On the very first day of Early Access, there were hours of server issues with FIFA 23, and players could not use any online modes. Now there’s a storm of criticism for EA Sports.
What happened? A server down caused frustration among FIFA players yesterday evening, on September 27th. The big problem: The server down came completely unexpected and precisely on the first evening of Early Access.
Players who specifically purchased the Ultimate Edition to gain early access to FIFA 23 were left empty-handed and could not use any online modes of the football simulation. The web and companion app were also affected by the outage, preventing players from accessing their Ultimate Team.
Only offline modes like kick-off or career were playable.
How long did the problems last? Players could not access the online modes of FIFA 23 for just over 2 hours. Around 7:30 PM German time, the issues were resolved.
Players express dissatisfaction with server issues
This is what the FIFA community says about the server issues: On reddit, the server issues are being discussed heatedly. Many players are upset that they could not play FIFA on the first release evening and are demanding compensation from EA.
We have summarized a few voices for you:
- whyhecap: ‘You pay 30 euros extra just to not be able to play the game earlier.’
- CaptainDickfingers: ‘I worked all day and just wanted to go home and finally play FIFA, but then this happens.’
- NekkZ: ‘Seriously, we should receive compensation. You pay 30 euros more to play the game earlier and then the servers are down.’
- kaaasen: ‘Great. I was leading 3:1 in a rivals match, 87th minute. Yay.’
- HorribleHank44: ‘Why pre-order the game if you can’t even log in? The launch is a joke.’
- Jurski17: ‘How can this happen? And that’s just the Ultimate Edition owners, what will happen on Friday?’
- Ell7494: ‘It’s pretty awful that they promote Early Access so heavily and there’s downtime within the first 24 hours.’
What do you think about the server issues? Would you appreciate compensation from EA? Let us know in the comments!
If you would like a little insight into FIFA 23: Here is a first impression of the gameplay in FIFA 23.
