Why do I need ea access

EA Access is just a subscription service from EA to give discounts when buying their games or to allow you to play some of their games for free. It's not a requirement to own.

EA Access was free for use during the week of E3. During this time you would have been able to download and play the game. The free access was only until June 18. After that point you would either need to have a membership to EA Access or purchase the
game.

If you had originally purchased the game on your account then try power cycling the console to see if that helps.

Glad you got this figured out. Not sure why you needed EA access first if you purchased the game. Be sure to take advantage of being able to play some great titles with EA access while you have it.

If you do a factory reset and choose to keep all it will not delete anything off your console. Everything will be right where u left it. Also if you downloaded Battlefield 4 from the vault in EA Access then u do need to be a member to pay those games as
long as your an EA access member. If you didn't buy the game through EA Access and bought it on the actual Xbox store or have the physical disc then u don't need to be a EA Access member. Hope this helps

Ea access don't work that way

You need to be signed in in order to use any free Ea access games on your accountthat has ea access

Doing it any other way is a violation of the terms of use

Your friend will have to buy his own