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EA accidentally charges for FIFA 14, UFC demos on Xbox One over the weekend

7 Jul 2014
Steve Wright

Over the weekend, Xbox One users found they were being asked to pay for the privilege of playing demos of FIFA 14 and EA Sports UFC.

Users were asked to pay $5 USD to download either demo. The move was described as “a technical error” by an EA representitive and has since been corrected.

Because it’s the internet, conspiracy theories started to fly almost immediately. Some suggested the ‘error’ was simply EA testing the waters. Others (like us) believe it was just as EA described: a simple mistake.

What do you make of this paid demo snafu?

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.