an M Rated game to boot.
then the advisor had the balls to tell me I shouldn't be buying him an Adult game. This is freaking Star Wars which is marketed almost more to kids then anything else. I am the parent not him
Anonymous
8 years ago
Apparently we are not the only ones. My friend is also having the same issue with his daughter's account and I observed other parents writing in online about having issues with the Battlefront Franchise not allowing children's accounts to play online, even when parental permissions are given. I wonder if Disney is aware of EA locking out kids from playing a great portion of this Starwars game. I urge other parents to write in to EA.
Anonymous
8 years ago
We are having the same issues. I bought this game for my son. His account is set up to have unlimited Xbox access, but this game will not let him play online. Please fix this. My son saved his own money to buy a new Xbox 1 X and was so excited that he was able buy it the week it was released. Not being able to play this game online is ruining this for him. I reserved a copy of the game in September and he has been looking forward to getting to play it ever since. I have checked and rechecked all our settings with Microsoft and Xbox. This IS an EA problem! Please at least acknowledge this and start working on a fix.