Yes, you can play EA games cross platform

As a passionate gamer and EA games expert, one of the most common questions I get asked is: can you play EA games across platforms like Xbox, PlayStation and PC?

The short answer is yes, many popular EA titles now offer cross-play functionality – but support varies across games. In this detailed guide, I‘ll cover everything you need to know, including:

• Which EA games work cross-platform
• Cross-progression capabilities
• How EA Play subscriptions work across platforms
• Expert predictions on the future of EA cross-platform gaming

Let‘s dive in!

EA Games With Cross-Platform Play

Over the past couple of years, EA has been updating more games to support cross-platform multiplayer between console and PC. Here are the major titles with full or partial cross-play:

So in FIFA 23, PS5/Xbox Series X players can match up against PC gamers. But PS5s won‘t play against PS4s cross-gen.

And Apex Legends now lets console, PC and even Switch players battle together. This represents a big upgrade after previously limiting to same-platform matchmaking only.

However, other major titles like Battlefield 2042 still lack any cross-play functionality as of early 2023. But EA suggest it‘s on the roadmap!

What About Cross-Progression?

Enabling cross-platform multiplayer is great – but even better is when progression and unlocked items carry across all your linked accounts. This feature has also had limited support in EA games so far.

Apex Legends now offers full account linking so purchases and battle pass unlocks are usable cross-platform after linking your EA account.

Whereas FIFA 23 has cross-play matches, but VOLTA characters, FUT Clubs and other progress remain separated on PS or Xbox platforms. So there‘s still work to do on consistency.

Using EA Play on Multiple Platforms

EA Play gives access to trials, discounts and a library of EA games for a monthly/annual fee. It‘s available as a standalone subscription on PlayStation and Xbox.

But Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members get EA Play for console and PC included at no extra cost. This allows playing from the shared catalog of titles across both.

Whereas on PlayStation, you‘d need to purchase EA Play twice to use across both PS5 and PS4 generations. Not ideal, so hopefully a bundled subscription option may get added for PSN in future.

The Future of EA Cross-Platform Gaming

In their latest company presentation earlier in 2024, EA reaffirmed plans to enable more multiplayer games to support cross-play and account portability across platforms for users.

Some key quotes:

"We are focused on providing seamless experiences…no matter where people want to play"

"Our next step is to enable accounts and purchases to move freely across platforms"

EA currently has around 150 million active player accounts according to internal figures. Integrating communities on PlayStation, Xbox and PC to allow everyone to play together is understandably a priority.

Daniel Ahmad, Senior Analyst at Niko Partners, predicts that by early 2025 the large majority of new EA titles will ship with full cross-play matchmaking as part of standard functionality.

So while right now the experience playing EA games cross-platform requires some compromises, expect multi-platform support to continuously expand over 2023 & 2024!

Conclusion

So in summary:

• Popular EA franchises now offer limited cross-play between console & PC, scope varies per title
• Account linking for progress carried over across platforms also in early stages
• Xbox Game Pass bundles EA Play across Xbox & PC libraries
• Industry analysts predict strong growth in EA cross-platform capabilities through 2025

I hope this detailed guide has provided lots of insights into playing EA games like FIFA, Apex Legends etc. across Xbox, PlayStation and more! Let me know if you have any other questions in the comments section.