Linking Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Account with existing EA Play Account

From the
Game Pass FAQ:

What will happen to my subscriptions if I already have both Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & EA Play on Xbox?

When the EA Play member benefit unlocks for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, users who have both Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play purchased through the Microsoft Store will have their EA Play membership canceled and any remaining time over 50 days will
be rounded up and converted to the nearest month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at a ratio of 3:1.

For example, if you have between 50 days and 3 months of EA Play already on your account when EA Play comes to Ultimate, you will have 1 month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate added to your account. If you have between 4 months and 6 months of EA Play already on
your account when EA Play comes to Ultimate, you will have 2 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate added to your account.

Hi Lucas!

Solution verified. I've got it connected with my existing account. Thank you very much for your concise and effective solution.

You are welcome!

If you need anything else, please let me know.

Have a great weekend and great gaming!

Hello, AmirLu. Thanks for reaching out! My name is Lucas, and I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user just like you. I'll be happy to assist you today.

Yes, it is possible. Just install an EA game from the Xbox app.

It will log you into EA Desktop and link your accounts giving you EA play with Game Pass membership.

If it gives you any error or does not recognize your Game Pass membership, sign in with your EA account on the EA website.

Click on your Profile > Account settings > Connections. Unlink your Xbox account from your EA account. Restart your computer and follow the steps above.

If you have any question, please let me know.

The linking system of the accounts it's not made by Xbox, this is on EA servers, ideally when you link an account with your other accounts you should not use an account that you won't keep using to avoid this

This is true, but it's also the issue.

Since EA titles on Xbox Game Pass rely on EA's service and servers to link, several users simply can't connect because EA has inferior solutions and a poor system when it comes to account management. I and others can't ever play EA titles without making a brand new Xbox account with no prior EA account affiliation and then link, technically for the first time with new accounts on both ends.

As I mentioned above, this is because several users such as I likely had an old account connected with EA in some sort, and now, it can't be re-linked even if the account no longer exists, as EA only allows a single link with an account through its existence, regardless of if it exists, is linked or not, etc.

Disregarding all that. What I am more curious about at this point, almost a year after trying to figure this out, I wonder if Xbox Game Pass actually pays EA for its services and games appearing on Xbox Game Pass, or if they only get paid per download and playtime of each game?

Because at this point, it really feels like typical EA-mediocrity is ruining a pretty great service, which is Xbox Game Pass.

This could also be solved by not forcing users to connect or link with EA to play their games, but that doesn't sound like an "EA option".

I just hope Microsoft Xbox and the team from Game Pass are aware of this issue, and I'm sure they have access to statistics within their application confirming that their users in mass, can't ever access EA titles.