How to set up and use EA SPORTS FC™ Playtime

Overview

EA SPORTS FC™ Playtime lets you see how much time you put into your game, how many matches you play per week (excluding Simulated Career Mode matches), and how you engage with FC Points and Packs in Ultimate Team™. Set it up to see gameplay info and customize your gaming experience.

How to enable Playtime

EAS FC Playtime isn’t enabled by default, so you have to opt in before you can use it.

From the main menu

1
Go to Settings from the main menu.
2
Go to Online Settings.
3
Go to Privacy Settings.
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Choose Share Playtime Usage Data.

A coral dotted line surrounding the Share Playtime Usage Data button.

From Ultimate Team™

1
Enter Ultimate Team™.
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Select the Club tab.
3
Select Settings.
4
Select Playtime.

The Playtime menu under the Ultimate Team settings.

From the Web and Companion Apps

1
Launch the EAS FC Web or Companion App.
2
Go to Settings.
3
Enter the Playtime menu.
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Toggle on the Enable Playtime option.

A coral dotted line highlights the Enable Playtime setting in the Playtime menu of the Web App.

EAS FC Playtime is turned on or off across all your devices. If you enable it on the Web and Companion Apps, it’ll be enabled in-game.If you have the Web and Companion Apps open when you change your settings in-game, close out of the Apps and reopen them to see your updated settings.

How to see Time Spent and Matches Played

Time Spent

Time Spent includes time spent in matches and menus. Time is split across Online and Offline.

Online Time. When you’re connected to EA Servers and EAS FC is active. When the session times out, the counter stops.
Offline Time. When you have the game open, but you’re not connected to EA Servers. Offline Time is saved to a local file and never uploaded. It’s reset back to zero each week.

You can only see the time you spend in the EAS FC Web and Companion Apps within the apps themselves. It appears as a separate value to the time you spend in-game on console or PC.In-game time displayed on console or PC doesn’t include time from the EAS FC 25 Companion and Web Apps, but console and PC time is factored into the apps’ total and average weekly time. Time Spent is calculated based on different conditions:

Xbox: The timer stops instantly in Suspend Mode and disconnects after a few minutes of EA Server inactivity in Constrain Mode.
PlayStation®: The timer stops instantly in Rest Mode (inactive) and pauses after a minute in Rest Mode (active).
Nintendo Switch™: The timer stops instantly in both Suspend and Constrain Modes.

Matches Played limit

Set personal limits for Matches Played. Match Limits are shared across all game modes. Follow these steps:

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From the main menu, open Settings.
2
Go to Playtime.
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Go to Match Limits.
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Select Edit Limit.
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Using the on-screen keypad, set the number of games you want to play per week before you get a reminder message.
You can also reset your limits back to the default (unlimited).

Viewing and setting limits

You can view your limits on the EAS FC Web and Companion Apps, but Match Limits can only be set from the in-game Playtime menu on console and PC.
You can set or adjust your limits for Ultimate Team™ Packs and FC Points on the EAS FC 25 Companion and Web App.

How to see EAS FC Points information and set limits

EAS FC Points purchase limits are only accessible when Playtime is accessed through Ultimate Team™.

EAS FC 24 Playtime also lets you track your FC Points purchase history. This information is only available in the Ultimate Team™ Playtime menu and tracks EAS FC Points purchased through the Ultimate Team™ Store. Purchases outside the Ultimate Team™ Store will be added to your total EAS FC Points information and limits the next time you log in.You can view how many EAS FC Points you’ve bought across EAS FC in the Playtime menu and compare your current week to your average. You can set a personal limit for EAS FC Points Purchases by following these steps:

1
On the Ultimate Team™ Main Menu, go to the Club tab.
2
Select the Settings tile.
3
Select and enter the Playtime tile.
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Select Points Purchase Limit.
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Select Edit Limit.
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Using the on-screen keypad, set a limit for how many EAS FC Points you can buy per week.
You can also reset your limits back to the default (unlimited).

EAS FC Points purchased outside of Ultimate Team™, like with retail cards or through first-party stores directly, will be updated towards your weekly Point count and all-time purchases count once you redeem the FC Points, log out of FC Ultimate Team™, and then log back in.

How to see Ultimate Team™ Pack info and set limits

When you access EAS FC Playtime through Ultimate Team™, it lets you see how many Packs you’ve opened in Ultimate Team.

Only Packs opened through EAS FC Points or Ultimate Team™ Coins are tracked here. Reward Packs are not.
For example, if you open five Squad Building Challenge Reward Packs and then go to the Ultimate Team™ Store to open three Packs with Ultimate Team™ Coins, your Playtime menu will show that you’ve opened three Packs.
Ultimate Team™ Pack opening limits are only accessible when accessing Playtime through Ultimate Team™.

Pack Previews in Ultimate Team™ don’t count towards Playtime limits or the number of Packs you open. You need to get a Pack with Ultimate Team™ Coins or FC Points to count towards Playtime.

To set a limit:

1
Open the Ultimate Team™ Main Menu
2
Go to the Club tab.
3
Select the Settings tile.
4
Select and enter the Playtime tile.
5
Select Pack Purchase Limit.
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Select Edit Limit.
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Using the on-screen keypad, set a limit for how many Ultimate Team™ Packs you can get per week.
You can also reset your limits back to the default (unlimited).

How to set up and use EA SPORTS FC™ PlaytimeHow to set up and use EA SPORTS FC™ Playtime