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EA Play comes to Game Pass for PC
- Thread starter Rndom Grenadez
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I also have the 'Failed to launch your game' error. Anyone found a solution yet? Any form of Googling this is worthless right now, since it just shows Origins errors...
ive had this problem since yesterday, no fix so far. Did you happen to unlink an account recently?
I'm trying to play Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and when I'm trying to launch the game, I get this error:
When I type in the same EA account I've used to access EA Play, the same window just appears again
Anyone else facing this issue?
Edit: It seems that the game was not added to my library on Origin, but it is in my library in EA Play.. not sure how they interact because it seems like they are the same, minus the Star Wars game
When I type in the same EA account I've used to access EA Play, the same window just appears again
Anyone else facing this issue?
Edit: It seems that the game was not added to my library on Origin, but it is in my library in EA Play.. not sure how they interact because it seems like they are the same, minus the Star Wars game
Thanks, so it's not only me then!
Let's hope it sorts itself out soon.
Did you have a history of accounts that needed to be re-linked or unlinked?
I installed the ea desktop app weeks ago and I could swear it automatically connected my windows account e-mail (which was my old xbox live e-mail). I knew already then that it would cause a problem when this launch came.
But now when I check, it is seeing the correct gamertag for my new xbox live (and gamepass) account. I also unlinked and successfully re-linked the EA account to the gamepass app just to be sure.
No linking went pretty easy for me. At first it didn't work but when I signed out of EA Play and then clicked install on a EA Play game in Xbox app, EA Play asked me to sign in and then it linked up perfectly. I've had my Gamertag since 2006 though and my EA account had already been linked through EA games in the past on Xbox Live.
So yeah, there are some non-working games here. Dead Cells must be installed on the C drive, otherwise it'll look for game data in C:\Windows\System32 for some reason. Star Wars Episode 1 Racer asks for a CD.
I had EA Play on Origin a while back and Dead Cells worked there, would be nice to get it fixed so I can get a version that plays nicer with Steam Big Picture mode.
I had EA Play on Origin a while back and Dead Cells worked there, would be nice to get it fixed so I can get a version that plays nicer with Steam Big Picture mode.
It works for me now!
Tried launching a game again and now it asked for administrators permission and after that I could start the game properly.
Second game I tried worked without a prompt. Maybe it was some kind of delay in the account updates.
Oh, nice! It works for me too! Right clicked on the icon and ran as administrator and it works flawlessly now! Thanks for the tip!
What a shitpile, as usual.
Predictably, I'm getting the error where you click install and it just says "duhhhh can't do it" and then you click "see in EA Desktop" and a popup appears for 1 second before disappearing and nothing happens.
Predictably, I'm getting the error where you click install and it just says "duhhhh can't do it" and then you click "see in EA Desktop" and a popup appears for 1 second before disappearing and nothing happens.
If i linked an old Xbox account to my EA account in the past.. am i screwed now? The information window i get then trying to link pretty much says that i am.. sorry if this has been asked before.
I have unlinked the old one but it doesn't help.
I have unlinked the old one but it doesn't help.
Always wanted to play that. Think I finally will now.
I contacted with EA Support. This was the answer: I think this message should be pinned somewhere so everyone can know what the status is
Woke up to this today, hopefully i won't find any issues.
Star wars squadrons downloading. Gosh, will it support ultrawide? Did the trial on PS4 and LOVED it. I've been looking for a good sw dogfight game since the last Rogue Squadron
Star wars squadrons downloading. Gosh, will it support ultrawide? Did the trial on PS4 and LOVED it. I've been looking for a good sw dogfight game since the last Rogue Squadron
Volatile how though? Like I said I've been using it for a few months now with no real issues.
My EA account says there's nothing linked.
My Xbox account has "manage" listed instead of "link" under EA linking section. I think it used to say this even before the update, but can anyone else confirm? I'm 99.999% sure I've never linked it to any accounts of any sorts. Does it say "manage" for everyone, even people who haven't connected it?
I would try to just "log in with Xbox Live account" on EA.com, but I'm afraid if I do that it will create a phantom account and link it to that, thus ruining my unlinked account (if it is indeed unliked).
Fuck I hate this bullshit.
My Xbox account has "manage" listed instead of "link" under EA linking section. I think it used to say this even before the update, but can anyone else confirm? I'm 99.999% sure I've never linked it to any accounts of any sorts. Does it say "manage" for everyone, even people who haven't connected it?
I would try to just "log in with Xbox Live account" on EA.com, but I'm afraid if I do that it will create a phantom account and link it to that, thus ruining my unlinked account (if it is indeed unliked).
Fuck I hate this bullshit.
im completely baffled.
nothing works. Reinstalled both apps, signed out, signed back in. Still get the EA app opening for a split second then disappearing
I have my really old Xbox account linked to my EA account I removed it and...
Your accounts can't be linked because the EA Account for *******@hotmail.co.uk was previously linked to the Xbox account for GAMERTAG. An EA Account can only be linked to one Xbox account in its lifetime.
Awesome!
I guess I will have to make a new EA account just for Xbox, and keep this old one just for Playstation.
Your accounts can't be linked because the EA Account for *******@hotmail.co.uk was previously linked to the Xbox account for GAMERTAG. An EA Account can only be linked to one Xbox account in its lifetime.
Awesome!
I guess I will have to make a new EA account just for Xbox, and keep this old one just for Playstation.
Are the Command & Conquer games from the ultimate collection showing up in EA Desktop for anyone else? Should be part of EA Play according to Origin but no luck. I don't want to assume PC Game Pass is getting the short end of the stick so hoping it's just an oversight for now.
What process did you even do to get EA desktop working?
I mean the program itself works, but it doesn't acknowledge anything about me having the rights to download those games.
I think it's supposed to automatically link but mine is just ... failing.
Titanfall 1 servers are down on PC, it can't be played any more.
Apparently there's a hacker that took control over the servers and stopped everyone from playing.
EA Desktop itself still doesn't have everything from Origin moved over. So the only C&C thing in Desktop so far is the Remastered collection from the looks of it.
I don't know if it'll help, but here's the exact steps I did this morning to get it working.
1. Open up Xbox App on Windows.
2. Clicked the "install EA Desktop" button.
3. Installed EA Desktop.
4. Launched EA Desktop, logged in with EA account.
5. Went back to Xbox App, tried to install game.
6. EA Desktop popped up another login prompt, and then asked if I wanted to link Xbox with EA account. Said yes.
7. EA Desktop opened up with the game page I was trying to install, but said I didn't have EA Play access.
8. Closed EA Desktop.
9. Reopened EA Desktop.
and at that point it worked and I could install things as if I had EA Play.
Once you get that prompt about linking accounts, it should just work, but it looks like EA Desktop needs some sort of refresh to acknowledge the connection.
Ok mine fails on step 6.
EA never asks to link anything, and nothing I do from the xbox app beyond that point will ever seem to have any associated reaction from the EA app.
It just flickers up briefly then disappears and fails silently.
Yup same. The window does nothing but flicker when its suppose to ask to link. Tried downloading EA app 3 different ways and it all ends the same.
another launcher would be easier to swallow if it actually worked 😂
Yeah I did think it was strange that even though I had Desktop running in the background, and was logged in, that I got another prompt to log in upon attempting to install a game and that's when it prompted me to link accounts.
My only suggestion would be to kill all processes (Xbox App and EA Desktop), open up just the Xbox App and attempt to install an EA Play game and see what happens. It "should" try to launch EA Desktop, and I would hope give you the prompt to both log in, and then ask to link accounts. If not, then I'm just gonna blame EA putting out a real buggy app.
I just downloaded ea desktop with Gamepass app open and allowed me to download games and play.
It's just like Game Pass, where unless the game is advertised as a "Complete" edition or actively mentions the DLC in the description, it doesn't include any DLC.
Killing all processes and trying various combinations of restarting the pc, uninstalling and reinstalling, having ea open or not open have all been exhausted. Nothing works.
Someone else says I should try linking accounts by installing Fifa 20 on Xbox via gsmepass then logging into the ea account from that on console, then trying the pc stuff again.
That may or may not work but what a fucking preposterous troubleshooting step. God it's so fucking dire, everything about the win store back end and gamepass pc app Is an ongoing disaster.
PSA about Origin vs EA Desktop app
They do not have the same game library in a 1:1 ratio. Small example that probably no one will care: I have Syndicate in my EA account, which shows in Origin but doesn't exist in Desktop app. If you have already bought some games in Origin, check if you have them too in EA Desktop app. New app say games will be arriving later to the app, but if you are extremely unlucky and one of those games is one you want to play now and aren't on the Desktop app, you have a reason to keep Origin App.
They do not have the same game library in a 1:1 ratio. Small example that probably no one will care: I have Syndicate in my EA account, which shows in Origin but doesn't exist in Desktop app. If you have already bought some games in Origin, check if you have them too in EA Desktop app. New app say games will be arriving later to the app, but if you are extremely unlucky and one of those games is one you want to play now and aren't on the Desktop app, you have a reason to keep Origin App.
The thing is, I think this problem is more on the EA Desktop side of things than the Xbox/Gamepass side of things. The Xbox app does seem like it's trying to hand it to EA Desktop, and for some reason it just doesn't want to do it. Blame EA for pushing out (yet another) launcher/storefront that wasn't ready yet. It's probably why they delayed the EA Play/Gamepass for PC integration in the first place.
Just to make things more fun, if you have the EA Desktop App installed you CAN'T play EA Play games on Steam, since it goes in conflict with Origin (that is actually used for install games via Steam with EA Play).
So yeah, nice stuff with those EA launchers.
So yeah, nice stuff with those EA launchers.
Is your issue just that you can't link your accounts? Mine was already linked before, so I'm wondering if you can go to your EA account through your web browser and link it there. I'm on mobile now so I don't know for sure if it's possible, but worth a shot.
I FINALLY got it to work! Jedi Fallen Order time baby! Also Fuck EA and Microsoft.
https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxGamePa.../?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Turns out my Xbox account was attached to a very old EA account (a time before I started gaming on PC I guess??) but my Xbox account did not tell me this. This allowed me to unlink that shit and get the proper accounts linked.
Hey try to follow the instructions on this link.
https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxGamePa.../?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Turns out my Xbox account was attached to a very old EA account (a time before I started gaming on PC I guess??) but my Xbox account did not tell me this. This allowed me to unlink that shit and get the proper accounts linked.
I'm having the same problem with not being able to link my Xbox account because I linked my old 360 account from eons ago with an old hotmail address I no longer have access to. Went to EA support and they say the same thing the error shows that only one EA account can be linked in a lifetime (which is incredibly weird) and the only way was for me to make a second EA account, so now I'm stuck having a split library between PC and Xbox, and I don't know how this will work if their multiplayer games will start having cross progression.
EA have definitely unlinked old Xbox accounts from profiles for others in this thread. I'd just try and speak to another advisor and mention that others have been able to unlink their accounts.