Is it True If you Have EA Sports or Gamepass you get to Play at Midnight on the 15th?

[RaysTheCups]

I forget which one, but I thought I saw it somewhere before.

[bigwill33]

I believe if you have Gamepass then you have EA Play. And EA Play gives you 10 hours of trial with the full game. What isn’t clear is when exactly that trial period starts. It should be no later than July 16, however.

Once the 10 hours has been completed you will have to wait until July 19 to purchase and play the full game to play more.

[face2face]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigwill33

I believe if you have Gamepass then you have EA Play. And EA Play gives you 10 hours of trial with the full game. What isn’t clear is when exactly that trial period starts. It should be no later than July 16, however. Once the 10 hours has been completed you will have to wait until July 19 to purchase and play the full game to play more.

Trial starts on the 16th.
https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-c...Localized=true

(no time is displayed though)

[Critical Kills]

EA Gamepass unlocks at 4pm eastern time on Monday July 15th per the EA Website.

[Lakers 24 7]

Sloppy release. There's a lot of confusion surrounding when the trial starts.

[RaysTheCups]

So EA Play not Xbox Game Pass, correct?

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

EA Gamepass unlocks at 4pm eastern time on Monday July 15th per the EA Website.

[EUBlink]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lakers 24 7

Sloppy release. There's a lot of confusion surrounding when the trial starts.

No, it's been rather formal compared to past titles and the fallout we have all witnessed through social media. EA named the days and times, and those have not changed.

Perhaps the sloppiness is in how many folks hold an illogical amount of others to such high standards for information accepted as truth when they should, instead, demand accountability from those that recklessly pass rumors for the sake of hearing their own voices.

[bigwill33]

Quote: Originally Posted by EUBlink

No, it's been rather formal compared to past titles and the fallout we have all witnessed through social media. EA named the days and times, and those have not changed. Perhaps the sloppiness is in how many folks hold an illogical amount of others to such high standards for information accepted as truth when they should, instead, demand accountability from those that recklessly pass rumors for the sake of hearing their own voices.

No, EA announced the 19th as the release date. We knew it would be a part of the usual EA Play 10 hour trial, which is typically 3 days prior to release. Then, after a bit longer they dropped a deluxe bundle and edition but never really said when. It was at the bottom of their website and the date first said the 16th. It was the consoles themselves that leaked the 15th as a date to play early when you go to the preorder page for digital deluxe edition.

To this day EA hasn’t clarified if the 10 hour trial would possible start on the 15th with the deluxe edition or what time exactly on the 16th the trial will be available. That’s literally tomorrow and nobody officially knows still.

And you have to consider the fact that there are a lot of older gamers getting back into things with no clue how any of this works. So EA’s lack of defining things with certainty and clarity left a lot of people confused and allowed rumors to run rampant online. It takes all of two seconds for the company to come out and list a time and date and explain what version comes out when. Instead, they just kept offering deluxe versions through different vendors. The people who ordered through brick and mortar or online stores with shipping will be shocked if they can’t play until the weekend or even beyond. It’s a real mess. And it didn’t have to be this way at all.