Battlefield 6 "purchase to play" error tells players to buy DLC just to play the multiplayer or campaign, EA says it's patching it out

Update #2: It seems Battlefield Studios has found a solution to an issue that's been preventing some Battlefield 6 players from accessing the game and telling them they need to buy DLC.

A new tweet from the Battlefield Comms Twitter account reads: "The team is in the process of deploying a resolution for the issue that causes players on the EA App to be unable to start game modes due to missing DLC/content."

EA says it expects the solution "to be completed within the next hour or so," and you'll need to restart the game for it to take.

Update #1: The Battlefield Comms Twitter account has issued an update on this error. The development team says it believes it has "found a possible cause for this issue" and that it's "in the process of validating a potential fix and will provide an update when we have it."

Original story:

DICE says it's looking into a Battlefield 6 error preventing players from accessing the game and erroneously telling them they need to buy DLC in order to do so.

Despite Battlefield 6's server queues and error codes, Battlefield Studios' latest FPS has been largely well-received. And yet, reports are floating around from players who seemingly can't get into the game at all, with some receiving messages telling them explicitly they have to "purchase to play" the game, even though they seemingly already have done that.

A tweet from the official Battlefield Comms account seems to acknowledge this as "an issue" it's aware of, relating a message about "installation of content" and saying, "We're aware of an issue preventing players from accessing the game with some receiving an error stating they need to purchase DLC or similar. Stay tuned for further updates as the team investigates this issue."

The Battlefield 6 roadmap includes all sorts of new maps and weapons starting with Season 1, Rogue Ops, which kicks off on October 29. California Resistance launches just three weeks later in November, and then three weeks after that, Winter Offensive starts in December. That's all free with the price of entry, though, with the only paid content we know about right now being in-store cosmetics and the like.

This is all to say, if you've already purchased Battlefield 6, I want to make it very clear that you shouldn't have to buy anything else to access the main campaign and multiplayer. Battlefield Studios has already acknowledged the issue, and hopefully it'll be sorted out in short order.

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