@kingtechbot wrote:This is an absurd amount of steps to link the two accounts. Nevermind that this shouldn't even be required to play online in the first place!
I totally agree.
I've tried the steps for Xbox1 and they do not work. I had my son log out and even turn off the console and start fresh. Nothing...Too bad for EA...they've lost my business...one suggestion I have for them is maybe having something like a "child" mode on the game if that is possible and not having to go through all these "steps"
@makahaman14 wrote:I've tried the steps for Xbox1 and they do not work. I had my son log out and even turn off the console and start fresh. Nothing...Too bad for EA...they've lost my business...one suggestion I have for them is maybe having something like a "child" mode on the game if that is possible and not having to go through all these "steps"
Yes, unfortunately I think there is nothing we can do. It is the age restriction policy EA have decided to put in place (although I spent two hours on web chat with Xbox and EA yesterday morning where they were putting the blame on each other).
All other 16+ rated games can be played by my son's child account (e.g. Halo 5) so I think it's the Origin/EA account checking the date of birth on the Xbox profile and denying access to multiplayer that I think is the problem here. I don't think the fault lies with Xbox as I've set the relevant permissions there.
The EA advisor just sent me back to Xbox saying the problem was at their end although I don't believe that to be the case.
Needless to say, I have one very disappointed 11 year old unable to play the game he's been looking forward to for months. He's gone back to Battlefront 2 on the Xbox 360 for now and I am left trying to argue for a refund from game.co.uk who are saying I can't have my £80 back because I've opened the game and redeemed the season pass.
This is very poor on EA's part. In future I won't be buying a game from them until I've checked the game forums after its release to see if there are similar problems. They should not be trying to play the parent here. It should be my decision what my son can and can't play.
This is an absolute rubbish excuse and it's more like a huge error that EA made that they cannot fix. If what they are saying is true, then why does my son have no problems playing apex legends, one of the most toxic games out there? An EA sports HUGE revenue stream with absolutley no filter such as battlefront 2. We purchased this game knowing what the content is and now my son can't even access 3/4 of the game? What a rip off.
